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Dr. Maria Mavrides Calderon’s policy brief discusses the implications of compensation and work conditions policies affecting New York City Early Education Centers (NYCEECs). Throughout this brief, Dr. Mavrides Calderon (Early Scholar Cohort 2021) amplifies the voices of directors, teachers and parents working or attending NYCEECs. The brief uses information from a qualitative study conducted by…
Writing the History of Your Early Childhood Program
For the last several years, I have been researching and writing the history of the 93-year-old Amalgamated Nursery School for my doctoral dissertation at the CUNY Graduate Center, Urban Education, Policy and Leadership. This story, which started in 1929 with the founding of what was originally a kindergarten in the Amalgamated Houses, has taken me…
Diversifying Gender and Sexuality in Children’s Books:
A critical reflection on the "different types of families" approach
About two decades ago, while I was a preschool teacher in Argentina, I gave little to no thought to the gendered dynamics of my classroom. I identify as a cisgender (i.e., my sex assigned at birth matches my gender identity), straight, gender-conforming woman. To a great extent, this positionality allowed me to be “genderblind” about…
The Many Joys of Early Childhood Mathematics
“Miss Ashley, Miss Ashley, give me numbers!” This is the request that started my path of awareness and curiosity about the possibilities of the mathematical minds of preschool aged children. Through sitting and talking with my students in the morning during breakfast, during center time, and during morning meeting, I discovered quite by accident, that…
Congratulations 2022 Early Career Scholars
The NYC Early Childhood Research Network have announced their new Early Career Scholars awardees. The 2022 cohort will be: David Vining a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University; Karina Malik a doctoral candidate in the department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University; and the Institute’s very own Zoraima Rosario-Rolón, who in addition to leading the Coaching…
Dona Anderson will serve as the new Executive Director of the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
The New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute is pleased to announce that Dona Anderson has been named the new Executive Director. Dona, who has served as the Deputy Executive Director over the past six years, has been an essential part of the leadership team at the Institute. Over that time Dona has developed a…
Sherry Cleary announces her retirement
“After 16 years as Executive Director of the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute and the University Dean of the Office of Early Childhood Initiatives, Sherry Cleary has announced that she will be retiring, effective July 2022. Please join me in congratulating Sherry on her tremendous impact on our University, on families and students…
Who Is the Researcher? Teachers as Researchers of Diversity and Equity in Early Childhood Education
As an educator I have frequently been a part of research. Often, this involvement was on the periphery, as a subject, without much knowledge of the study design or implications. Seldom was I privy to even the outcome of the research. As part of its work, the New York City Early Childhood Research Network seeks…
Grant Opportunity: Invest in New York Child Care Deserts
The NYS Office of Children and Family Services is offering a grant opportunity to help providers open new child care programs in their region. Funding from the Invest in New York Child Care Deserts Grant program will be available to newly licensed, registered or permitted child care programs in NY’s child care deserts -areas that…
Apply for the NY Child Care Stabilization Grant by November 30, 2021
There is Still Time to Apply for the Child Care Stabilization GrantFunds are available for your program!Licensed or RegisteredEarly Childhood Centers andFamily Child Care Programs are Encouraged to Apply The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is still accepting applications for the Child Care Stabilization Grant. The Grant aims to provide…
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