On Thursday, May 19, Cradle 2 Career will be hosting a Facebook live conversation to welcome and get to know the new Executive Director, Julie Ruzek. Alongside her will be the Leadership co-chairs, Cathy Nathan and Lori Carrell. The conversation will start at 7:30 pm and run for up to an hour. Please join us in welcoming her to the Cradle 2 Career family!  Julie Ruzek comes to Cradle 2 Career after a long history of working in the public school system and has been engaged with Cradle 2 Career since its inception, both by supporting the work of [...]

Every year the coming of summer and the end of the school year means that some of our staff depart as they prepare for new aspects of their lives. While some of us have been here since the beginning, others have only been on for a few short months. These are the names behind the faces, and a little of what they do. Claudia Tabini (Interim Executive Director, Director of Community Engagement): Serves as the bridge between community organizations, parents, students, and community members. Additionally, she has served as the Co-Interim Executive director of Cradle 2 Career since November. Kelsey Duffy [...]

Within the process of exploring new network options, there is a lot to consider. Initially, the focus began with explorations of a post-secondary completion, workforce participation, 8th math, or the 3rd reading subgroups. Though these all showed promise, we determined that it was significantly beneficial to launch a 0-3 Healthy Development Network that could interact with young families and establish an early presence in their lives.   It was from efforts analyzing each possible network, that we saw the value of the overlap that could occur between our currently established Kindergarten Readiness Network and launching the 0-3 network. Based on these conclusions, [...]

We are happy to announce the launch of our spring quarterly newsletter! Spring QN (2)

We are excited to announce the commencement of the Spring Convening, a 4 week-long information overhaul bringing you face-to-face with the work we do. The convening will conclude with a small chat with the soon-to-be-announced future executive director of Cradle 2 Career. Join us as we take our next step to continue our work for the future of our children.  Who We Are?  Various studies have shown that children from low-income families are more likely to succeed when they have support during their development. Key educational milestones have been identified that track their progress, specifically: kindergarten readiness, early- grade reading, middle-grade [...]