The world faces many challenges so the Early Learning and Literacy Alliance (ELLA) decided to reach across the pond in professional discourse to exchange ideas, access practices and shared visions most especially for little humans and their caregivers. In early May our Activator, Kathilee, attended a UK conference, followed by a number of meetings across the country.
With an eye towards Dr. Li’s Generator provocation ELLA is in pursuit of considering ‘universality without uniformity’. They want to start a conversation to compare purpose, pedagogical assumptions, assess ideology, compare research and practices around policy, programs, curriculum and services.
They hope that CYPT Voting Members will join them for one, or all of the ‘Breakfast with Brits – Connecting with Canucks’ virtual morning sessions starting May 27th. View this invitation/poster for details.
When it comes to little humans and those who care for them ELLA wants to ask:
- What do our two countries have in common?
- What systems and practices work well, and which are not working?
- What lessons are we learning?
- How might we consider structures, systems and accomplishments of other nations to assess the process and practicality of our systems and structures
And they are eager to co-learn and co-create responses together so be sure to bring your questions/ideas to the sessions.