House Speaker Ronald Mariano and House Ways & Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz visit Association Member Ellis Early Education in Boston to announce major new investments in early education in FY ’23 state budget. Ellis CEO Lauren Cook (pictured below) welcomed the Speaker and Chairman. House leaders are proposing $110 million in new funding – including […]
State Senator Harriette Chandler (D-Worcester) has announced her retirement from the Legislature at the end of her current term. Sen. Chandler has served in the State Senate since 2001, rising to become the 94th Senate President in 2017. Association Executive Director William Eddy joined Sen. Chandler at her press announcement and noted “Harriette Chandler has […]
Mark your calendars! Our annual day at the State House will be on Wednesday, March 13th. At the State House – in the Great Hall – we will rally for further investments in our Early Education Workforce and Program Quality. We look forward to meeting with our friends in the House and Senate in support […]
The Massachusetts Department of Early Education (EEC) joined MADCA this year in sponsoring the annual Management & Administration Conference held in Worcester on November 28th. EEC General Counsel Felicia Sullivan & EEC Director of Program Quality Amy Whitehead-Pleaux presented workshops respectively on Background Record Checks & QRIS. Early Education Commissioner Thomas Weber opened the Conference with welcoming remarks. MADCA Executive […]
MADCA is pleased to announce that State Representative Alice Peisch has been selected as our 2018 Legislative Achievement Award Recipient. As Chairwoman of the House Education Committee, Rep. Peisch has been a leader in prioritizing the Early Education Workforce & Program Quality. In presenting the award, MADCA Executive Director William Eddy praised Rep. Peisch, stating […]
Over 150 participants attended workshops at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester at MADCA’s annual conference. Workshop topics ranged from Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Education to Creating Safety Protocols in programs, along with HR & Fiscal tracts. Mary Walachy, Executive Director of the Irene E. & George A Davis Foundation delivered the keynote remarks, highlighting the Davis Foundation’s remarkable record of investing […]
Inaugural Douglas Baird Lifetime Achievement Award Sheri Adlin was recently presented with the first annual Douglas Baird Lifetime Achievement Award for service in support of the early education field and for the protection of children. Sheri is the long-time Executive Director of South Shore Stars early education & after school program in Weymouth. Prior to […]
A record number of enthusiastic early education leaders participated in MADCA’s inaugural Strategic Leadership Summit in Marlborough. The Summit was held to create an opportunity for Membership to have a voice in setting direction for the Association in 2018. Breakout sessions were held on four topics: Balancing the Need for funding for both Rates & […]
Early education leaders recently hosted a reception for Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) to express their gratitude for his leadership on early education. Over the past three years, the Speaker has repeatedly and publicly called upon the Commonwealth to prioritize quality early education. In 2017, the Speaker proposed and passed the largest rate reserve […]
“Put MA Kids First” Forms Amid Heightened Attention to Early Learning (Boston) — January 30, 2015 — A group of more than two-dozen early childhood education organizations and out-of-school programs have formed a new coalition to help shape public policy on a critical part of the state’s education system. “Early education and care is not […]