Early Educators Leadership Institute
Supporting Birth Through Grade Three Alignment
The goal of the Leadership Institute is to support a cohort of leaders from school districts, community-based organizations, and family child care systems in building cross-cutting partnerships that will lead to improved school readiness, school success, and life-long opportunity for the children of Massachusetts.
Leaders in early education and care systems serve as a critical catalyst for change in linking education efforts and creating a continuum of learning across this age group.
As part of Massachusetts’ commitment to creating a robust birth through grade three system, one which will provide enhanced learning and developmental opportunities for all children, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) is working in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of Higher Education, the Readiness Centers Network, Strategies for Children, National Governors Association Early Learning Policy Academy, and other key stakeholders to develop and implement innovative new strategies across the state.
Using Race to the Top, Early Learning Challenge funds, EEC has contracted with Early Childhood Associates, Inc to offer the Early Educators Leadership Institute.
The Institute will convene more than 100 educational leaders from the myriad settings that serve children from birth through grade three across the Commonwealth and will feature dynamic, innovative, and nationally known presenters.
The Leadership Institute is a unique and import¬ant opportunity for our education leaders to explore how educators of children birth through grade three can work together systemically. The Leadership Institute will build a learning community and a sense of shared purpose, identity, and responsibility for improving the prospects of all our state’s children.
About the Leadership Institute Workshops
The Leadership Institute consists of four day-long workshops. Each workshop will feature an engaging combination of presentation, case studies, interactive discussion and small group work. Participants are asked to attend all four workshops
Who should attend?
The Early Educators Leadership Institute is a unique opportunity for educational leaders from multiple settings serving children birth through grade three to network, exchange ideas,and create partnerships.
Participants must be in a leadership role (director, administrator, principal, assistant principal, or superintendent) from one of these settings:
- Family Child Care
- Center-based Child Care (includes Head Start)
- Elementary Schools
- After School Programs
- Community-based Organizations invested in the education of young children
Participants are asked to attend all four workshops.
OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS AND FACILITATORS ARE ACCLAIMED EDUCATORS AND LEADERS
IN THE BIRTH THROUGH GRADE THREE MOVEMENT.
ALBERT WAT
National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices
RALPH SMITH
Senior Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Managing Director of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
VALORA WASHINGTON
President,The CAYL Institute
AMY O’LEARY
Director of Early Education for All Campaign, Strategies for Children
SAEYUN LEE
State team leader, National Governors Association Policy Academy; Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
KRISTIE KAUERZ
Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington
GAIL JOSEPH
Associate Professor, University of Washington
LINDA WARREN
President and Founder, Early Childhood Associates, Inc.
DAVID JACOBSON
Birth Through Third Grade Learning Hub Director, Cambridge Education Inc.