DIEEC is honored to be featured in the National Early Care & Education Work Center‘s monthly newsletter, Research Snacks. Their latest issue highlights the vital role of family child care (FCC) networks, and the research includes an examination of our own initiative. The newsletter explores how staffed FCC networks provide crucial support to educators, from ... Read more
The Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) is proud to partner with the Early Learning Center (ELC) on the CCAMPIS program. This initiative provides free, high-quality childcare to Pell Grant-eligible University of Delaware student-parents, empowering them to pursue their degrees without the added stress of childcare barriers. Learn more about how CCAMPIS and ... Read more
We are pleased to announce that Kristy Sheffler and Heidi Beck will serve as interim co-directors of DIEEC during Rena Hallam’s term as interim dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). Kristy and Heidi have long histories of leadership experience at DIEEC and New Directions Early Head Start (NDEHS), ... Read more
University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center partners with families, communities and the state of Delaware to offer excellent and equitable early care It is one of the largest and most robust early childhood education centers in the state. It is also a “living-learning laboratory” for hundreds of UD students interested in strengthening knowledge, health and ... Read more
Rena Hallam to assume leadership as Gary Henry completes term Rena A. Hallam, a professor of human development and family sciences, will serve as interim dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, President Dennis Assanis and Provost Laura Carlson announced today. Hallam, a UD alumna and director of the Delaware ... Read more
It is imperative to have men in early childhood education, but why? According to recent research by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (naeyc), early childhood education plays a critical part in young children’s gender identity development. When young children do not have relationships with male teachers and caregivers, traditional gender stereotypes ... Read more
DIEEC and five other partners a cooperative agreement to establish and operate the first-of-its-kind National Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Center.
With this month’s editorial focus on self-care, our Voice’s from the Field series spotlights a family child care educator who invested in herself by setting a goal and achieving it in her professional development. Patrice Battaglia shares her approach to completing 120 hours of training through the Quorum online learning platform in three months. This ... Read more
Family child care (FCC) educators from across the state of Delaware gathered to further their professional development and build relationships with colleagues.
DELAWARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
