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One of those facilitators is Catherine Tighe, a former kindergarten teacher who's now a coach for the early childhood initiative in Somerville.

Early Outcomes for Programs and Families in Children's Futures (PDF - 932 KB) Walker, Daly, McMaken, & Pouncy (2010) Examines outcomes for families served by an early childhood initiative in Trenton, NJ, and addresses issues related to cost, partnership development, and sustainability of the Children's Futures program.

Children's Futures» First Five Years: Lessons and Early Outcomes of a Community Change Initiative (PDF - 302 KB) Walker (2008) Summarizes the evaluation of an early childhood initiative in Trenton, NJ.

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«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

Before taking the helm of the PNC Foundation, McCradywas the architect of the firm's ambitious philanthropic initiative to boost early childhood education, Grow Up Great, which launched in 2004.

In addition, resources are being allocated to expand new infrastructure - building initiatives to bolster the field of home visiting and better integrate home visiting services into a broad system of early childhood supports.

The ACF Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) awarded the TEI contract to provide technical assistance, leadership, and support to promote excellence in community - based research and evaluation of MIECHV initiatives that serve American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families through the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

Additionally, they are working to ensure that the Wisconsin endorsement process complements other professional development initiatives in the state, such as the post-graduate University of Wisconsin Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Certificate Program that launched in June 2010.

There are nearly 1,000 Waldorf schools and 2,000 Waldorf early childhood programs located throughout the world, including about 170 Waldorf schools and 250 Waldorf early childhood in the US, plus additional initiatives, early childhood programs, and charter schools that incorporate aspects of Waldorf Education.

An investment of the same amount in the Smart Start early childhood initiative reduced the likelihood by 10 percent.

And experts say similar early - childhood initiatives and proposals in other metropolitan areas may be a signal that support is growing for publicly financed preschool programs.

As Louise Stoney, Ann Mitchell, and Mildred Warner of the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance note in the Summer 2006 issue of Community Development, «The misconceived assumption that new initiatives must be created means that reformers tend not to build on the many successful programs that already exist.»

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

Sandra's knowledge in bullying behaviour in schools is extensive, due to her teaching career and the fact that she has been involved in the development of a number or initiatives focused on reducing bullying in Australia, including the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Review of Antibullying Policy and Practice.

During the past year, Bonnie Mackintosh has been conducting classroom - level observations and child assessments in community - based preschool programs throughout Boston's Circle of Promise and East Boston neighborhoods as part of an initiative to improve access to high - quality early childhood care and educational programs.

This initiative might focus its energies initially on three to five long - term projects in areas such as developing reading improvement programs or helping at - risk children make successful transitions from early - childhood programs into regular classrooms.

This initiative sets into a motion a coordinated set of high - impact actions, investments, and partnerships that will significantly increase the Ed School's capacity for research, innovation, outreach, and leadership development in early childhood education.

Was it difficult to leave the Secretary of Education position with initiatives like third grade literacy, increasing early childhood education, and grant work still works in progress?

Last August, the federal Administration for Children, Youth, and Families commissioned a study of the degree to which state early - childhood - education initiatives work in concert with local Head Start programs.

While many states sponsor one or more early - childhood programs, only a handful have designed a network of initiatives for young children and their families, a study by the National Center for Children in Poverty reports.

After 16 years of deploying thousands of motivated college liberal - arts graduates to work in the nation's urban and rural schools, Teach For America plans to launch an early - childhood - education initiative this coming fall.

The program's aim is to teach awareness of the skills needed to form respectful relationships and more specifically to challenge gender stereotypes that can lead to gender - based violence and disrespectful attitudes to women.The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) states that, «Early interventions with children and young people can have a lasting effect on their relationships in the future... On the basis of current evidence, violence prevention and respectful relationships initiatives among young people can make a real difference, producing lasting change in attitudes and behaviours.»

Zaentz Fellows will participate in a co-curriculum that draws them together across programs; connects them to faculty involved in the initiative; offers related research, mentorship, and internship opportunities with individual faculty and at the Center on the Developing Child; and helps build a peer alumni network as they pursue careers in early childhood education.

The initiative is supported by a $ 35.5 million gift from the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation, one of the largest gifts ever given to a university to focus on advancing early childhood education and the largest gift in HGSE's history.

In that time, he won praise for uniting education reformers, teachers, principals and business stakeholders behind an aggressive education reform agenda that included opening more than 100 new schools, expanding after - school and summer learning programs, closing down underperforming schools, increasing early childhood and college access, dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers, and building public - private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.

Atlanta — Educators from 13 Southern states and a number of regional associations met here last week to share information about legislative initiatives in the field of early - childhood education.

With your support of publicly funded programs such as quality early childhood education, college and career prep, STEM initiatives, arts education, and extended - day learning, we will help existing schools work towards closing the achievement gap and help prepare our students for success in academics and in life.

