March 24, 2025
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“There’s a big difference between being a boss and being a leader,” says Tasha McNabb, Center Director at Next Generation Children’s Center in Marlborough. This distinction is at the heart of what she and Assistant Director Karen Rodriguez have learned … Continue reading
March 13, 2025
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The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently released a comprehensive report on early education and child care in Massachusetts, underscoring the vital importance of professional development and leadership training in sustaining a high-quality early education workforce. The “Inter-Agency Early Education and Child Care … Continue reading
February 12, 2025
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Sarah Martinez’s entry into early childhood education came through an unlikely clerical error. Fresh out of college and working as a YMCA lifeguard, she applied to a number of different jobs and her application was accidentally stapled to someone else’s … Continue reading
November 12, 2024
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One of the tools that participants in the ECSO offered by Early Education Leaders learn is Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA). PDSA is a structured, iterative problem-solving method used to test and implement changes for continuous improvement. When built into the workday routines … Continue reading
July 9, 2024
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Like most early care and education providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Annette Fernandez, PhD, and her staff at Meadowbrook Child Garden in Marlborough found themselves in uncharted territory as they struggled to serve children and families in a safe and … Continue reading
March 12, 2024
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As a longtime educator and ECE leader, Mandy Chaput is confident in her skills and in her work as director of the Early Learning Center and of school-age programs at the YWCA of Northeastern MA. “I pride myself on having … Continue reading
March 1, 2024
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Initially, neither Maureen Myers nor Katie Shanley was enthusiastic about joining UMass Boston’s Early Childhood Support Organization (ECSO), a multi-year program for center-based ECE teams looking to build their capacity to provide the highest-quality learning experiences for the children and … 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