Early Education Leaders, an Institute at UMass Boston

provides the leadership development opportunities and infrastructure that early educators need to support thriving children and families.

June 10, 2024
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What ECE leadership looks like

Becky DelVecchio, Ph.D, project coordinator of EEL’s Statewide Professional Development Academy, recently co-authored an article with early educator Sara Becker for Exchange Press’s Exchange magazine, a quarterly publication that focuses on early childhood leadership and advocacy.

January 9, 2023
by earlyedinstitute
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Persuasive policy

We’re thrilled that the research brief “Evaluating Leadership Development in Early Care and Education,” which we co-authored with our research partners Mathematica and the Office Of Planning, Research & Evaluation (OPRE) was among the 10 most-downloaded publications from OPRE’s website … Continue reading

November 23, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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Testimony in support of bill to provide affordable and accessible high quality early education and care

On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the Joint Committee on Education of the Massachusetts Legislature heard testimony about H.605 and S.362: An Act providing affordable and accessible high quality early education and care to promote child development and well-being and support … Continue reading

January 14, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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January 2021 news

Our January newsletter is here! Read about the impact of our professional learning communities on the supply of early care and education programs in Boston and coverage of The Massachusetts Early Education and Care Workforce Survey 2019.

November 23, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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November 2020 news

Our November newsletter is here! Read about opportunities for free one-on-one coaching for family child care providers and center directors and administrators; our new cohort of Small Business Innovation Program participants; and news from our program in Maryland!

October 28, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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October News

Our October newsletter is here! Read about the random control trial we are running with family child care and small center providers in Boston and the Early Childhood Support Organization we are creating!

September 28, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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September news

Our September newsletter is here! Read about our new class of Early Education Leadership Fellows, our webinar series on reimagining systems of early care and education, and how we’re working with early educators as they reopen—and stay open—during the pandemic.

June 16, 2020
by Anne Douglass
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Webinar series: Reimagining Stronger and More Equitable Systems of Early Care and Education

If you could redesign early care and education in Massachusetts, what would it look like? Professional compensation for educators and family child care providers? Affordable access for all families? Resources that emphasize professional learning and leadership? Education and care that … Continue reading

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