The Leadership Initiative Newsletter

• Event Highlight - Speaker Event: "Lessons in Leadership, Race, and Gender: An Interview with Melodie Baker"
• Event Highlight - Reopening Series: Conversations with Long Island QUALITYStarsNY specialists
• Survive to Thrive Launch! From Survive to Thrive: A Director's Guide for Leading an Early Childhood Program by Debbie Leekeenan & Iris Chin Ponte
• Resource Highlight - Considerations for Reopening: Webinar Series for Early Childhood Programs
• Reading Corner - Trauma and Young Children: Teaching Strategies to Support and Empower Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Sarah Erdman, Laura Colker, & Elizabeth Winter
• Reading Corner - Courageous Leadership in Early Childhood: Taking a Stand for Social Justice By: Susi Long, Mariana Souto-Manning, and Vivian Maria Vasquez
• Reading Corner - National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) Young Children's Home Learning and Preschool Participation Experiences During the Pandemic
• Reading Corner - Children's Equity Project & Bipartisan Policy Center Start with Equity: From the Early Years to the Early Grades
• Reading Corner - Bank Street's Center on Culture, Race, & Equity Virtual Culturally Responsive Resources
• Reading Corner - High-Quality Early Learning Project Resources for Anti-Racism Resources for COVID & Remote Instruction in Early Childhood
• Reading Corner - Teaching Strategies Distance Learning Solution Article TSG Website
• Member Spotlight - Alissa Repetti: Child Care Council of Nassau, Inc Senior Early Childhood Consultant

• Event Highlight - Speaker Event: "Cultivating Emotional Resilience"
• Event Highlight - Reopening Series: Conversations with Long Island QUALITYStarsNY specialists
• Event Highlight - Speaker Series Event: Lessons in Leadership, Race, and Gender: A Conversation with Melodie Baker"- August 4th
• Resource Highlight - Considerations for Reopening: Webinar Series for Early Childhood Programs
• Resource Highlight - The Institute Blog: Teaching, Leading and Caring
• Reading Corner - Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar
• Reading Corner - Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students By: Zaretta Hammond
• Reading Corner - Ibram X Kennedy: An Anti-Racist Reading List
• Reading Corner - Elijah Anderson: White Space
• Reading Corner - Adverse childhood experiences are different than child trauma, and it’s critical to understand why
• Reading Corner - NPR Podcast: Code Switch
• Reading Corner - NY Early Care and Education Survey: Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on NY Early Childhood Systemby The Institute and Bank Street Report
• Member Spotlight - Florence Barbour Executive Director at Harbor Child Care, Inc.

• Event Highlights
• Upcoming Events   
• Reading Corner                                                          
• Member Spotlight on Danielle Paige & Christine Reily                                   
• A Virtual Care Package
• Resources & Professional Development Opportunities  

Welcome to the Long Island Leadership Initiative! We have launched your first newsletter to share resources, upcoming events, and highlight members.