2025 PDG B-5 Symposium
2025 PDG B-5 Symposium
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On Monday, November 10, 2025 Hawaiʻi P-20 Partnerships for Education, the Executive Office on Early Learning, partners, and stakeholders gathered at Koʻolau Ballrooms and Conference Center in Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu to celebrate the culmination of the 3-year federal Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five (PDG B-5).
The PDG B-5 Symposium highlighted the initiatives, accomplishments, and lessons learned from individuals and partnering entities of Hawaiʻi's PDG B-5 Renewal Grant (2022-2025). This convening provided a crucial platform to evaluate the impact of the projects and discuss next steps for Hawaiʻi's early childhood mixed delivery system.
The Our Keiki, Our ʻOhana, Our Future: Sustaining Momentum in Early Learning Symposium booklet highlighting the work of the 2022-2025 PDG B-5 Renewal Grant and the slide deck from the Symposium are below.
The Our Keiki, Our ʻOhana, Our Future: Sustaining Momentum in Early Learning Symposium booklet provides a summary of projects and highlights the progress made across Hawaiʻi's early childhood care and education sector over the past 3 years that were fully or partially funded by the 2022-2025 PDG B-5 Renewal Grant.
The booklet includes a description of the 22 distinct projects and is strategically organized around the four PDG B-5 pillars:
Supporting the Early Childhood Workforce
Increasing Access and Accessibility to Programs
Enhancing Program Quality
Maximizing Family Engagement
The following topics were presented at the 2025 Symposium and are included in the Symposium slide deck:
Evaluating PDG B-5: Stories and Impact
Bridging the Gaps: Online Platforms for Early Childhood Support for Families, Providers, and Communities
County Early Childhood & Family Engagement Efforts
Next Steps for Hawaiʻi
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