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 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 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 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 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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By Sharron Harrington I am a member of Vermont’s Pre-Kindergarten Education Implementation Committee representing VTAEYC, and I want to let you know how it’s going. The Committee was created through Act 76 to assist the Agency of Education (AOE)
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Tammy Gosley of Bennington is the 2023 Vermont Early Childhood Educator of the Year. Gosley is a Lead Teacher with Head Start / Early Head Start of Bennington County, a program of United Counseling Service. The prestigious annual award
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Dear Colleagues, I am honored to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of VTAEYC. It means so much that the Board of Directors – my former colleagues, and my friends – trust me with this responsibility. That’s especially
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Burlington, VT: The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) is pleased to announce Sharron Harrington of Arlington, Vermont as its full-time executive director, board president Christina Goodwin announced Tuesday. Harrington has been interim executive director since
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