RFP Announcement: We are excited to embark on a comprehensive planning and design process for the next iteration of the Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program (BECLP) with the hope of relaunching in early 2025. We will contract with an agency for approximately six months to complete a planning/design phase of our signature program. Please see our RFP for full details about the contracting needs for this project, including the timeline and scope of work, budget, proposal process, and conditions. The deadline for submissions is Friday, June 28, 2024.
We are incredibly grateful for the contributions Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program leaders are making across the many opportunities, initiatives, and change efforts in Colorado. Since 2007, over 250 individuals within 13 cohorts have engaged in transformational learning to advance equity, excellence and opportunity in partnership with communities of colleagues, children, families and policy makers.
In collaboration, BECLP partners at the Buell Foundation, Clayton Early Learning and CU Denver, have agreed to take a brief pause after Cohort 14 to engage in shared evaluation of the program’s influence on the field over the past 15 years. This time will also provide our partnership space to reflect on the successes of the past years of the program and consider future opportunities for the next phase of early childhood leadership development. Thus we will not open applications for the 2022-23 academic year at this time. We will share what we learn from this program evaluation and keep the community informed on our next steps. Please watch for updates on ways you may be involved and invited to participate in program learning opportunities during this pause.