S9 Episode 6: Arizona Early Language Development Programs and Why They Matter to Every Educator
3 Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast
Release Date: 02/18/2021
3 Ps in a Pod: An Education Podcast
When Dr. Jennifer Robinson first attended the Arizona K12 Center’s annual Teacher Leadership Institute, she was the only one from her district but connected with other “lone wolves.” She learned there but has since found even more value in bringing a team to this annual summer conference. She shares with 3Ps host Paula about how she brings a variety of personnel from her school with her to Teacher Leadership Institute and how they synthesize their learning together and also share with the rest of their school together. Dr. Robinson reflects on the power of stepping away from the...
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info_outlineLast week, 3Ps in a Pod featured Dr. Dana Suskind and the research she has done at the TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health about early language and literacy development. This week, 3Ps hosts Danielle and Mary continue that conversation by talking about local efforts toward supporting some of Arizona’s youngest learners.
This episode will help build your own understanding of early language and literacy development, as well as provide you with information and resources that are available to the parents and families in your community.
Danielle and Mary reflect on last week’s episode before welcoming Meghan Storms of Southwest Human Development to 3Ps in a Pod. Storms specifically talks about the Let’s Talk Dads! program that Southwest Human Development offers based on Dr. Suskind’s work. She then joins Danielle and Mary in welcoming two fathers who have participated in the program to share their experiences. They describe the Let’s Talk Dads! Program from their own perspectives, how it equipped them to better support their young kids, and the effects they’ve seen on their kids’ development.
Closing out this episode, Mary and Danielle chat with Wendy Resnick of the Phoenix Public Library about the variety of resources available to families of young children.
You can learn more about the organizations and resources mentioned in this episode at the links below:
- Southwest Human Development at swhd.org
- the “three Ts” at the3ts.org
- the Steve Nash Foundation at stevenash.org/startingfive
- Phoenix Public Library at phoenixpubliclibrary.org
- the LENA technology, sometimes called a “talk pedometer” at lena.org/technology
Learn more about the Arizona K12 center at azk12.org.