BU Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being 的动态

Yes!! ECE: You are so incredibly important to young children, their families, and society! Not everyone fully understands how challenging, complex, fulfilling ,and influential your work (life mission!) is. Please do share your stories to deepen this understanding. The positive difference you make is exponential!

One (of the many) ways ?? Share your stories. Use social media, blogs, conferences, and other platforms to share your experiences, challenges, and successes as an early childhood professional. Personal stories humanize the importance of your work and can inspire others to support and join the cause. Sharing your experiences and insights helps raise awareness about the critical role of early childhood educators and advocates for the resources and support needed to ensure the success of the profession. In our most recent blog post, written by DCAEYC's Berna Artis, we share dozens of other ways early childhood educators can have their voices heard! You can read, "Amplifying the Voices of Early Childhood Educators" here: https://lnkd.in/gEB7h6AR

?Research on camp! ??? Research in the camp space can teach us so much about how to evaluate program quality and foster positive development in youth. ???? I had the opportunity to see Victoria Povilaitis, PhD at work during my time at Tims Camps. It's been great to follow the development of her research. Camps and out of school programming can have such a transformational impact on youth. It's exciting to see that intentional steps are being taken to better understand this impact, it's limits, and how to break down key concepts of camp like "hope" and "fun". ???? The knowledge we gain from researching camp can inform all kinds of program building...I will definitely be tuning into this podcast to learn more. ???? #programquality #camp

Building Jewish community on campus is essential—but let’s be honest, it’s no longer a groundbreaking idea. These days, nearly everyone can name at least three organizations fostering Jewish life for undergraduates. That’s why I’m so proud of the work we do at The Jewish Grad Organization (JGO). We’re filling a unique and critical gap: engaging Jewish graduate students on a national level. No one else is doing this work like we are. Why is it so challenging? 1?? Graduate students are often off-campus, each program scattered across separate buildings. ?? So, we go to them. We’re currently active on over 155 campuses across North America. 2?? They’re incredibly busy, juggling heavy workloads and tight schedules. ?? So, we focus on quality. Our programming is designed to build their professional development while fostering a sense of Jewish community at this unique stage of life. This past semester, over 11,000 attendees participated in our programs—a testament to the need and impact of this work. Being a graduate student can feel isolating. At JGO, we’re working to change that—one meaningful connection at a time.

"Educated kids make educated decisions."?That’s why we partner with schools and our community of caring neighbors like you to help?kids to succeed in school?and in life.? ? Watch as Rene Gellerman, our President & CEO, shares with Johnny Marx the thinking behind our United for Schools initiative?–?to unite community resources and volunteers to help kids early on, to help them unlock brighter futures for themselves. ? And, the results speak for themselves.?Dive deeper?here:?https://lnkd.in/gXpwEqV3

Check out Jana Boddy, as she advocates for kindergarten classrooms rich in play! You can read more about her in the Fall issue of Young Children.

In October, Changemaker-in-Residence Steacy Pinney (Collyer) spoke at?netWORDING, an event that brought together?hundreds of education changemakers from four universities and five school boards. In this story, Steacy shares her thoughts on the importance of early childhood literacy and the need to come together to form mutually sustainable relationships to ensure impactful systems change. Read the story here: https://lnkd.in/gpZhn4e5

Educators in California, don't miss this webinar series with the authors of Radically Inclusive Teaching With Newcomer and Emergent Plurilingual Students! About the book: https://lnkd.in/ea4tH2Ck

?? A flurry of new work from Baltimore Education Research Consortium! ?? Lieny Jeon, Director of Early Childhood Initiatives, lead-authored a new article in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. The article demonstrates the positive impacts on kindergarten through fifth grade attendance for Baltimore City Public Schools students who attend Head Start or pre-K.? Read more at the link below! https://lnkd.in/gWgqF5ri

Here's some good news for you on this final January Monday (how long has January felt for you?? ??) The word 'kindness' has been chosen as the Children's Word of the Year for 2024 after a survey of thousands of young people by Oxford University Press. In these choppy times this fills our hearts with joy that things *are* changing. Now, how can we ensure these children hold on to kindness so that it ripples through society and the world? Lead by example. Head here for the full article https://lnkd.in/guVqm-wZ