Empowering Your Team: How Early Childcare Directors Can Effectively Support Teachers and Staff

Learn how to foster open communication, encourage professional growth, and cultivate a positive work environment, thereby enhancing job satisfaction, retention, and overall success in the early learning community.

Best Practices for Using Technology in the Classroom: A Guide

This guide covers goal-setting, appropriate tool selection, balancing teaching methods, fostering collaboration, and modeling digital citizenship.

Unpredictable work schedules pose child care hurdles for parents

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Showing up to school was hard amid COVID. Why aren’t kids (or teachers) returning to class?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – On a drizzly, blustery morning in late April, elementary school Principal Jasibi Crews helped students exit their cars, heavy-duty umbrella in hand. Most of the school’s students live nearby and can walk to campus, but given the weather, many had to be dropped off.

What Is Curriculum Development and Design?

As teachers know, quality education takes a lot of planning and preparation. One important part of this is curriculum development and design. But what exactly does that mean? Here’s a basic overview.

New Report Highlights Precarious State Progress on Child Care Assistance Policies

Last week, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a report, “Precarious Progress: State Child Care Assistance Policies”, which examines the gaps and progress within state child care assistance policies between February 2021 and February 2022.

Innovative Approaches to Cultivating Empathy in Early Childhood Education

Explore innovative strategies for nurturing empathy in early childhood education, a key social-emotional skill crucial for developing healthy relationships and emotional intelligence.

Classroom Design and Organization: Creating Engaging Spaces to Enhance Learning for Early Educators

This comprehensive guide for early educators provides strategies for defining learning zones, creating an inviting atmosphere, optimizing natural light, offering flexible seating, organizing materials, and more, all aimed at fostering student engagement and growth.

Enhancing Fine Motor Skills in Young Learners: Practical Strategies for Early Educators

Explore effective strategies for improving fine motor skills in young learners. This guide provides early educators with hands-on activities to foster crucial motor development.

California child care grants aim to get more women in construction

At a construction training center in the Bay Area, Tamarra Hayward and 10 other women are hammering in a lumberyard. They’re about to graduate from a pre-apprenticeship, which is like a boot camp for carpentry.