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An innovative partnership to support school leaders:
Creating early learning environments that support every child’s ability to learn and grow.
This partnership has helped VOCEL share its model with Chicago Public Schools principals who are new to early education.
In the fall of 2019, Chicago Public Schools rolled out an exciting and ambitious plan to make full-day preschool available to every four-year-old in Chicago. With 2,800 new preschool seats, public elementary schools across the city are expanding their programs, staff, and buildings to reach the youngest learners.
With support from The Chicago Public Education Fund, VOCEL is piloting the Building Early Learning Leaders (BELL) initiative, a new principal-coaching program where we share our early learning philosophy to create strong and vibrant pre-K classroom environments in Chicago public schools.