Early Childhood Education 

Impact children's faith formation and academic success from the start 

NCEA seeks to provide top-level education to early childhood teachers, elementary school leaders, early childhood center leaders and diocesan leaders on how high-quality early learning programs can positively impact the young child's faith formation and academic success from the very beginning of their Catholic school journey. Through our early childhood education programs and services, Catholic school educations can learn how a sophisticated early learning programs incorporate developmentally appropriate practice, support mission, promote innovation, build enrollment, engage the parents and develop community.

Events

2019 NCEA Visions for Excellence Early Childhood Education Seminar 
Financial Sustainability Basics for your Early Learning Program

NCEA Talk Blogs

• Activities, Scribbling and Stream—Oh, My! Early Childhood Conference
•  Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Early Childhood Conference Sets the Stage for Success
•  Early Childhood Bilingual Program at the Academy Of St. Matthais the Apostle
•  Early Learning in Indiana
•  Self- Discipline and Catholic Schools
•  Grace School System Awarded School Safety Grant of $153,990 from the Wisconsin Department of Justice
•  Charlottesville Catholic School: Catholic Education Success
•  Three Ways to Put Assessment Data to Work in the Classroom
•  Compassion as a Benevolent Weapon
•  Cultivate Resilient, Self-Reliant Students – Practices of Home and School

Webinars

Building Catholic Partnerships to Support Young Children and Families
Building School-wide Capacity to Keep Struggling Readers in Catholic Schools
Best Practices in Preschool and Kindergarten Education: A Brain-Based Approach

Publications

Good Practice: Guide for Early Childhood Educators
Faith, Family and Friends: Early Childhood Volume 2 
A Working Reading List: For Catholic School Students
Early Childhood Education, Conversations in Excellence