13 de July de 2026
The first three volumes of the collection Learning in Early Childhood Education are being launched over the coming weeks during the 3rd Regionalized State Training Cycle of the Pact for Learning, held by the Maranhão State Department of Education (Seduc/MA) between March 2 and 17 across the state. The event marks the start of the 2026 training actions and brings together managers, regional and municipal pedagogical coordinators, and technical teams from across the state.
Resulting from the partnership between the Education Laboratory and Seduc/MA, within the collaboration framework, the collection is part of the state policy for continuing professional development in Early Childhood Education. The launch of the materials also symbolizes an institutional milestone: the transition to a new phase of the Learning: Inside and Outside School project, in which Seduc fully assumes the processes of implementing and monitoring the teacher training policy for Early Childhood Education.
The three volumes presented at this first stage are:
- Learning in Early Childhood Education – Pact for Learning training in the Early Childhood Education strand
- Educator Training (0 to 3 years)
- Educator Training (0 to 3 years) – Activity planning
Developed to support the work of trainers and strengthen the continuity of the policy, the materials connect theory and practice, organize conceptual references, and provide guidance for continuing training and for day-to-day work in daycare centers and Early Childhood Education institutions. Their content is aligned with the Learning Language methodology, developed by Labedu, and with the guidelines of the National Commitment: Literate Child, which recognizes language development from early childhood as the foundation for the school journey.
The Educator Training volumes are a pedagogical reference for teacher training and practices with babies and young children in Early Childhood Education. In addition to organizing foundations and guidance for activity planning, the materials include model training plans based on videos of reading practices carried out in schools in municipalities in Maranhão. These records will become part of the training as concrete benchmarks for Regional Pedagogical Coordinators (APRs), Municipal Pedagogical Coordinators (APMs), and teachers, helping to improve observation, continuing professional development, and the refinement of reading practices in institutions.
Since 2019, Labedu has served as Seduc/MA’s technical partner in structuring, implementing, and monitoring the continuing professional development policy for Early Childhood Education. Over this period, the joint work has consolidated a training architecture that connects knowledge production, systematic follow-up of practices, and cooperation between the state and municipalities, reaching municipal education networks across the entire territory of Maranhão.
For Andrea Guida, Labedu’s Director of Implementation, the launch of the collection represents the consolidation of a pathway built collaboratively and guided by evidence.
“Building a public policy for Early Childhood Education requires coordination between the state and municipalities, clarity of roles, and continuous follow-up of actions. In recent years, Maranhão has advanced in structuring a continuing professional development policy sustained by technical cooperation, monitoring, and ongoing dialogue with municipal education networks. The Learning in Early Childhood Education collection systematizes this journey and supports the new phase in which Seduc fully assumes leadership of the policy, strengthening its continuity within the collaboration framework,” Andrea says.
Seduc’s Superintendent of Network Planning and Collaboration Framework, Regivânia Ribeiro, commented that “today we are experiencing a very significant moment for Early Childhood Education in Maranhão. The launch of the first volumes of the Learning in Early Childhood Education collection represents more than the delivery of training materials; it symbolizes the consolidation of a structured public policy, based on cooperation, planning, and continuous monitoring. We continue to move forward, with responsibility and commitment, so that every child in Maranhão has access to educational experiences that foster language development and expand their opportunities throughout their entire school journey.”
With the full publication of the five volumes, the set of materials will record and guide a public policy built over years of joint work. By consolidating principles, strategies, and instruments, the collection reaffirms the commitment to educator training and to the right of children in Maranhão to learning experiences that foster language development from the earliest years.
In the coming weeks, two more volumes will be launched to complete the collection:
- Educator Training (4 to 5 years)
- Monitoring and Evaluation System – Instruments for observing and analyzing practices
