Early Childhood Education Institute

ECEI NAMES NEW DIRECTOR - The ECEI has announced the appointment of Kathleen Gallagher, Ph.D., as the new director, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval and effective August 1, 2024. Gallagher will replace long-time ECEI founder and director Diane Horm, Ph.D., who is retiring in December 2024. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gFyXVggp. OU-Tulsa University of Oklahoma

Are you planning to attend NRCEC (ACF's National Research Conference on Early Childhood) this year? If so, you should check out our multiple breakout and poster sessions. We hope to see you there! University of Oklahoma Diane Horm

We're proud to announce that a team of researchers from OU, including Diane Horm, were chosen to evaluate the state's PDG $36M award, designed to improve OK's early childhood systems. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/geJ-MQnZ OU-Tulsa #research University of Oklahoma

ECEI Director Diane Horm, along with Jennifer Quillian from OU's CECPD (Center for Early Childhood Professional Development), represented the ELQA-K Project Team at a presentation made during the Texas Early Childhood Summit at Texas A & M University last week. #research #literacy #ELQA

Our long term research focusing on the "opportunity gap" for young children, conducted in partnership with Tulsa Educare, is featured in this winter's University of Oklahoma's Sooner Magazine. Our research team, led by Diane Horm, followed children from infancy to third grade and found robust findings in children's oral comprehension, vocabulary and math skills. #research #earlychildhood

We're thrilled to announce that a team of early childhood researchers from both the University of Oklahoma Tulsa and Norman campuses, along with researchers from UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute were awarded an ACF secondary data analysis grant to study peer effects in early childhood. Congratulations to Wonkyung Jang, Kyong-Ah Kwon, Diane Horm, Timothy G. Ford and Noreen Yazejian for this $100,000 award!

Our Happy Teacher project is searching for some Teaching Support Staff Specialists for the spring intervention. These positions assist early childhood programs by helping out in classrooms so teaching and administrative staff can participate in the intervention. This is a part-time position, working up to five days a week, 4 hours per day (in the mornings), for $18-20 per hour, starting in February 2024. Early childhood classroom experience needed, along with some EC education. Candidates who live outside the Tulsa area are needed, as we're partnering with rural child care programs this spring. https://lnkd.in/grs6p_5t. You can also visit Jobs.OU.Edu and search for requisition #232937.

We're hiring! The Early Childhood Education Institute at OU-Tulsa seeks a Post Doctoral Research Associate to join our research institute focused on equity and applied research in early childhood (birth to 8 populations and settings). The preferred candidate will have completed a Ph.D. in early childhood, child development or a related field. Successful candidates will have research interest and expertise in infant-toddler care and education and/or historically under-served populations, including Dual Language Learners and children and families experiencing poverty. For more information and to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/g6_FVsDZ.

We kicked off our 2023-24 year with a team get-together last week. In addition to our continuing work with CAP Tulsa and Tulsa Educare, we are adding some new projects and have added some new staff. Check out our incredible team, ready for action!