Emotional Intelligence for Early Childhood Educators-Dr. Housman in Exchange Magazine
Before you can help children deal with their stress, you also must learn how to cope with stress yourself and the feelings that accompany it.”
Preparing Emotionally Competent Early Educators-Dr. Housman’s Article in Phi Delta Kappan
Emotional competence must be at the heart of every childcare center or preschool program. Emotional development happens early. All educators and support staff need training rooted in emotional competence to ensure that every child is heard, respected, and given the opportunity to succeed. Now more than ever we need to focus on our early childhood […]
Want quality child care? Pay and train workers like the pros they are-Dr. Housman’s Commentary on EdSource
To accomplish the moonshot goal of providing every family access to quality child care, we — the policymakers, business leaders and community members who all rely on child care — need to seriously consider how we support the field and the providers and educators who make it run every day. We need to fix the […]
Education Post: Expert Q&A: Focusing on Teacher Well-Being Benefits Students
Recently Dr. Housman sat down with Education Post’s Maureen Kelleher to discuss how attending to teachers’ emotional well-being not only benefits teachers but is also critical for their students. They also spoke about the many big emotions this back to school year will bring and how to help both teachers and students deal with those […]