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    February 21, 2023

    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.

  2. First State Family Child Care participants have discussion at a table.

    January 25, 2023

    Family child care (FCC) educators from across the state of Delaware gathered to further their professional development and build relationships with colleagues.

  3. DIEEC staff presenting to a group

    January 5, 2023

    Teaching Delaware’s youngest learners is not child’s play. It requires training and professional development to give infants, toddlers, and preschoolers the best start during their

  4. January 5, 2023

    UD Health and Wellness Initiative program provides professionals with support A family child care professional typically starts their day before dawn, caring for their own

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    June 16, 2022

    On June 16, 2022, the DIEEC hosted a panel discussion and professional learning experience (PLE) on anti-bias education strategies in early childhood. Through a question and answer

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    March 16, 2022

    Throughout the late winter and early spring of 2022, DIEEC held monthly information sessions for the early childhood professional community. These sessions to learn more

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    February 11, 2022

    During February 2022, the DIEEC held two information sessions for family child care professionals. On February 9, the FCC community was invited to learn more

  8. February 11, 2022

    Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood aids distribution of federal funds The University of Delaware’s Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) and

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    September 10, 2021

    The preschool-to-prison pipeline starts with an overuse of exclusionary discipline practices on certain groups of toddlers — beginning with time-out and ending with suspension or

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    August 16, 2021

    For many adults, playing with kids feels challenging and awkward, but UD experts have answers When you are a child, you are not really a