OUT with March Madness, and IN with COLLABORATION, CONNECTION, and ENGAGEMENT! Join us April 5th for Virtual ParentCamp at 8pm EST. Registration is now open at https://www.parentcamp.org/event/2023-04-05-vpc/
In conjunction with College Bound, we are adding more facilitators to our Zoom Breakout Rooms. Be sure to check back for updates! Check out who we have lined up so far:
Facilitator: Dr. Sheila Jackson (@sjackso6), Director, Family and School Partnerships Prince George’s County Public Schools
Dr. Jackson is a passionate & committed Director, Family & School Partnerships; “Family & Community Engagement (FACE) & Partnerships are EVERYONE’S Responsibility!
Facilitator: Kaiya Anderson, CEO of Anderson Education Consulting
Kaiya Anderson is an Early Education Professional with over 10 years of experience. Her passion for Early Learning has provided the opportunity to conduct training in Curriculum and Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators, develop parent workshops with topics on the Importance of Early Literacy, Supporting Social-Emotional development in Preschool children, and Building Positive Parent-Teacher partnerships. Kaiya currently is the Director of Operations for a Child Care Franchise and CEO of Anderson Education Consulting. She holds a B.S. in Child Development and Family Studies from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a M.Ed. in Birth through Kindergarten Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
A child’s home, family, and daily life have a strong effect on his or her ability to learn. Language and literacy develop together as a baby grows from an infant to a toddler, to a school-aged child and older. This development happens in an expected order, through social interactions, most often with parents. The key to development is that interaction. How can parents and caregivers promote early literacy?
Facilitator: Kenneth Ward, Executive Director of College Bound, Inc
Kenneth Ward is currently the Executive Director of College Bound, Inc. in Washington, D.C. As a Fulbright Memorial scholar in Japan and a seasoned D.C. educator and administrator for 15 years, he has been instrumental in creating academic and personal enrichment programs for students, such as the Young Ambassadors program. Since its inception in 2000, this male-mentoring program allowed him to take participants on life-changing international trips annually where they explored their historical and cultural roots; visiting schools, universities, local villages, and slave castles. This initiative gave birth to the College Bound International Study Tour that is a coed version of this program that continues to foster study abroad opportunities for College Bound student leaders.
He has participated in the International Teacher Exchange program where he studied best practices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia and has also volunteered in Ethiopia. Mr.
Ward holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he matriculated on a Pogue Scholarship and a Master’s degree in education from Trinity. He was hired as the Executive Director of College Bound in 2009. During his full time tenure at College Bound, he has opened three workplace mentoring sites and implemented a Virtual Mentoring Program designed to support the program’s alumni to college degree completion. Under his leadership, College Bound has doubled the amount of scholarship dollars awarded and more than tripled the number of students served.
Mr.Ward participated in the Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program at Georgetown and was bestowed the 2012 Harvey Elliott Beech Outstanding Alumni Award from
the University of North Carolina for his outstanding personal achievements that reflect well upon him, his community and the university. Mr. Ward returns often to his hometown of Enfield, N.C. to create opportunities to educate and expose local youth to cultural and educational activities. He knows first-hand the power of education and works to erase the achievement gap. He serves on the Advisory Board at UNC for the Learning and Writing Center and the Friends of the Library. He is an active member of the Perry Community Center Services Center and Achievement Prep boards. Mr. Ward received the 2017 UNC Alumni Diversity Award. He was honored by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership with the 2019 Excellence in Mentoring Awards in the Lifetime Achievement category. Mr. Ward received the 2022 Floretta Dukes McKenzie Education Award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and most recently, he was honored with the 2022 The North Atlantic Region Education Award from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
