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What is climate anxiety? A post on Our Planet x Young Children by Exchange fellow Naomi Alfini

by Naomi Alfini Screenshot: Naomi Alfini interviews Kristan Klingelhofer and Teddy Kellam of the Good Grief Network. Video below and here. The term climate anxiety, sometimes also called eco-anxiety, refers to anxiety that centers around the threats posed by […]

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Advancing as a Profession: Draft recommendations for minimum compensation scale

In 2022, a design team made up of Vermont early childhood educators and statewide stakeholders drafted a model for minimum compensation standards for an early childhood education profession. Workforce feedback, collected from Advancing as a Profession sessions and surveys,

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\”I knew that there was more to learn and practice.\” The value of Vermont\’s ECE Apprenticeship Program

by Paula Nadeau Happy National Apprenticeship Week! I am so grateful to be able to share some of my journey in this incredibly rewarding field of early childhood education. When I started working in ECE, I was subbing, part-time

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The Curtis Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation announces new comprehensive scholarships for early childhood educator certificates

The Curtis Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation Announces The Curtis Fund Commitment: A Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Early Childhood Educator Certificates The Curtis Fund, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, is pleasedto announce a bold scholarship

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\”But…How are the Children?\” A post on Our Communities x Young Children by Exchange fellow Becky Blacklock

By Becky Blacklock Please participate in the survey found linked in the conclusion of this blog to help inform how we can more deeply explore child wellbeing and development within our communities and practice.  Thank you. The world around

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