Melissa Casteel

Relationships Matter! ECE ldrshp dvlpmt coach/facilitator, former kdg teacher, @Illinois_Alma & @NationalLouisU alumna, BBLF @EriksonPolicy #FirstGen

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

So inspired by this cohort ❤ #QAE

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

Congrats to the 2019-2020 Barbara Bowman Leadership Fellows on completing the program with a Policy Pitch of ideas to build, sustain+diversify the #earlychildhood workforce. Thank you to our funders: @IrvingHarrisFdn, @FieldFoundation and the John & Kathleen Schreiber Foundation.

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

📢 The 2024 Executive Fellows Program Cohort

Our children and families need systems that support their well-being and these 25 decision-makers will help shape our young children's educational experiences. #EriksonExecutiveFellows

Read the Press Release: https://t.co/58gXfMAbdR

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

Tell your legislator to go #ALLIN4ECEC! https://t.co/AAPdaICnKN

IL families count on #earlychildhood services. We 👏 need 👏you 👏 to go ALL IN for early childhood to ensure early childhood programs are sufficiently funded across the board in FY25! #SmartStartY2 #newECEagency

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

Coaching is not a role – it is a set of skills every educator can use. https://t.co/CG0IIOgH2g via @LearningForward

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

Joy matters!

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

This year and every year, spending time with friends who celebrate, uplift, and motivate each other fills Melissa’s heart with JOY!

#Rest #Refresh #Joy

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

Erikson’s Policy & Leadership Department leads with an #AntiRacism lens, challenging broken systems that make it difficult for children and their families to access resources and #FindingTheBaby (and how policy affects them) in every situation. #Equity #SystemsChange

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The Texas Historical Commission removed books on slavery from plantation gift shops after an amateur historian sent several angry emails

https://t.co/ASWhsqtQ6n

[Erikson Institute Policy and Leadership @EriksonPolicy]

🚨 NOW AVAILABLE: Data on access to Infant/#EarlyChildhood Mental Health (#IECMH) Consultation in Illinois and factors affecting children's social-emotional development. Read the report: https://t.co/oGkgA4WWLy

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

I'm with @EriksonPolicy for the 2023 Early Childhood Leadership Academy Fellows Summit, connecting #EarlyChildhood to areas where children can be overlooked. Today, I'm #FindingTheBaby in the #Environment, learning the issues impacting their growth. Stay tuned for ways to help.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

I actually read all 216 pages of Florida's new state social studies standards, and the enslaved-people-benefitting-from-slavery is not even the worst part. They basically created a K-12 course in Caucasian Race Theory

Here's the top 10 problems I found:

https://t.co/jFEPFCxYHo

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Tennessee is attempting to use eminent domain to take land that has been in Black families for generations so Ford can build electric vehicles. The families just want a fair deal.

"They want your land, but they don’t want you to participate in the wealth"
https://t.co/2XRRFLXJor

[Shermann Dilla Thomas @6figga_dilla]

The whole story is important

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

An Ohio teacher, who was reading The Sneetches to her Grade 3 class, was abruptly cut off by an admin when a student said "It's almost like what happened back then, how people were treated. Like, disrespected. Like, white people disrespected Black people.”
https://t.co/VnsgaHsGZk

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

On March 31, 4 days before an anti-woke white supremacist shot him in the face, MLK did preach to the country about dreams or mountaintops.

He talked about staying woke.

OK, I'm paraphrasing.
The actual title of 1 of MLK's MOST USED addresses is:

I'll let him tell you:

[EdTrust @EdTrust]

Black & Latino faculty are severely underrepresented at most public, four-year colleges & universities. In this report we examine ways that college leaders, policymakers, & advocates can improve #FacultyDiversity https://t.co/CuuKBLAmcg

[Dr. Ijeoma Opara @IjeomaOparaPHD]

Twitter fam, thank you for helping me to find the family of the 9 year old girl from NJ who had the police called on her by her neighbor for collecting lantern flies. I connected with them & invited them to @yale for a Black girl led Science Tour! Yesterday—HISTORY was MADE (1/)

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

Part 2 https://t.co/ND6PIiIp1d

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

@IheomaIruka Wow 😔

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

In spite of the fact that VDare is a known white supremacist organization, this question is often posed by racists and stupid people

But since you asked:

A thread:

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

I'm outside with Dr. @TalanTeri @MCECL 😊

[Melissa Casteel @MCastEdD]

Gave a talk at NAEYC Professional Learning Institute on Leading with Equity: A Racial Equity Impact Analysis of Recommendations Promoting a Unified Professional Framework for Early Childhood Program Leaders Working Across Sectors in Centers, Homes, and Schools. #naeycINST