About CentroNía Institute
The CentroNía Institute was created in 2011 during CentroNía’s 25th year anniversary to share CentroNía’s extensive experience and success educating young children, strengthening families, and training teachers in a bilingual, multicultural environment. The CentroNía Institute’s purpose is to connect cutting edge research related to education and child development with the teaching practices for early childhood education.
The CentroNía Institute developed a holistic model that outlines the following three agents of change in a child’s development:
- Teachers as self-reflective practitioners
- Center directors as instructional leaders
- Parents as the first teachers for their children
The CentroNía Institute strives to raise awareness and strengthen institutional capacity to address the needs of the early childhood education field and parents of young children by:
- Developing, presenting, and disseminating research surrounding best practices for educating young children
- Offering professional development workshops and training to educators, school leadership, childcare center staff, and parents
- Providing on-site technical assistance and individualized coaching to teachers and staff in real life circumstances in the classroom
The CentroNía Institute offers the following:
Meet the Team:
Esteban Morales
Educational Director
Heriberto Velasquez
Educational Coordinator
Eduardo Gamero
CDA Coordinator
Indalee Clark
Instructional Coach
Sebawit Yirsaw
Instructional Coach