Early Childhood Education Collaborative is a network of early childhood teachers, paraprofessionals, and providers that reside in the surrounding community of the West Branch Area School District.  We strongly believe that through providing high quality professional learning opportunities, it results in stronger instructional practices, student engagement, and overall improved learning for our students.  When we collaborate, our community has opportunities to grow in literacy and learning.  

Researchers from five universities, led by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, analyzed 22 high-quality studies, which were conducted between 1960 and 2016. This meta-analysis found that children who attended high-quality ECE programs were less likely to be placed in special education, less likely to be retained in a grade, and more likely to graduate from high school than peers who didn’t attend such programs (Feldman, 2018, para. 2).