March 13, 2025
by earlyedinstitute
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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
April 11, 2022
by Anne Douglass
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Kelly Cavallini has been working in family child care for 29 years and she wouldn’t have it any other way. She briefly worked as a center director for a large chain but found that she missed the more intimate work … Continue reading
April 11, 2022
by Anne Douglass
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After 39 years as an ECE provider, you’d think Marcia Gadson-Harris would have little desire—or need—for more professional development training. And yet, last October she completed Leading for Change, the 14-week professional development program offered through the Massachusetts StrongStart Professional … Continue reading
March 25, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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A rapidly expanding early education program is a nice problem to have—but it’s still a problem. Just ask Deanna Donnelly, the director of education for the Gurukul Learning Center in Chelmsford. Before the COVID-19 pandemic and not long after Donnelly … Continue reading
March 18, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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With three years of experience running the Learning Tree Experience, a family child care in Dorchester, Jasmine Cox knows a lot about what it takes to create a successful ECE business: building trusting relationships with families, the importance of structure … Continue reading
March 11, 2021
by Anne Douglass
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It’s safe to say that Keira Durrett has earned the title of “expert.” She’s worked in early care and education for over 30 years, 21 of them as director of the Williston North Hampton Children’s Center in Easthampton. Even so, … Continue reading