Why Early Childhood Educator of the Year? DIEEC’s Early Childhood Educator of the Year Award acknowledges and honors the critical role of professionals in Delaware who exemplify the best in quality early care and education. Our overall goal is to eleva

In Case You Missed It Stay connected with up-to-date information The focus of this page is to provide you with a “one stop shop” for recent updates from DIEEC and our state partners. Additionally, this site is where you’ll find health and safety inform

A Recap of the 2nd Annual First State Family Child Care Conference DIEEC staff members pose with keynote speaker, Jerletha McDonald. (center) On a rainy, fall Saturday morning, family child care educators from all across Delaware gathered at the Chase

Joy Rowe of the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood at the University of Delaware leads initiative training at Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTOS Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth was tapped to pilot a new edu

Handwashing is a regular routine that keeps children, staff, and their families safe and healthy. We spend lots of time handwashing – to reap the benefits, it is important to handwash at the correct times in the correct way. Push it further: making han

Our research encompasses programs, early childhood staff, and children and families. The DIEEC operates a statewide quality rating and improvement system for programs, a statewide professional development network for early childhood professionals, and

Active and appropriate supervision is vital to keep children safe. You need to know the ratios for your program type. Remember, maintaining safe ratios helps prevent educators from being overwhelmed and keeps supervision manageable.  Check out thi

Active and appropriate supervision is vital to keep children safe. You need to know the ratios and group sizes for your program type. Remember, maintaining safe ratios and group sizes helps prevent educators from being overwhelmed and keeps supervision

Programs support relationships between educators and children through intentional and responsive interactions. Key Practice 1: Program seeks to build meaningful connections over time between children and their primary educators. Entry DELACARE Regulati

DIEEC Updates 1st State Family Child Care Conference: Registration Now Open 1st State FCC Conference Returns for 2023 Addressing the Decrease of Licensed Family Child Care Programs Let’s Go Outside Summer 2023 Application Family Child Care (FCC)