Submitted by Tracy Walter Early in 2019, the PA Key Program Quality Assessment team began orientations in partnership with the Branagh Group to introduce the LearnERS platform. LearnERS helps guide programs through a quality improvement process using the Environment Rating Scales. LearnERS is an online platform offered to center-based programs through a limited number of...Read More

By Michelle Long Have you recently moved, changed your email or phone number? When is the last time you checked your profile and contact information in the PD registry?Read More

Jill Kortright Wood Professional development (PD) activities – workshops, courses, Communities of Practice, Peer Learning Groups – are an important way to grow your classroom practice and keep up with trends in our field. For ECE professionals in Pennsylvania, the PA Key PD Registry catalogs a wide range of PD opportunities in a handy one-stop...Read More

October is National Learning and Development Month which encourages individuals to focus on broadening and advancing their personal and professional skills. Pennsylvania provides multiple opportunities for those in child care professions to increase their knowledge, experience and awareness of quality early learning. Dr. Marnie Aylesworth’s article, A Leader’s Mind Matters, on the Center for the Promotion...Read More

Kelli Harris The Branagh Information Group, in partnership with the authors of the Environment Rating Scales (ERS), are in the process of developing LearnERS, an online Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) tool for early childhood educators and program administrators to help them understand the “whys” behind quality practice. LearnERS reflects current research and best practices and...Read More

Angel L. Avery-Wright I recently attended my fourth Early Childhood Education Summit in State College, PA. As a returning participant, I had some general ideas of what to expect but, as always, there were surprises. I’m going to share some facts about the Summit as well as some of my opinions. One of the things...Read More