Cindy Decker
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Cindy is passionate about ensuring all children receive a quality education and she knows that this creates a more prosperous future for all of us.
It's an honor to be in a network with other Head Start organizations working to create ideal learning environments for children from birth through age five. Tulsa Educare's own Dana Hilbert, Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy, is featured in the video.
08/07/2023
I did a new thing! I was on a podcast. I'm proud to talk about Tulsa's work to stamp out the child care desert.
How Tulsa’s Tackling Child Care Deserts (Live From the Woody Guthrie Center) - No One is Coming to Save Us On the first stop of the national tour, host Gloria Riviera is live in Tulsa to speak with members of a coalition that is supporting both families and childhood educators while working to stamp out Oklahoma’s expansive child care desert. We meet panelists Cindy Decker, executive director of Tulsa ...
05/05/2023
It was a team effort. A Tulsa family child care home provider taught me that localities have restrictions on their businesses beyond what our state requires. A woman who lives in Philadelphia told me other states have laws preventing localities from having limitations. I shared this idea of a bill with Representative Schreiber. She agreed to sponsor it and did a lot of talking with her fellow legislators about why it was a good thing. It passed the House. A Senator sponsored a similar bill. It passed the Senate. The Governor signed it. Participating in this was the best civics course ever!
A new law makes affordable child care easier to find If you pay for daycare then you already know, those weekly charges add up.But there’s a new law hopes to make affordable child care easier to find.Governor Stit
13/04/2023
I'm excited to talk about the importance of the first few years to healthy equity at Be Well Community Development Corporation's Blood at the Roots: Issues of Health Equity - The New Civil Rights Movement event tomorrow. Be Well exists to advance the health and quality of life for residents in North Tulsa by convening people, ideas, and resources.
We are excited about this week's sneak peek!!!!
Tickets are still available!!!
Click the link below to get tickets!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blood-at-the-root-issues-of-health-equity-the-new-civil-rights-movement-tickets-520687990797
13/01/2023
It's mind blowing to work for an agency featured on the front page of the Tulsa World for making a research-proven positive impact. Go Tulsa Educare!
OU-Tulsa early childhood study shows Educare students retained advantage through early grades A study conducted by OU-Tulsa's Early Childhood Education Institute suggests that the academic impact of high quality early childhood programming lasts beyond the earliest elementary grades.
07/01/2023
Tulsa Educare has amazing people who dreamed this and made it happen.
04/12/2022
I'm proud to be working with family child care homes in Tulsa to push for updating the city's zoning code so it is less restrictive and can help us become less of a child care desert.
Tulsa City Council Considers Changes To Daycare Zoning Codes Tulsa City Counselors voted this week to continue discussions on possibly making changes to zoning regulations for family childcare homes in Tulsa.
04/09/2022
Please join me on September 20, 2022, for a day full of exciting discussions on universal pre-K with leading education experts, in-person or virtually! For years, educators, elected officials and advocates across the state of Oklahoma worked together to build a movement in support of high-quality early childhood education — and the results of their actions have been tremendous. RSVP today: https://forms.gle/7wFLwZLG5hU9ao9T8
It was a fun week celebrating Pride at Tulsa Educare!
Tulsa Educare created this inspiring video as a way to express what we do. It was shared at our virtual ribbon cutting for Tulsa Educare-Celia Clinton, our fourth Tulsa Educare school. Thanks to all for helping make "us" happen.