Early Childhood Chats18 Joulu 2025

50+ Years in Early Childhood Education: Why Head Start Still Matters

What happens when you combine 50+ years of early childhood education experience with honest conversations about policy, workforce challenges, and advocacy?In this powerful episode of Early Childhood Chats, host Andy Rozak sits down with Dr. Robert Gundling, a nationally respected early childhood leader, former president of DC AEYC, Head Start advocate, and founder of Sense of Wonder.Dr. Gundling shares unforgettable stories from the very beginning of Head Start, explains why early childhood education has been misunderstood for decades, and outlines what it will take to finally build a sustainable, respected, and fully funded early learning system in the United States.This episode covers:➡️ The history and future of Head Start➡️ Why early childhood education is NOT babysitting➡️ Workforce shortages, pay equity, and professionalism➡️ Men in early childhood education➡️ Universal Pre-K and state-level policy success stories➡️ Advocacy lessons from Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, and beyondWhether you’re an early childhood educator, Head Start leader, policy advocate, or education reformer, this episode is packed with insight, history, and inspiration.Learn more about Dr. Robert Gundling here:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-gundling-aa0a5a5/Subscribe for weekly conversations on early childhood leadership, policy, and practice.----------------------------Early Childhood Chats is hosted by Andrew Roszak - JD, MPA, EMT-PExecutive Director at the Institute for Childhood Preparedness. The Institute for Childhood Preparedness is proud to use its decades of experience to offer comprehensive and expert disaster and emergency preparedness trainings live in-person, via webinar, and on-demand online. // Visit: https://www.childhoodpreparedness.org/ to find out more // Schedule your training today https://www.childhoodpreparedness.org/trainingFOLLOW UShttps://www.instagram.com/childhoodpreparedness/ https://www.facebook.com/ChildPreparedhttps://twitter.com/ChildPreparedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-childhood-preparedness© Institute for Childhood Preparedness 2025 all rights reserved

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Big changes could be coming to Head Start and federal early childhood education policy, but what is actually changing, what is still only proposed, and what can Head Start programs, educators, parents...

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Potty training is one of those milestones that sounds simple until you are in the middle of it. Parents get conflicting advice. Teachers get put on the spot. Children get confused. And somehow, a proc...

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Toxic Stress, ACEs & Premature Birth: Protecting Children's Futures

How do premature birth, toxic stress, environmental health, and childhood experiences shape lifelong development?In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, Andy Roszak sits down with pediatric and neon...

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The Preparedness Gap Nobody's Talking About: Extreme Weather and Kids

Emergency medicine physician and climate health researcher Dr. Tess Wiskel of Harvard Medical School joins Andy Roszak to talk about what extreme weather actually means for early childhood programs. T...

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How Play-Based Learning Can Save Early Childhood Education

How can early childhood educators prevent burnout and rediscover the joy of teaching?In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, host Andy Roszak sits down with Dr. Marisa Macy (University of Wyoming) a...

1 Heinä 58min

Every Child, Every Chance: Special Olympics, Inclusion, and the Early Childhood Connection

Ryan Miller, Senior Director of Program for Young Athletes and Elementary at Special Olympics New York, joins Andy Roszak to talk about what Special Olympics is actually doing in early childhood setti...

22 Kesä 1h

The Educational Toy Every Parent Should Know About

In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, host Andy Roszak sits down with Drew Vernon from Tonies to talk about a product that has become a staple in his own household and is making waves in early chi...

4 Kesä 34min

Should Child Care Programs Have Cameras? Childcare Experts Discuss

In this episode of Early Childhood Chats, host Andy Roszak talks with Kevin Wright from Watch Me Grow about a topic that generates a lot of opinions and not enough informed conversation: cameras in ch...

22 Touko 42min