January 9, 2023
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Congratulations to the graduates of our Instructional Leadership for Continuous Improvement in Early Education course! This free course is designed to help small teams from programs (e.g., a director, curriculum coach, and a lead teacher working collaboratively) build capacity for … Continue reading
October 1, 2022
by Anne Douglass
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Instructional leaders and instructional teams will benefit from our new course, “Instructional Leadership for Continuous Improvement in Early Education.” Participants will learn about organizational change and new research on methods for accelerating improvement and creating a culture of collaborative learning … Continue reading
October 29, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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The COVID-19 pandemic has widely exposed what early care and education (ECE) professionals have long known: our ECE system is not sustainable in its current patchwork configuration. Yet it is also vital to the functioning of our economy and must … Continue reading
October 19, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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The Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation (the Leadership Institute), housed in UMass Boston’s College of Education and Human Development, announces that Songtian (Tim) Zeng PhD, BCBA and Anne Douglass PhD are co-principal investigators on a study measuring the … Continue reading
October 19, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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The Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation (the Leadership Institute), housed in UMass Boston’s College of Education and Human Development, announces today that it is designing a new Early Childhood Support Organization (ECSO) for the state’s licensed early care … Continue reading
October 13, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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“Every day, I look forward to starting my day with the children—teaching them new skills, social interaction, celebrating milestones like their first step or their first word; watching them try new foods and making new friends, and all that stuff,” … Continue reading
September 10, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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You can’t be successful directing a small early child care program unless you’re an expert in early childhood development and the science of early brain development. But it also helps to understand accounting, marketing, human resources, facilities management, and bulk … Continue reading
July 28, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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During the final webinar in our three-part series, “Reimagining Stronger and More Equitable Systems of Early Care and Education,” we heard from experts in early education and care discuss how to create shared services, the benefits of automation, the need … Continue reading
July 15, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an increasingly urgent conversation among political leaders, policymakers, and leaders in early care and education (ECE) about the need for systemic change to ensure the economic survival of the sector, which is vital to a … Continue reading
July 14, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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As we continue to adapt to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, families have been slow to return their children to early care and education programs, according to Opportunities Exchange, a national leader in developing business strategies that sustain ECE programs … Continue reading