The Snelling Center for Government is pleased to announce the Early Childhood Leadership Institute Class of 2018. The Class of 2018 is comprised of 25 associates from across the state who represent a wide variety of organizations connected to early childhood and family work: Naomi Alfini, Duxbury; Jill Arkind, Bennington, Vermont Department of Children and Families; Susan Bloomer, Brandon, Addison County Parent Child Center; Samantha Champagne, St. Albans, Champlain Valley Heard Start; Emily Dwyer, Barre, Capstone Community Action; Catherine Evans, Starksboro, Trinity Children’s Center; Leslie Freedman, South Burlington, Vermont Agency of Education; Tina Grant, Barre, The Children’s Early Learning Space; Holly Haggerty, Williston, Barre City Elementary and Middle School; Linda January, Cornwall, Otter Creek Child Center; Maybeline Lopez, Milton, Winooski School District; Tiffany Martin, Montgomery Center, Richford Elementary School; Kathleen McMurray, Middlebury, The Aurora Preschool; Maroni Minter, Waterbury Center, Let’s Grow Kids; Eliza Pillard, Charlotte, Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families; Molly Pitkin, South Burlington, Burlington Early Education Program; Becca Raymon, Milton, Lamoille North Supervisory Union; Margaret Rubick, Manchester Center, Northshire Day School; Darla Senecal, Bristol, Building Bright Futures; Sandy Stark, Williamsville, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union; Camilla Strauss, Montpelier, Nine East Network; Elizabeth Traver Adolphus, Bennington, Sunrise Family Resource Center; Beth Wallace, North Bennington, Bennington County Head Start; Susan White, Lincoln, Quarry Hill School; Shayla Zammuto, Colchester, Let’s Grow Kids.
The Class of 2018 embarked on their leadership journey in May and will meet for a total of twelve seminar days between now and October 2018. The Early Childhood Leadership Institute (ECLI) is a unique leadership and personal transformative institute designed to stimulate enthusiasm for and effective participation in efforts to improve early childhood work in Vermont. Associates will deepen understanding of themselves and their impact on others, share knowledge and understanding of early childhood issues, and strengthen habits of curiosity, inquiry, listening, authenticity and reflection.
As an initiative of the 2014 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, the Class of 2018 will join a professional network of 100 ECLI graduates and more than 900 Vermont Leadership Network alumni who are making greater contributions to their organizations, communities and Vermont. To learn more about the Early Childhood Leadership Institute and the Snelling Center’s other professional development programs, please click here. Additional information can also be found by visiting www.snellingcenter.org or contacting Suzanne Trahey at [email protected] or 802-859-3090.
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