SAU Master's of Early Childhood Education

02/17/2020

Early childhood educators are invited to an informational "meet and greet" about the St. Ambrose Master's in Early Childhood Education. Join us at any of the following locations to talk with faculty, students, and alumni from our program:

Tuesday, March 3, 4-6 at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City
Thursday, March 5, 4-6 at The Jersey Grill in Davenport
Thursday, April 2, 4-6 at 7 Hills Brewing Company in Dubuque,
Thursday, April 16, 4-6 at Lionstone Brewery in Geneseo

This program helps experienced early educators "go deeper' and develop their expertise across the curriculum. Class assignments can often be implemented in the ECE classroom the following week. Class meetings are online on Monday evenings, with the exception of five days on campus during one week of the summer. Coursework is easily completed in two years.

We hope you will join us to find out more about our program!

01/15/2020

Registration for the 2020 Summer Institute on the Project Approach is now open! Download the pdf flyer from fil:///Users/sb0600944/Downloads/Summer-Institute-TEP20.pdf

Links to registration are available at https://www.sau.edu/summer-institute-for-teachers

10/14/2019

Check out the new article Dr. Sallee Beneke and her colleague, Dr. Michaelene Ostrosky have written for the Community Playthings blog.

Personalized Learning

09/09/2019

Join Dr. Sallee Beneke for a webinar on calendar time on Wednesday at 4:00 pm central time. The webinar is sponsored by the Illinois Association for Young Children, and nonmembers are welcome. Here is registration information.

04/22/2019

Dr. Sallee Beneke will be presenting on the Project Approach at the 2019 Leadership Summit in Singapore this June. https://rethasia.com/ecls/

02/06/2019

Dr. Sallee Beneke and her co-author, Dr. Micki Ostrosky, will present a free webinar on the Project Approach on February 20th. The webinar is scheduled for 2:00 pm Eastern Time. However, if that time does not work for you, you can register for the webinar, and you will receive a link to the archived webinar. To find out more, go to

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11/09/2018

Dr. Sallee Beneke will be presenting at NAEYC on the topic of the new book she has coauthored with Dr. Michaelene Ostrosky and Dr. Lilian Katz. Join her on Thursday, November 15th from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the Marriott Marquis Salon 3 & 4.

10/01/2018

I'm looking forward to presenting in Manilla this week with my colleague Chip Donohue. It's been a real pleasure to explore the beneficial relationship between the Project Approach and STEM.

07/24/2018

05/03/2018

Micki Ostrosky will be presenting on the topic of our new book, he Project Approach for All Learners: A Hands-On Guide for Inclusive Early Childhood Classrooms (coming in September from Brookes Publishing). We wish our co-author, Lilian Katz, could be there, too!

03/15/2018

We are excited to announce that information about the 2018 Summer Institute on the Project Approach is now available at https://illinoisearlylearning.org/pa/summer-institute/
Students in our Master's in Early Childhood Education program attend the Summer Institute as part of their program. They then implement a project in an early childhood classroom. See the Pizza Project, implemented by Sarah Kuhlemeier at https://illinoisearlylearning.org/pa/projects/pizza-project/

11/06/2017

It was wonderful to have MECE students volunteer to help out with our recruiting table at the Sharing a Vision conference. Thanks so much to Sarah Kuhlemeier, Laura DeLuca, Amy Kargle, and Melissa Harraden! It was a joy to spend time with you!