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Associations Between Mexican-American Early Childhood Education Teacher Stress and Mexican-American Child Executive Function and Vocabulary

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) - $587,216
 

Project Focus and Goal

The goal of the project, entitled, Associations Between Mexican-American Early Childhood Education Teacher Stress and Mexican-American Child Executive Function and Vocabulary (IES, $587,216), is to comprehensively survey early childhood education workforce well-being, and to examine how workforce well-being may be related to child outcomes in essential skills of academic learning.

Significance of the Grant

The work of this grant is important and timely given that relationships between teachers and children have profound implications for child well-being, the classroom environment, and outcomes in the academic and socioemotional development of children. In understanding early childhood education teacher well-being, the opportunity exists to benefit both the early childhood educator workforce and the children who are served by these professionals.

Project Collaborators

This grant is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, two community partners (i.e., YWCA El Paso del Norte Region, Flying Colors Learning Centers) and four mentors (Dr. Richard G. Lambert - The University of North Carolina Charlotte, Dr. Johannes Strobel – ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, Dr. Amanda M. Dettmer – Yale Child Study Center, and Dr. Emily C. Merz – Colorado State University).

Excitement Surrounding the Grant

“I am most excited to learn from the community of early childhood teachers in our Paso del Norte Region, to highlight their stories and lived experiences, and to provide programmatic and policy recommendations that benefits the children and families in our community, in alignment with the mission of the College of Education.” – Dr. Cynthia Wiltshire.