Upcoming Sessions
Learning Tracks
Strengthening leadership capacity across California's early childhood landscape.
Each session contributes to our overarching goal of cultivating more effective, equity-centered leaders throughout California’s early childhood field—not only within the First 5 Network but across the broader ecosystem of organizations, agencies, and communities working to support young children and their families.
REDI
Sessions
Advocacy
Sessions
- April 7, 2026
- 1:00 pm
- -2:30 pm
- Open For All
F5LI Advocacy Session
Governance Sessions
- May 8, 2026
- 10:30 am
- -12:00 pm
- F5LI Advisory Council
F5LI Advisory Council Meeting
- May 19, 2026
- 9:30 am
- -11:00 am
- F5 Commissioners
Regional Commissioner Roundtables
Virtual roundtable designed specifically for current First 5 county commissioners. Offers a dedicated space for commissioners across California to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another through structured breakout conversations organized by county population size and region.
Field in Focus Sessions
- February 26, 2026
- 10:00 am
- -11:30 am
- Open For All
What We know About Early Child Development. And Why it Matters.
Presented by: Andria Goss, MS, MSW & Jill Barbre, MsEd, LCSW
Participants will learn about child development through the lens of theory and practice. This workshop will equip participants with foundational knowledge about multiple domains including cognitive, language, motor and social/emotional development within young children birth through age five years old.
Participants will:
– Gain a better understanding of child development through the birth through five years
– Acquire practical strategies to support development
– Learn how the child’s environment can impact development
MCLC
Sessions
- February 26, 2026
- 10:00 am
- -11:30 am
- Open For All
What We know About Early Child Development. And Why it Matters.
- March 4, 2026
- 10:00 am
- -11:30 am
- F5LI Leader Lab Cohorts