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Leading the Way: Marcela Simpson

Posted in COVID-19, Diversity equity and inclusion, Early educators, Family child care, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on May 14, 2021| 1 Comment »

All Marcela Simpson wanted was a part-time job to carry her through to graduation. She was living in her native country of Honduras and majoring in business administration at UNITEC, the Central American Technological University. Simpson applied for a position at a school called La Estancia, a renown bilingual school where she met the school’s […]

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Leading the Way: Binal Patel’s journey from preschool to policy

Posted in Child care, Cost and affordability, COVID-19, Early educators, Funding, MA governor, Pre-kindergarten on February 12, 2021| 4 Comments »

“Now more than ever, being an early educator or administrator means automatically being an advocate, it has become impossible not to see the inequities and to continue not saying anything about it,” Binal Patel says, sharing her experience of going from an assistant preschool teacher to working in policy and systems building for the field […]

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Leading the Way: Sarah Mills — from preschool teacher to legislative aide

Posted in Child care, Cost and affordability, COVID-19, Diversity equity and inclusion, Early educators, Family engagement, Infants and toddlers, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on January 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

How do you go from being a preschool teacher to working as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts State House? For Sarah Mills, it’s all about loving the work of interacting with young children. In elementary and middle school, Mills enjoyed helping out with infants and toddlers who were enrolled in her public school’s preschool […]

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Leading the Way: Tiffany Lillie engages Framingham families in the middle of a global pandemic

Posted in Child care, COVID-19, Family engagement, Massachusetts Cities and Towns on October 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Back in March, Tiffany Lillie was working hard as the Director of Community Resource Development at the Framingham Public Schools. She had been thinking about her work running out-of-school-time programs, including child care programs, in her city. She had been in the office working. She had been at community meetings listening to parent feedback. Her […]

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Leading the Way: Tracey Williams teaches early educators about their professional history

Posted in Early educators, Higher Education, Play, Professional development & preparation on October 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »

“The most important part is to have the students become more aware of the profession that they’ve chosen,” Tracey Williams says of teaching Introduction to Early Childhood Education at Cambridge College. Williams, a Boston Public School special education teacher, is one of Cambridge College’s senior professors. “A lot of my students have early childcare positions […]

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Rhode Island is leading the way on serving children with special needs

Posted in Early educators, National, Pre-kindergarten on February 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to the smart use of best practices, Rhode Island is leading the way on special education practices in pre-K. We recently learned more about Rhode Island’s efforts from Lisa Nugent, the state’s Coordinator of Early Learning. Rhode Island is a good example of success because it got a late start on building its […]

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Leading the Way: Nikki Burnett, executive director of Educare Springfield

Posted in Child care, Family engagement, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on January 17, 2020| 1 Comment »

“I am a product of early education and care; and my daughter is a product of it as well,” Nikki Burnett told us recently. Burnett’s daughter is currently a student at Howard University. As for Burnett herself she has come full circle. Born and raised in Massachusetts, in Springfield’s Mason Square neighborhood, Burnett worked […]

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Leading the Way: Chrissy Howard, Springfield’s new champion of childhood literacy

Posted in K-12, Literacy, Massachusetts Cities and Towns on September 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Chrissy Howard, the new manager of Reading Success by 4th Grade, sums up her job with a question: “How can I use any resource I have to help other people get what they need?” For Howard this a tactical issue and a matter of social justice. Launched by the Irene E. and George A. […]

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Leading the Way: Janet Begin promotes access and quality in Haverhill

Posted in Early educators, Higher Education, Massachusetts Cities and Towns, Pre-kindergarten, Professional development & preparation on November 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »

“Leading the Way,” is a series featuring the next generation of leaders in the field of early education and care. * Janet Begin was a computer engineer for ten years. She worked at AT&T Bell Labs. “I always knew I wanted to go into education,” Begin, a Haverhill resident, says. “But I knew I […]

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