The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education, a national state-of-the-art best practices teaching and learning center dedicated to elevating the quality of early childhood education in Miami-Dade and beyond, received the prestigious Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment (APPLE) accreditation. ... Read More

I wanted to call your attention to a column that appeared in Wednesday's New York Times, “The Case of the $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers.” The columnist, David Leonhardt, makes a compelling case for the importance of investing in early education. It's great to see yet another story confirming the critical importance and value of our work at the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education, which you help make possible.... Read More

The Center welcomed Dr. Lilian G. Katz, international early childhood education leader, author, consultant and lecturer as she joined key members of Miami-Dade’s early childhood education community to discuss the successes and challenges faced by today’s early childhood educators. ... Read More

As the Census forms begin arriving at homes, counting everyone living in the household has never been more important. Everyone – even babies!!! ... Read More

Parents of children enrolled in the Center’s Demonstration School, Educare of Miami-Dade, are hosting a yard sale on March 27 beginning at 9:00am and ending at 2:00pm.... Read More

The Center, in partnership with The Children’s Trust, will host a “BLOCK Fest” on March 18, 2010. The event, sponsored by the Florida Parental Information and Resource Center, is an interactive exhibit that provides families with young children under the age of eight with a rich, hands-on math and science learning opportunity.... Read More

Lawton “Bud” Chiles III, a longtime child advocate and son of late Governor Lawton Chiles, is coming to the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education to tour the Center and retrace a portion of his father’s historic walk for children on Wednesday, March 3rd during a visit to Miami. ... Read More

Univision’s Despierta America, the largest Hispanic national morning show, is partnering with the Center on the production of monthly early education segments.... Read More

The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education seeks to elevate the quality of early care and education in Miami-Dade and beyond. With financial aid and mentoring provided by the Center and its partner in this endeavor, the Early Learning Coalition, nearly 20 early care and education centers in Miami-Dade will become APPLE accredited by June 30th, 2010.... Read More

In celebration of the winter months and the holiday season, Center children put their creativity to the test by creating snowmen from around the world. ... Read More

Social Affairs magazine hosted an issue launch party and toy drive at Neiman Marcus, Bal Harbour Shops. The issue features a cover story on Laurie Jennings, WPLG/Channel 10 anchor and United Way of Miami-Dade board member. In the article, Laurie speaks in great detail about her involvement with United Way and the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education.... Read More

As part of a nationwide initiative to support early childhood education within the Hispanic community, IBM donated a number of Young Explorer™ computer centers to Miami-Dade organizations supporting educational programs. The recipients, including United Way, then distributed the computers among early learning centers throughout the county with a Hispanic student population of more than 40 percent. ... Read More

The Center was selected to host the Bounce Learning Network’s 2009 meeting focusing on multi-language acquisition. The meeting was a great success and featured prominent experts in the field of early childhood education such as Dr. Jacqueline Jones, newly appointed senior advisor to the secretary for early learning. ... Read More

On September 22, 2009, the Center was awarded a three-year grant totaling $3.5 million from the United States Department of Education’s Early Reading First program. As part of the DOE’s "Good Start, Grow Smart" initiative, this program was created to address the growing concern that many of our nation's children begin kindergarten without the necessary foundation to fully benefit from formal school instruction. ... Read More

September marked the start of this year’s Technology Awareness Training Series, made possible through a Comcast grant. This series is designed to provide professionals in the field of early childhood education with instruction on technological applications for classroom use and documentation. ... Read More

Within the framework of the Ecology & Me program modeled at the Center, children are introduced to and engage in projects and lessons derived from a number of interconnecting fields including horticulture, health and nutrition, environment, math and science.... Read More

The United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education, in partnership with the Miami-Dade Public Library System, is welcoming directors of child care centers and operators of family child care homes to a Library Open House. ... Read More

As part of the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education’s efforts to engage children in learning through the arts, multi-disciplinary artist Roberto Garrido will be leading children at the Center’s Demonstration School through a program entitled Kaleidoscope of the Arts. ... Read More

On June 25, 2009 participants of the Early Childhood Program Administrator’s Institute (ECPAI) gathered together to celebrate the conclusion of the second year of the program.... Read More

Dr. David Perkins, senior professor of education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and director of Project Zero, makes his second visit to the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education... Read More

As part of the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education’s health and nutrition program, Chef Dewey LoSasso of North One 10 led Pre-K children through a cooking class.... Read More

Dr. George E. Forman, emeritus professor at the University of Massachusetts and a well- known author in the field of early care and education, visited the Center ... Read More

Cornerstone of agreement is Piensa en Arte, flagship educational program of Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.... Read More

Chef Lorena Garcia, one of the country’s leading Latina chefs, guided four-year-olds at the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education Demonstration School in preparing healthy, nutritious food.... Read More

The luxury fashion house hosted a holiday cocktail reception benefiting the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education ... Read More

Dr. Pamela Phelps, expert in the field of early childhood research, will conduct a three-day training for instructors on how to implement the revised Florida state standards... Read More

Family Childcare providers gather for conference hosted by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Educaton... Read More

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