Dr. Andrea G. Weidele

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Department of Elementary Education
  • Assistant Professor

Background

Adjunct Professor

University of Rhode Island, 2023 – 2026

Teach:

  • EDC 316 Foundations in Early Childhood Care and Education
  • EDC 328 Home School Community Partnership (Designed)

ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú, 2025 – present

Teach:

  • ECED 305 Intentional Teaching in the Early Years
  • ECED 469 Best Practices in EC Settings (co-taught)

Training and Technical Assistance Associate

EDC, Inc., 2022-present
The Center for Early Learning Professionals

Provide support through professional development and on-site consultation, at the classroom and administrative level, to RI State PreK programs to meet high-quality standards.

Director/Education Coordinator

The Providence Center, Inc., 2011-2022
Imagine Preschool

Created an environment of care and inquiry through reflective and supportive supervision practices, while managing daily operations in accordance with RI state PreK standards.

Associate Director of ECE Programs

Sunshine Child Development Center, 2007-2011

Led educational program through reflective supervision practices, and by fostering collaboration with families and community partners to uphold high-quality standards.

Program Manager

Comprehensive Community Action Program, 2004-2007

Managed a comprehensive services program where we partnered with early care and education centers and family childcare homes to provide families with comprehensive services (case management, nursing, mental health).

Program Director

CANE Child Development Center, 2002-2004

Provided coaching, training, and supervision to teaching staff to ensure quality programming in accordance with the National Association for the Education of Young Children standards.

Regular Education Preschool Teacher

The Groden Center, 2001-2002
The Livingston Preschool

Collaboratively planned and implemented developmentally appropriate curriculum in an inclusive classroom.

Preschool Teacher

Brown/Fox Point Early Education Center, 2000-2001

Kindergarten Teacher

Brown/Fox Point Early Education Center, 1998-2000

Education

  • PhD in Education, University of Rhode Island/ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú, 2026
    • Dissertation: ECCE Leadership Development: Supports, Barriers, and Identity Formation
  • MS in Early Childhood Education, Wheelock College, 1998
  • BS in Early Childhood Education/Psychology, Framingham State College, 1997

Professional Associations

  • National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • North American Reggio Emilia Alliance

Selected Publications

Publications

Weidele, A, & Campbell, S. (2026). The heart of ECE leadership: Reflection, vision, and action. Exchange Community Voices. Exchange Press.

Presentations

Weidele, A. (2026, November). The role of Relational Coordination within the ECCE leadership development ecosystem: Work environments and professional networks. To be presented at The Relational Coordination Collaborative Roundtable.

Weidele, A., & Campbell, S. (2025, May). The heart of ECE leadership: Reflection, vision, and action. Presented at The McCormick Institute’s Leadership Connections Conference.

Weidele, A., Boutwell, J. (2024, June). The role of mentoring professional learning community in supporting effective mentoring. Presented at NAEYC PLI.

Weidele, A., Martin, C., & Huffhines, L. (2024, May). Measuring changes in engagement with reflective supervision over time in state-funded pre-K through the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS). In Huffhines L. (Chair), Leveraging mixed methods and multiple perspectives to understand the role of reflective supervision in enhancing state-funded pre-K programs: Results from an open trial. Symposium presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting.

Weidele, A., & Campbell, S. (2023). Creating climates of mutual respect, trust, and collegiality. Presented at Rhode Island Association of the Education of Young Children-Early Childhood Conference.

Weidele, A. (2023, March). The missing element: ECCE leader’s impact on classroom quality in preschool programs. Round Table Presentation, Presented at The Association of Teacher Educator’s Annual Meeting.

Additional Information

Research Interests

  • ECCE leadership development
  • Applications of the relational coordination framework in ECCE leadership
  • Supporting reflective practice through generated and found visual images

Teaching Certification

RI Professional Certification, Early Childhood Education (pk-2) current-2029

Professional Certifications

  • CLASS Affiliate Trainer Certification 2025-present
  • HighScope Preschool Curriculum Certified Trainer 2022-present

State and Community Leadership

  • HighScope Advisory Council, 2025- present
  • ºÚÁÏÀÏ˾»ú Early Childhood Advisory Committee, 2023-2024
  • Consultant, RI Department of Education, RIELDS course creator, 2023
  • Consultant, RI Department of Education, RIELDS master trainer, 2023-present
  • Consultant, RI Department of Education, Curriculum Review, 2019, 2022
  • Consultant, RI Department of Education, RIELDS trainer, 2013-2018
  • Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children, board member, policy council chair, 2005-2009