Early Childhood Educators Institute 2025
Mark your calendar for the 2025 Early Childhood Educators Institute (ECEI).
Registration will open on May 1st!
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
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When? Save the Dates!
July 29, July 31, August 5, and August 7| 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.| Live Online!
Who? The Early Childhood Educators Institute is for anyone providing support, services, and education in the Vermont early childhood field. This includes early childhood educators (birth-grade 3) working in public schools, private early childhood and after-school settings; Early Head Start and Head Start professionals; early childhood special educators, developmental educators, specialized child care providers, home visitors, related service providers including speech language pathologists; and the administrators who supervise and support them.
What? A variety of early childhood content strands designed to deepen practice, meet child care professional development requirements, and contribute to early childhood or elementary educator licensing competencies and/or renewal of educator licenses and endorsements. Credited courses aligned with strands may be taken for graduate or undergraduate credit. This year's theme is Reflective Practice.
How? Online, live and interactive using Zoom video meetings on July 29, July 31, August 5, and August 7, 2025 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Daily Schedule for Online Institute
| Times | July 29 |
July 31 | August 5 |
August 7 |
| 9:00-9:45 Live Zoom |
Keynote Session over Zoom | Keynote Session over Zoom | Keynote Session over Zoom |
Keynote Session over Zoom |
| 9:45-11:00 |
Live, interactive Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Live, interactive Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Live, interactive Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Live, interactive Zoom video instruction for each strand/course |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11:15-12:00 | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own | Lunch on your own |
| 1:00-1:45 | Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Zoom video instruction for each strand/course | Zoom video instruction for each strand/course |
| 1:45-3:00 | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work | Individualized, asynchronous OR synchronous work |
Pricing
| 4-Day Institute (online)= 20 Professional Development Hours, Professional Development Certificate | $200 |
| Aligned 3-Credit Course (online)= 3 VTSU credits, Transcript | $435 |
Registration for the institute opens May 1, 2025. Registration for the aligned 3-credit course is optional and will take place after institute registrations and payments or purchase orders are received.
More Detailed Institute Information, including Keynote Presentations & Strand/Course Descriptions will be added soon.
Questions? Email the institute planning committee.