The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership

A cornerstone of the National College of Education, the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership is dedicated to building the leadership potential of early childhood educators through professional development, evaluation, research and public awareness. Center for Early Childhood Leadership programs provide credentialing, extensive support for program assessment, policy analysis and other initiatives to support the development of early childhood education leaders.

• 35,000+ early childhood leaders have engaged in our programs.
• We’ve conducted 12,000+ assessments of Illinois’ early childhood programs.
• 7,500 attendees have joined our annual Leadership Connections National Conference.
• Our staff has served on 125 early childhood committees.

To learn more about the McCormick Center’s commitment to fostering leaders in early childhood, click here.