Leader Resources

As a program leader, there's a lot you can do to foster a culture that celebrates children and families' linguistic and cultural diversity. While this In many ways, Emergent Multilingual Learners need the support that early childhood educators provide all children: a safe, nurturing environment that views their unique as assets to learning.

Early Childhood Framework for Quality

Created by the team at the Division of Early Childhood Education, the Early Childhood Framework for Quality describes our shared vision for high quality early childhood programming in New York City. Think of the EFQ as a guide — as a tool to help you and the teaching teams at your program build a foundation for early childhood learning that meets the needs of all children and families.

Read the full EFQ on the InfoHub here.

Subsidized Bilingual Extension Program (SBEP)

The Division of Early Childhood Education requires all lead teachers of Dual Language classrooms to either have or be in the process of obtaining their bilingual extension.

The Department of Education subsidizes an early childhood-specific cohort of the bilingual extension program. If one (or more!) of your early childhood teachers want to learn more about EMLLs - and hope to lead a Dual Language classroom soon - please nominate them for the Subsidized Bilingual Extension Program (SBEP) here.