By Cassandra Schmid My greatest passion as an educator is to provide an environment where each child can express who they are – their differences as well as the connections they share with others. I entered the field of …
by Naomi Alfini I’m coming to this fellowship exchange with a driving question about how adults can cultivate our own emotional resilience and regulation in relation to climate change and the young children in our lives. Experts seem to …
by Rachel Hunter I\’m the outreach coordinator for the Advancing Early Childhood Education as a Profession project. As I talk with early childhood educators throughout the state, sometimes I hear questions like: \”What does workforce-led mean?\” \”Who else are …
Advancing ECE as a Profession: What it means to be workforce-led Read More »
By Mark Sustic Appreciation and deep respect to VTAEYC for launching the Exchange. This is the evolution of the Early Learning and Development Exchange, an effort the Turrell Fund started in late 2019 to focus on the impact of …
Launching The Exchange: Guest post from Mark Sustic Read More »
By Susan Titterton “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”– Martin Luther King Jr. “What we have before us are some breathtaking opportunities disguised as insoluble problems.” – John …
Accomplishments & Next Steps: Three Years of Advancing ECE as a Profession in Vermont Read More »
by Dianne Carter Earlier this month, VSAC announced its new Scholarship Program for Prospective Early Childhood Educators that can help future early childhood educators get their Associate or Bachelor’s Degree at one of eight public or private Vermont colleges …
by Janet McLaughlin How do we honor the lives lived and lost in the racist mass murder in Buffalo, NY over the weekend? There are many necessary responses to yet another horrific incidence of violence against Black Americans; there …
Inclusive Early Childhood Education as a Response to Anti-Black Hate and Violence Read More »
by Janet McLaughlin Recently, VTAEYC surveyed early childhood education programs about the impact of the current staffing crisis. The statewide survey confirms what we have heard in so many conversations: the staffing crisis is dire and its impacting our educators, …
by Ann Traverso Moore This year’s Kindergarten Conference centered on the value of play in learning. You don’t want to miss this annual event in Vermont, and next year is the 30th! The morning sessions were provided virtually and …
Solidarity for Advancing as a Profession at the Kindergarten Conference Read More »
by Susan Titterton The Task Force is turning its attention to designing the “bridge” for the existing workforce to advance into the recognized early childhood education profession described in the Unifying Framework. While the foundation is being laid to …
Advancing as a Profession update: The Establishing Equivalence Pilot Read More »
