Building momentum toward Brain Bags
- February 24, 2017
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / early-learning
Staff at all three of the birthing hospitals in Escambia County have embraced the idea of the Brain Bags.
Small steps on the journey to America's first Early Learning City
- February 24, 2017
- / Reggie Dogan
- / early-learning
Reaching and teaching children in their earliest years — both at home and at daycare or preschool — can help ensure that they get the healthy and strong start they need to begin school ready to learn and grow.
Building a culture of ownership into your business
- February 22, 2017
- / Quint Studer
- / training-development,quint-studer
To build a culture of ownership among your employees, here are a three actions owners need to take to make this happen.
Hiring Talent: Getting the Right People in the Right Seats for Your Organization
- February 22, 2017
- / Rachael Gillette
- / training-development
The cost of a bad hire can be anywhere between $5,000 and $50,000. Learn how to avoid that expense at SCI's March 7 workshop.
Update: Building a community to build a baby's brain
- February 20, 2017
- / Reggie Dogan
- / early-learning
At the heart of Studer Community’s Institute mission of improving the Pensacola Metro’s quality of life is getting more kids ready for kindergarten.
Early Learning City: Media
- February 20, 2017
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / education,early-learning,report-early-learning-city
The road to creating an Early Learning City includes partners in the media and communication fields to spread the word to parents, grandparents and caregivers about the power of talk to build a baby's brain.
Thirty Million Words Initiative and the power of parent talk
- February 17, 2017
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / early-learning
Later this year, Pensacola moms and babies will be part of the University of Chicago's research on how to boost parent knowledge of early brain development.
Help your supervisor know enough to say yes to your ideas
- February 15, 2017
- / Quint Studer
- / training-development,quint-studer
People want input. Bosses want staff buy in. Learning to create that idea generation culture takes great skill, but it helps create great companies.
SCI parent outreach: Building strong partnerships
- February 13, 2017
- / Reggie Dogan
- / studer-community-institute
The ultimate goal of this parent outreach initiative is to work with parents and caregivers to build strong and effective partnerships that can help children and families strive.
“P is For Pelican” coming soon
- February 10, 2017
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
One nice aspect of the Brain Bag project has been the chance to share what we hope will be the first of many books with new moms and babies —