1. What Benefits Do Family Child Care Networks Bring?  

    DIEEC is honored to be featured in the National Early Care & Education Work Center’s monthly newsletter, Research Snacks. Their latest issue highlights the vital role of family child care (FCC) networks, and the research includes an examination of

  2. Summer Fun with Reading

    One of DIEEC’s very own professional development coordinators, Rebecca Joella, was recently featured in a UDaily article! Rebecca and University of Delaware College of Education & Human Development faculty member Roberta Michnick Golinkoff share en

  3. Empowering UD Student-Parents

    The Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) is proud to partner with the Early Learning Center (ELC) on the CCAMPIS program. This initiative provides free, high-quality childcare to Pell Grant-eligible University of Delaware studen

  4. DIEEC Leadership Updates

    We are pleased to announce that Kristy Sheffler and Heidi Beck will serve as interim co-directors of DIEEC during Rena Hallam’s term as interim dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). Kristy and Heidi hav

  5. Excellence in Early Care and Education

    University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center partners with families, communities and the state of Delaware to offer excellent and equitable early care It is one of the largest and most robust early childhood education centers in the state. It is also

  6. Interim Dean Named for CEHD

    Rena Hallam to assume leadership as Gary Henry completes term Rena A. Hallam, a professor of human development and family sciences, will serve as interim dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, President Dennis

  7. New Appointments in the Provost’s Office

    Buell, Chajes named to roles in faculty affairs and undergraduate education Two longtime members of the University of Delaware faculty will assume new positions within the Office of the Provost, President Dennis Assanis and Provost Laura Carlson announ

  8. Learning in Nature Featuring DIEEC’s Partner the UD Lab School

    UD’s Lab School helps children, teachers, and community members learn in and from nature. For nearly 90 years, the University of Delaware’s Lab School, housed within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), has served children from the ag

  9. DIEEC Pilots Pyramid Model with Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth

    Joy Rowe of the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood at the University of Delaware leads initiative training at Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth. ELLEN DRISCOLL PHOTOS Beach Babies Child Care of Rehoboth was tapped to pilot a new edu

  10. DIEEC Receives CCAMPIS Grant

    Funding will provide access to high-quality, affordable childcare for parents pursuing an education at the University of Delaware. With a New $2 Million Federal Grant, CEHD will Provide Childcare Scholarships to Eligible UD Students Who are Raising Chi