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The Institute has mailed a copy of the revised New York State Early Learning Guidelines to every licensed center and every early childhood faculty member throughout the state. The revised New York State Early Learning Guidelines is a child development resource for all early childhood educators working with children from birth through age eight. The…
The Child Care is Essential Act
This week, congressional leaders introduced The Child Care is Essential Act. This bill would create a fund to provide much needed relief to the child care sector due to the COVID-19 crisis. With a proposed $50 billion in funding, it would provide grants to child care centers, home based providers, and family child care homes…
The Slate School’s Education Idea Lab: A Deep Dive into Learner-Centered Education
In April, the Slate School launched its Education Idea Lab, a virtual event series that features leaders and participants from all sectors of education and innovation. The series is open to the public and is scheduled through May 31, 2020. The Institute’s Executive Director, Sherry Cleary, participated in a panel entitled “A Deep Dive into…
The Institute launched the ECE Employment Network
The Institute’s Early Childhood Career Center has established the ECE Employment Network for employers and professionals at all levels. The goal of the Network is to connect job seekers with available employment in early childhood. Inspired by the early childhood needs created by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Network will assist New York’s early childhood programs as…
2020 Early Childhood Census Campaign
The Institute and QUALITYstarsNY are supporting the 2020 Early Childhood Census Campaign. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, QUALITYstarsNY purchased copies of the WE COUNT! children’s book to send to each participating site to make sure the children and families served by its programs are counted in the 2020 Census. The Institute also purchased copies to…
A New Resource: Teaching, Leading and Caring
This week we launched a new resource for educators on the Institute website. We have revised and refreshed our blog, adding a new section titled Teaching, Leading, and Caring. The Teaching, Leading and Caring section was inspired by Institute staff who work directly with practitioners. During this public health crisis, the Institute coaches, professional development…
New York State Budget for FY 2021 Maintains State’s $5 Million Investment in QUALITYstarsNY
Earlier this month, the New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo worked together to pass the New York State budget for fiscal year 2020-2021 (FY 21) amidst the COVID-19 crisis. We are pleased to share that the enacted FY 21 budget maintains the state’s $5 million annual funding for QUALITYstarsNY. This critical funding will allow…
Early Childhood Workforce Unemployment Guide
The Institute’s Career Development Center has developed a guide that provides information about unemployment benefits and changes for early childhood educators during COVID-19. It covers April 2020 through July 2020. The guide shares eligibility information for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and includes what you need to provide when applying. It also shares information about the…
Relief for Childcare Providers
The new COVID-19 stimulus package from Congress includes some relief for child care providers. See below for a great synopsis of the bill from our colleagues at the First Five Years Fund. Late last night, the Senate passed a sweeping economic stimulus bill to provide relief to America’s families, small businesses, and major industries as…
We’re here for you
Dear Partners, All of us at the Institute would like to reach out to let you know we remain here for you during these uncertain times. Our initiatives and services, including New York Works for Children and Aspire, QUALITYstarsNY, the Informal Family Childcare Project, Coaching, the Career Development Center, the NYC Early Childhood Research Network…
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