Early Childhood PD Contractor | Quality New York | ECP in Newark | Wachovia | Early Childhood Consultant
The Center for Early Childhood Professionals is involved in:
- On-site consultation, professional development and technical assistance for educators of children birth through age eight in a variety of school districts and community-based organizations in New York City and New Jersey.
- Communication, Information, Research and Advocacy activities including a newsletter, website and ongoing advocacy for quality services for young children and their families
The Center for ECP serves as a Contractor for the NYC Department of Education's Early Childhood Professional Development. Services include: Needs assessments and professional development planning; Seminars for teaching staff on early childhood topics; Administrative staff seminars (Training of Trainers) on classroom and program assessments, mentoring, and observation and feedback conferencing; Study Group sessions for teachers, assistant teachers, early childhood coordinators, teacher leaders, and learning coaches; In-class mentoring support and coaching for teaching teams; and, a Family Literacy Training Series. For best results, we recommend obtaining services as a complete package rather than as a single workshop. For more information, contact Tracey-Lee Drummond Lucas, Senior Program Coordinator, at 212.961.3414 / tldlucas@bankstreet.edu.
Bank Street College's Center for ECP is working in collaboration with Child Care, Inc. and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies to offer an NAEYC accreditation facilitation project called Quality New York. The program is currently providing support to over 150 early childhood programs throughout New York City who are seeking accreditation or reaccreditation through NAEYC. As of May 2007, 83 programs have received NAEYC accreditation with QNY's assistance. Quality Advisors have been trained to offer on-site consultations to these programs. Additionally, Program Directors and their teaching staff are engaged in professional development workshops specifically designed for this project and facilitated by Bank Street, to address the needs of programs working towards accreditation. If you would like more information about the Quality New York accreditation facilitation project or about the process itself, please contact Meredith Lewis, ECP Associate Director, at 212.961.3414 / mlewis@bankstreet.edu.
