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Advancing as a Profession: Draft recommendations for minimum compensation scale

In 2022, a design team made up of Vermont early childhood educators and statewide stakeholders drafted a model for minimum compensation standards for an early childhood education profession. Workforce feedback, collected from Advancing as a Profession sessions and surveys,

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\”I knew that there was more to learn and practice.\” The value of Vermont\’s ECE Apprenticeship Program

by Paula Nadeau Happy National Apprenticeship Week! I am so grateful to be able to share some of my journey in this incredibly rewarding field of early childhood education. When I started working in ECE, I was subbing, part-time

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The Curtis Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation announces new comprehensive scholarships for early childhood educator certificates

The Curtis Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation Announces The Curtis Fund Commitment: A Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Early Childhood Educator Certificates The Curtis Fund, a supporting organization of the Vermont Community Foundation, is pleasedto announce a bold scholarship

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\”But…How are the Children?\” A post on Our Communities x Young Children by Exchange fellow Becky Blacklock

By Becky Blacklock Please participate in the survey found linked in the conclusion of this blog to help inform how we can more deeply explore child wellbeing and development within our communities and practice.  Thank you. The world around

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\”Which communities are nestled within your classroom walls?\” A post on Our Communities x Young Children by Exchange fellow Jackie Reno

“That treasured feeling of community comes from shared experiences and a sense of—not necessarily the actual experience of—shared history. As a result, people know who is and isn’t part of their community. This feeling is fundamental to human existence.” 

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