WPBT2 and FLAEYC Host Live Education Call-In and Webcast
CONTACT:
Cammy Richards
Director Communications
WPBT2
305-424-4013
cammy_richards@wpbt.org
Kristina Gutierrez
Supervisor of Community Outreach/Events
WPBT2
305-424-4025
kristina_gutierrez@wpbt.org
| What: | WPBT2, in association with the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children (FLAEYC), will host a live call-in broadcast and webcast entitled, Early Care and Education: A Guide for Parents. The program will be hosted by Helen Ferré, host of WPBT2’s public affairs program, Issues. It will center on topics including recognizing the best early learning facility for children and second language acquisition. South Florida education experts: Luis A. Hernandez, Early Childhood Education Specialist for Western Kentucky University, Nancy Brown, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at Florida Atlantic University and Mileidis Gort, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Literacy and Bilingual Education at the University of Miami will answer viewer calls on-air. |
| Where: | Viewers can submit their questions via phone at 1-800-222-9728. Experts will also chat with the community via webcast at http://www.wpbt2.org/webcast. Viewers will also be able to submit their questions to the WPBT2 Facebook page as well as twitter using the hashtag #earlycareeducation. |
| When: | The broadcast of Early Care and Education: A Guide for Parents will be on Thursday, September 1 at 8pm on WPBT2. The live streaming and chat will occur simultaneously on http://www.wpbt2.org/webcast. |
| Why: | WPBT2 and FLAEYC will host this live call-in and webcast in an effort to inform the community of the key indicators of a proper early learning facility for their children and the issues surrounding those whose first language is not English. The call-in and chat features will also give viewers a rare opportunity to speak with education experts and ask any questions they may have about the topics discussed. |
ABOUT WPBT2
South Florida’s premier public broadcaster, WPBT2, is a community-licensed, not-for-profit media enterprise serving communities from the Treasure Coast to the Florida Keys. WPBT2 provides high quality content from PBS, independent acquisitions and its own original productions. WPBT2’s digital media platform, offers: 2HD, a 24-hour high definition channel; Digital 2.2, a mix of Science & Nature Channel, The Florida Channel and Create; Digital 2.3, V-me, a 24-hour national Spanish-language network; and www.wpbt2.org, the WPBT2 website including, Impromp2 (a community blog), the WPBT2 Video Player and uVu, a video sharing website.
ABOUT FLAEYC
The Florida Association for the Education of Young Children (FLAEYC) is the largest professional organization for people working in the early care and education field in the state of Florida. We are part of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA). FLAEYC’s 3200 members serve in all levels of early childhood education, working directly with thousands of families with children birth to age eight, as well as at the high school and college level training teachers. They teach in approximately 525 publicly funded programs; 450 private, nonprofit schools; 400 private, for profit child care centers and family child care homes and 15 corporate on-site child care centers. The mission of the Florida Association for the Education of Young Children is to support early childhood professionals by providing leadership, advocacy, and professional development opportunities. FLAEYC is a 501 (C-3) non-profit organization.
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PHOTOS:
01. Helen Ferre
