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Assessment-Based Planning Approach for Parental Partnerships when Children Transition from Rural Head Start Preschool to Public School Kindergarten in Nebraska
What:
This project supports Nebraska preschool children in rural Head Start programs who are transitioning to a public kindergarten by using an assessment approach to plan with parents and educators for a child’s individualized needs.
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Marisa Macy, associate professor of teacher education, University of Nebraska at Kearney |
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Who:
Marisa Macy, assistant professor of teacher education, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Mark Reid, dean of College of Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Why:
Families look to educators to help support the transition of their child from preschool to kindergarten. Professionals can look to families for important information about their child that will facilitate a smooth transition.
Multiple stakeholders coming together to create an assessment framework that leads to a better understanding of the child’s skills from multiple perspectives has the potential to create a smooth transition as children grow and develop.
Sample: Teacher and parent participants with a preschooler who will be going to kindergarten in the fall.
Next steps: Researchers will finish data collection this spring, then analyze data in the summer.
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Apply now for NAECR Policy Fellows Program
NAECR is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 NAECR Policy Fellows Program! The program is a series of interactive and collaborative conversations between First Five Nebraska and NAECR early childhood researchers.
Objectives include:
- To educate NU early childhood researchers on policy processes, impacts and relationships to research;
- To provide the Nebraska policy community with insight into the University of Nebraska’s latest early childhood research; and
- To create meaningful, bi-directional connections and collaborations between the research and policy communities to develop a policy-relevant research agenda and enrich early childhood experiences.
We will select four NAECR researchers to participate in the program, which runs from September 2022 to May 2023.
Applications are due by May 31. Applicants who are selected will be notified by June 14.
All participants will be expected to:
- Attend a total of four conversations with First Five Nebraska and other policy fellows;
- Participate in a culminating activity (e.g., presentation, panel);
- Engage in and contribute to an active, ongoing, and supportive dialogue about the connections between policy and research; and
- Provide feedback on the Policy Fellows program.
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See what some of this year's participants have to say about the NAECR Policy Fellows program. |
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Summer, Fall Childhood Graduate Courses Available
Graduate students who are interested in early childhood are encouraged to visit the site when planning for class registration.
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Here are recent publications from NAECR researchers:
Yingying Wang, Special Education & Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Hyuntaek Oh, Baylor College of Medicine, Steven Barlow, Special Education & Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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Would you like to see your work featured here? Contact us at naecr@unl.edu
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NAECR can assist you in finding research partners for your funding applications and staff in CYFS are available to assist with your proposal development for these or other funding opportunities.
Please contact Lisa Knoche if you are interested in building a collaborative team, need assistance with proposal development or would like to discuss funding opportunities for your research.
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Student Funding: Administration for Children and Families Graduate Student Dissertation Grants
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Grants
Award budget: $20,000-$25,000
Proposal due date: May 31, 2022
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Foundation for Child Development 2023 Young Scholars Program
The Foundation for Child Development is accepting proposals for its 2023 Young Scholars Program (YSP).
The program supports scholarship for early-career researchers. It funds implementation research that is policy- and practice-relevant, and that examines the preparation, competency, compensation, well-being and ongoing professional learning of the early care and education workforce.
Award budget: Up to $225,000 for primary research; up to $180,000 for secondary data analysis
Letter of intent due date: June 9, 2022
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Administration for Children and Families Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is inviting proposals to support partnerships among Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies in states, territories or tribes, and institutions with demonstrated research capacity to develop rigorous investigations of child care subsidy policies and practices.
These projects are designed to add to knowledge about the efficacy of child care subsidy policies and quality improvement initiatives in promoting family economic self-sufficiency, children’s healthy development and learning, and support for child care providers.
Award budget: $100,000-$400,000
Proposal due date: June 10, 2022
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National Science Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation: Increasing the Use, Usefulness and Impact of Research About Youth
The National Science Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation have released a coordinated call for proposals focused on helping the public and private sectors use research to increase quality of life for America’s youth.
Proposals may be submitted to either NSF or WT Grant. Proposers can submit to both organizations only if the proposed activities submitted to each organization are unique and not redundant.
National Science Foundation
NSF is encouraging submission of proposals that will increase the quality of life for America’s youth, including improving decision-makers’ use of research, making research more useful in policy creation and practice, and when/how research findings improve youth outcomes.
Proposals may be submitted anytime.
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William T. Grant Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence
This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States, including what it takes to produce useful research evidence, what it takes to get research used and what happens when research is used.
Letter of inquiry due date: August 3
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William T. Grant Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We prioritize studies that aim to reduce inequalities that exist along dimensions of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status or immigrant origins.
Letter of inquiry due date: August 3
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New! National Association of School Psychologists
2023 Annual Convention
Call for Proposals
Feb. 7-10, 2023
Denver, Colorado
NASP is currently accepting proposals for mini-skills, papers, posters and symposia for the 2023 annual convention.
Proposal due date: June 15, 2022
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National Research Conference on Early Childhood 2022
June 27-29, 2022
Arlington, Virginia
This three-day event presents the latest research about Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, home visiting, child welfare, special education, pre-kindergarten, early elementary and other early childhood programs.
The conference aims to strengthen programs serving young children, inform those establishing national policies for low-income families, and contribute to a meaningful research agenda in the early childhood field.
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No events are scheduled at this time. |
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Is there an upcoming conference you want to publicize? A new publication you would like to share? Let us know! |
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Connecting Research and Policy
Learn more and sign up for alerts about legislation relevant to early childhood researchers.
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NAECR Student Researchers
Students involved in early childhood research at the University of Nebraska can access a number of resources through NAECR.
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Find a Researcher
Find and collaborate with other early childhood researchers across the NU system.
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NAECR News archives available
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NAECR News will be shared twice a month to inform the early childhood research community across the NU system.
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