Parents as Teachers National Center

Training, curriculum and program innovations : there were over 6,000 parent educators supervisors/early childhood professionals trained in either core trainings or professional development from july 1, 2023, through june 30, 2024. Professionals trained include home visitors, community health workers and nurses, social workers and school counselors, early interventionists, early care and education professionals, and child development specialists. Trainings included: delivering the Parents As Teachers evidenced-based home visiting model (some certified to deliever prenatal to age three, others with additional certification to deliever prenatal to age five), supporting families with autism, master course on implementing the pat model in an affiliate, connecting the pat approach to childcare Center professionals and pat supervisors and leadership institute.

General program includes :curriculum development work this year includes the continual updating of the online foundational curriculum to include the development of new parent handouts in modified reading level and visual versions. New resources for the field include the family engagement book, engaged, and multiple resources related to virtual service delivery.conference annual meeting for parent educators and others in the early childhood field to share information, receive additional training and attend workshops conducted by professional speakers and presenters. 2,172 conference participants with the opportunity to attend 90 sessions in person or virtual sessions using the wordly platform to access workshops in multiple languages.special programs includes general program support and various other projects such As the contracts with the normandy schools collaborative, Missouri departments of elementary and secondary education and health where the Center administers the program and supervises staff to implement the model and deliver direct services to families.

Affiliations and program support: the number of Parents As teacher ("pat") affiliates at june 30, 2024, was 967 in 49 states, district of columbia, germany, switzerland, united kingdom, and canada. Curriculum partners included 504 in Missouri school districts, 113 early head start programs As well As a multitude of individual professional subscribers extend the footprint to include 50 states, australia, and Guam.

Research and quality improvement: this program area includes developing collaborative relationships with university researchers, supporting the design of new research studies, and communicating research findings within the field. In addition, the department develops resources for program evaluation and outcomes measurement, analyzes and disseminates affiliate performance report data, and manages the Parents As Teachers quality endorsement process to access fidelity to the evidence-based model.