Our Programs

TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska

TEACH Early Childhood® NEBRASKA provides scholarships to help early care and education professionals complete coursework at local colleges and work toward a degree in Early Childhood Education. Scholarships are available for Associate Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, and the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential.

Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Program

The Nebraska AEYC Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship Program is a new opportunity for those working in the early childhood field to learn & grow! Apprentices are matched with a mentor and receive 1-on-1 support to develop their skills and knowledge of early childhood education.

Rooted in Relationships Lancaster County ​(Connections for Kids)

The Teaching Pyramid Model is an evidence based framework developed to support the social emotional development of young children and provides strategies for child care providers to use to help manage challenging behaviors, reduce conflicts and improve adult and child relationships.

Circle of Security™ Parenting

Circle of Security Parenting is a program based on years of research about how to build a strong relationship with children. It is designed to help parents learn how to respond to their child’s needs in a way that enhances their connection with them, which often leads to changes in the child’s behavior. Circle of Security™-Parenting helps parents give their children a feeling of security and confidence so they can explore, learn, grow and build positive relationships; all essential skills for life-long success.

Infant/Toddler Quality Initiative

Since 1999, Nebraska's Early Head Start Infant/Toddler Quality Initiative has supported Early Head Start (EHS) and community child care partnerships to improve the quality and professionalism of infant and toddler care. Through these partnerships, federal EHS grantees provide professional development opportunities to home-based and center-based partners; assist in training and mentoring; and observe and report on the best outcomes and challenges for child care partners who participate in the initiative, as well as measures of quality within the partner’s child care environments.

Nebraska AEYC Leadership Academy

​The purpose of the Leadership Academy is to increase the knowledge, skills and abilities of early childhood education program administrators (child care center directors or family child care home providers) with the expectation that they become more confident and competent leaders in their programs and the overall early childhood community.

RESPECT

Nebraska AEYC is proud to partner with the University of Nebraska (NU), institutions of higher education, and states/territories/tribal nations, to implement innovative programs to prepare early childhood educators, break down systemic barriers to education for people of color, and increase financial assistance and compensation for students studying to be early educators. This transformation of Nebraska’s higher education system is a statewide strategic initiative to develop a Responsive Equitable System for Preparing Early Childhood Teachers (RESPECT). The RESPECT project is designed to catalyze systemic change and fundamentally shift the culture of early childhood educator preparation in Nebraska to be more equitable and inclusive.

PIWI

Parents Interacting With Infants (PIWI) is an evidenced based set of practices based on beliefs (a “philosophy”) about families, children, and helping relationships. The objectives of PIWI are to increase confidence, competence and positive relationships for parents and children ages 0-2.
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