“Speak your mind. Even if your voice shakes.” –Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Happy July! This month’s newsletter offers a variety of resources to support the early childcare workforce, faculty, and stakeholders. Take advantage of shared assets and ideas to enhance your own practice and understanding of the ever-evolving field of early childhood education.
Positive Behavior Support for Young Children utilizes evidence-based strategies to promote social and emotional development and prevent and address challenging behaviors in preschool-aged children. Check out our latest update to the in-person materials for this course, Child Guidance: Creating Caring Classrooms to Support Positive Behavior (2020), for expanded content that includes social and emotional development for infants and toddlers, plus a deeper dive into reflective practice and advancing equity. In this course, Gail Joseph PhD., Bezos Family Foundation Distinguished Professor in Early Learning, guides participants through the content step-by-step as they learn new strategies, see them in action, and try them out in their own learning settings. Please visit our public course page for a complete list of available courses. Alliance members may access full course materials from the member portal. Courses are free to Alliance members affiliated with a teaching institution. Join the Alliance today!
Early Childhood Policy in Institutions of Higher Education: Reports and Research
Visit the Early Childhood Policy Network (ECPIHE) website resources page for a collection of selected materials, including early childhood policy (ECP) briefs, ECP research reports, ECP academic papers, and diversity, racial equity, and inclusion resources. This month’s highlights:
Academic Papers: Borowsky, J., Brown, J. H., Davis, E. E., Gibbs, C., Herbst, C. N., Sojourner, A., Tekin, A., & Wiswall, M. J. (2022). An equilibrium model of the impact of increased public investment in early childhood education. National Bureau of Economic Research.Working Paper 30140http://www.nber.org/papers/w30140
Visit the ECPIHE job board for a collection of job openings and fellowships relevant to early learning policy. Current openings include:
Researcher and Policy Analyst or Associate – Early Childhood Learning at Learning Policy Institute
Assistant Research Professor in Policy Evaluation for the Children's Equity Project
ECPIHE Invites You To Learn More
Visit the ECPIHE website to check out resources (course syllabus, modules), as well as articles, and briefs pertaining to early childhood policy.
Join Policy Connect to collaborate and share ideas with early childhood policymakers, faculty, researchers, advocates, and other experts in the field.
Follow ECPIHE on LinkedIn and Twitter to stay up to date on new resources, events, and career opportunities in ECP.
Faculty Finds, Opt-in!
The EarlyEdU Alliance is happy to distribute the latest issue of Faculty Finds. This free resource, developed and compiled by Camille Catlett, addresses the effective preparation of early childhood professionals. You’ll find content and links to professional resources. Each issue focuses on early childhood (birth to grade 3). Faculty Finds is distributed six times annually, and all the resources are free. Explore past Issues of Faculty Finds on our Discover Resources page.
Stay current on EarlyEdU events and national issues on our Linkedin page!
EarlyEdU Highlight Webinar: New to EarlyEdU
Get ready for your academic year with Katie Emerson-Hoss, Higher Education Outreach and Implementation Manager, and Tonya Clegg, Higher Education Specialist, as they share meaningful resources and support that come with Alliance membership. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your practice with the specialized assets and professional community found through your (free!) Alliance membership.
Register for the webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Time: 10–10:30 a.m. PT / 1–1:30 p.m. ET
