To learn more about each Center, click their program title.  To contact the Center, visit our Contact page.

Alternative Routes to Certification
Offers an alternative to the traditional route to teacher certification in Delaware, allowing qualified individuals to complete certification requirements while they are employed as full-time teachers. This state-approved program of professional education course work is accompanied by school-based supervision and mentoring.

ASPIRE 
Supports members of underrepresented groups to University of Delaware degree programs, with an emphasis on preparing students for a teaching careers. Encourages high school students to further their education and provides opportunities for academic and professional development to students pursuing a variety of majors. 

Center for Disabilities Studies
Focuses on improving the quality, quantity and range of public and private services and supports available in Delaware for individuals with disabilities and their families. For a summary of the many programs CDS offered in 2012, visit our CDS Services page. 

Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL)
A professional development, research and policy center working to improve public education. It serves leaders throughout their careers and at all levels of the educational system, providing a range of research-based training programs, policy initiatives and consulting services. 

Delaware Center for Teacher Education
Strengthens both pre-service and in-service teacher education, improves access for the education community to the University’s teacher education and professional development programs and supports the state’s efforts to enhance teacher education and professional development in line with new state content standards and accountability requirements.

Delaware Education Research and Development Center
Conducts research, evaluation, and policy analysis to  support the improvement of education and human services in Delaware and the nation.

Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood
Supports early childhood professionals through professional development experiences that enhance skills, knowledge and career opportunities and support high quality programs. The Institute designs, delivers and coordinates professional development that meets the needs of a diverse workforce, working in a variety of early childhood settings from public schools and early childhood special education to the private business of home-based child care. 

Delaware Stars
Establishes quality standards for early child care programs and provides technical assistance as they engage in quality improvement efforts. Delaware Stars developed a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) used to assess, improve and communicate the level of quality in early care and education and school-age settings.  

Early Learning Center
Offers quality child care and education for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years as well as other services for families, including assessments, intervention services and parenting education; technical assistance and training for child care providers; a laboratory for faculty and student researchers; and a hands-on learning site for undergraduate and graduate students.

Laboratory Preschool
Provides services to over 60 children ages two to five in an inclusive early education setting. Over 100 UD students per semester receive instruction in early childhood education, research, and human service practices in the school. The Lab School also serves as a research site for faculty conducting investigations in language development, social-personal development, curriculum implementation, and other topics.

Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center
Helps Delaware’s K-12 math and science teachers implement new content and performance standards in their classrooms. Provides professional development and curriculum materials.

National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities
Works in partnership with  major national developmental disability organizations to offer a variety of short-term, intensive leadership development experiences, an on-line certificate program, undergraduate- and graduate-level campus based programs, distance learning opportunities, mentoring opportunities, a resource-rich website as well as research and technical assistance.

New Directions Early Head Start (NDEHS)
An interagency program committed to empowering and supporting pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and their families. NDEHS is designed to serve women who are pregnant, and families who have children between the ages of birth and 36 months.  Programs at the centers give children with and without disabilities an equal opportunity to learn together.  Families must meet income and other eligibility guidelines.

Office of Educational Technology 
Supports instructional and desktop computing across CEHD; provides technological leadership to academic programs and teacher education programs throughout CEHD and across campus; and offers contract- and grant-supported services for technology integration to partners in CEHD initiatives, such as K-12 schools, non-profit groups and government agencies.

The College School
Serves students in grades 1-8 who demonstrate learning, attention, mild social/emotional, and/or mild behavioral issues that may impact school success by affording opportunities to acquire academic and social skills similar to those acquired by students in traditional schools to students.