Last year, long-time PIC donors donated $50,000 to create a professional development fund for PIC teachers in honor of Executive Director Deb Green's retirement from PIC. The donors then challenged us to raise another $50,000 to increase the level of support we could give our teachers. We've met the...

This year’s First Up annual early learning conference, with its focus on equity and inclusion, was very exciting for PIC! We had two staff members co-present workshops on important topics and a PIC teacher won the conference raffle, which had amazing prizes for her classroom. Infant/Young Toddler...

Last month, Executive Director Deb Green joined First Up and Smith Memorial Playground in launching a professional development program designed to improve levels of quality in early childhood education programs in Philadelphia. This innovative project is being funded by Strong Start for Kids, a new...