Voters overwhelmingly passed the school bond and mill, demonstrating support for initiatives to improve aging buildings and expand programming in the arts, early childhood, and tutoring.

Rolf Grafwallner, CEELO Senior Scientist and Program Director at the Council of Chief State School (CCSSO) Rolf is Program Director for Early Childhood Initiatives at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in Washington, D.C. where he works with states to improve learning opportunities and outcomes for young children.

For over 10 years, NIRN has led and engaged in national and global implementation initiatives and capacity building across human services, including education, child welfare, early childhood development, health, and criminal justice.

Before joining PowerMyLearning, Meghan worked as a Regional Coordinator for Children's Literacy Initiative in Philadelphia, where she managed implementation of a professional development initiative for early childhood educators in several major school districts, including Chicago Public Schools.

The initiative offers a new degree track in early childhood education and teacher leadership as part of the job - embedded professional development and advanced degree program.

The Children's Forum was awarded an AmeriCorps Planning Grant (2017 - 18) to develop an early care and education intervention and workforce diversification initiative to be implemented in early childhood programs throughout Florida.

Entitled, «Early Learning In State ESSA Plans - Implementation Snapshot: How States Are Using the Law,» it breaks down how each state plans to either launch new early - childhood initiatives or increase their current offerEarly Learning In State ESSA Plans - Implementation Snapshot: How States Are Using the Law,» it breaks down how each state plans to either launch new early - childhood initiatives or increase their current offerearly - childhood initiatives or increase their current offerings.

Analyses of his successful leadership are featured in several books: Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools (Kirp, 2013); Team Turnarounds (Frontiera and Leidl, 2012) and Respect (Kwalwasser, 2012)-- and the early childhood education initiatives Dr. Weast led in Montgomery County are discussed in the book Building Blocks, (Maerhoff, 2006).

She has worked on multiple initiatives designed to advance high quality in early childhood education and in child and adult care in the states.

She helped manage the Success By 6 ® early - childhood initiative in Portland, Oregon.

In addition to these initiatives, the Head Start program, which was created in 1965 and is one of the earliest ECE initiatives, is a federal program that provides free access to early childhood education programs for children from low socioeconomic status familieIn addition to these initiatives, the Head Start program, which was created in 1965 and is one of the earliest ECE initiatives, is a federal program that provides free access to early childhood education programs for children from low socioeconomic status familiein 1965 and is one of the earliest ECE initiatives, is a federal program that provides free access to early childhood education programs for children from low socioeconomic status families.

This study examines the community - wide effects of two statewide early childhood policy initiatives in North Carolina.

Most respondents, in addition to backing charter schools, favored Obama initiatives such as linking student achievement to teacher pay and expanding early childhood education.

Dr. Wright spearheaded initiatives in Mississippi that nearly doubled the Advancement Placement (AP) participation and success rate, resulted in significant annual gains in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, and earned Mississippi recognition from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) as one of the top six states in the nation for providing high - quality early childhood educaEarly Education Research (NIEER) as one of the top six states in the nation for providing high - quality early childhood educaearly childhood education.

No, the $ 15 - $ 20 billion digital endowment and related efforts would not substitute for much - needed initiatives in areas such as early childhood education or poverty - fighting.

• Competent and self - reliant early childhood educator with exceptional skills in providing safe and developmentally appropriate programs that are aligned with the school's directives, and those of federal and state initiatives.

In these roles she oversees professional learning, conducts research, and consults for local and state initiatives on the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES), the Program Administration Scale (PAS), the Business Administration for Family Child Care (BAS) and leadership topics in early care and educatioIn these roles she oversees professional learning, conducts research, and consults for local and state initiatives on the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES), the Program Administration Scale (PAS), the Business Administration for Family Child Care (BAS) and leadership topics in early care and educaEarly Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES), the Program Administration Scale (PAS), the Business Administration for Family Child Care (BAS) and leadership topics in early care and educatioin early care and educaearly care and education.

Program Manager, Early Childhood & Special Education Initiatives, Center for Technology in Education (CTE), Johns Hopkins University School of Education

The states that have played a significant role in shaping and implementing this federal initiative have also built bridges between early childhood systems at the state and local levels.

«Over the past 30 years there have been a number of initiatives in Ontario aimed at increasing wages for the early childhood education and child care (ECEC) workforce working in regulated child care centres and regulated home child care.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childrein which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childrein isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childrein the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childrein synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childreIn this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable childrein building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.

One of the initiatives to enhance access to ECE in sub Saharan Africa has been the breeding of community based early childhood programs across the country.

Purpose: To fund projects to build infrastructure capacity to support collaborative initiatives between child welfare and early childhood systems to maximize enrollment, attendance, and supports of infants and young children who are in foster care into comprehensive, high - quality early care and education programs.