By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, This morning, I had the honor of giving a plenary talk to the early childhood educators attending the ECE Institute. What I told them is that the laser focus of VTAEYC is retaining and […]
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By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, We’ve redesigned this newsletter just a bit to make it easier to scan. Scroll down for regular updates and resources tailored to your specific needs! I am personally excited about a new training for
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By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, I know many of you are concerned with torrential rain coming later today—on the anniversary of last year’s flood. Please stay safe, and take care of yourselves and each other. You may notice our
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By Sharron Harrington and Brenda Schramm Dear colleagues, Sharron Harrington and Brenda Schramm are co-writing this letter: as supervising faculty at Vermont State University (VTSU) in addition to directing VTAEYC’s Career Advancement department, Brenda recently participated in graduation at
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By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, I’m pleased to announce the SPARQS team is expanding. VTAEYC is hiring specialists for our Quality Support and Program Assessment teams to keep up with programs’ requests and cut down on wait times. See the
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By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, This week, May 5-11, marks the first ever National Youth Apprenticeship Week! Paula Nadeau on our Career Advancement team recently shared the successes of a young person graduating from our Youth Apprenticeship program.
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By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, Our SPARQS team has a few months of experience working with Vermont early childhood education programs on assessments, as well as providing coaching and other quality supports. Now we can look across our data
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By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, One of our favorite celebrations is around the corner, April 6-12: Week of the Young Child! #WOYC is a great opportunity to connect the theory and practice of what we do: child-centered, developmentally appropriate, interdisciplinary early
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By Victoria Ward Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the SPARQS portal is now running on all engines! Now, you can request coaching and quality support services, as well as assessments, all in one place. Already have
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By Sharron Harrington Dear colleagues, I want to appreciate Vermont lawmakers for several years of legislation supporting early childhood educators – even before passing Act 76 last year. One example is the Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program for Early
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