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Eddie Manuszak (he/him), PhD

@manuszakedward

Proud life-long educator, Butler and Eastern Michigan alum, devoted Detroit sports fan and grateful to have an amazing family! Ex. Dir. for Early Childhood at Washtenaw ISD & founding co-lead of the AASA Early Learning Cohort! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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An absolutely magical visit to Miami Children’s Museum! TY to everyone who attended our visit! TY to Natalie & the team who offered us a tour of their NAEYC accredited Reggio Emilio preschool & museum! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd This was a visit that filled my soul with brightness! 🌞🌴

08.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What an amazing AASA Rooted in Relationships Summit with Miami Dade County Public Schools team! TY Dr. Mapp for keynoting! πŸ™πŸ» πŸ™ŒπŸ» A special thank you to Supt. Dotres for also being with us!! It was a great three-day visit! #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

08.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to @foundations.bsky.social for a very successful #BeyondSchoolHours 2026 conference! Proud to serve on the NAC! TY to the team from #TheAcademyAtPenn for their update and Erin Mote from @Innovateedunyc.bsky.social for her amazing AI info! Can’t wait until New Orleans in 2027! 😊 ❀️

08.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night I had the honor of being the closing speaker for Washtenaw Promise Thriving Educator Awards Banquet! Congrats to award winners Jodi, Emily, and Amy for your service, courage and leadership as teachers! πŸ™ŒπŸ» ⭐️ #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

27.02.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Monday, Feb. 23 WISD Great Start Collaborative Success by Six and WISD EC Dept. hosted a Community Meeting. TY @jasonmorganmi.bsky.social and @michleague.bsky.social for attending! We discussed Washtenaw specific early childhood related issues! πŸ™πŸ»β€οΈ#EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD

27.02.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY Lincoln Consolidated Schools and Principal Shelton and team for hosting BLOCKfest last night at Model Early Learning Center! We had such a great time! So proud of all of our volunteers including Bahjee and Rana! Great learning for all!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

19.02.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Memories from last week’s @aasahq #NCE2026 TY to Dave and the team at AASA for providing a way to bring the nation together and uplift #publiceducationpromise TY to my friends @azacheryross & @highscopeus Dr. Barazza for presenting our roundtable! #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD

18.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Michigan Head Start for a fabulous Winter Assembly in Detroit, Michigan last week! Congrats to Ex. Director Robin Bozek on her retirement! It was so great to speak time and share space with so many great friends! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

22.01.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY to our presenters today who helped our AASA Early Learning Cohort at our virtual meeting discussing Transitions for families and children. They offered research and practical ideas! πŸ™ŒπŸ» πŸ™πŸ» #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

15.01.2026 04:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week, I had the privilege of reading Last Stop on Market Street to the GSRP classroom at Pittsfield Acres! A @geeacademies program! My ❀️ was full!! Thank you to the staff & students for welcoming me in. We also did some singing and dancing! πŸ˜ŠπŸŽ΅πŸ•Ί #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

15.01.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So proud to have attended @wisdearlychildhood 4th Annual Celebration of Culture community celebration on Thursday, Dec. 18! TY @bahjee.empress.afia for your leadership in organizing this event! πŸŽ€β¬‡οΈ Happy Holidays everyone! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

21.12.2025 00:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY @gewhitmer and @michdepted for the Michigan Literacy Summit today! Honored to be a panelist as we uplifted @washtenawisd & @wisdearlychildhood work to accelerate economic growth and advance to make #earlychildhoodmattersmost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

16.12.2025 03:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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So proud to be one of the candidates for NAEYC Governing Board. Voting opened yesterday and today we had a candidate forum. Voting closes Jan. 12, 2026. I am running for Board Secretary. Please consider voting!! 😊 βœ…πŸ™πŸ»

21.11.2025 22:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Honored to be selected as a candidate for the @naeyc 2026 Governing Board! If you are an NAEYC member, I would love to earn your vote as Secretary. Voting opens Nov.19, 2025 and ends Jan. 12, 2026. Here is my link. #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

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03.11.2025 02:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Out helping to spread the word today, Sunday about the upcoming Nov. 4th CTE election! I ran into Nancy as she was out too! Don’t forget to vote yes on Nov. 4th βœ…

03.11.2025 01:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Despite all of the difficult news in Early Childhood lately, we tried to brighten High Point, Gretchen’s House, Bottles & Backpacks and EMU Children’s Institute days’ on Friday!! We dressed up as our favorite @pbs.org kids characters! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd πŸŽƒπŸ™ŒπŸ» We ❀️ PBS!

03.11.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great day yesterday at Wiard’s Orchards with our Early Head Start families! A great way to celebrate #headstartawarenessmonth Thank you to all of our families, children and staff for making it be such a wonderful event! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

24.10.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congrats to Kaitlyn for successfully finishing the Detroit Half Marathon today! We are so proud of you! She ate up all those miles today!! πŸ’ͺπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

20.10.2025 01:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to all of our preschool partner Principals and Directors for your leadership! On Friday., Oct. 17 the WISD EC celebrated #PrincipalAppreciationMonth by giving all a certificate of appreciation! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd #TeamWISD

20.10.2025 01:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY Washtenaw Area Council for Children for a great event celebrating 50 years of your work in supporting children and families! I was so proud to learn about your special award winners!! 🫢🏻Thank you WACC! #TeamWISD #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #AASAEarlyEd

04.10.2025 01:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY Michigan Head Start Association for planning and hosting the 2025 Fall Assembly this week! It was great to learn together and also to host Dr. Larry Schweinhart who helped to study the Perry Preschool Project with HighScope! As always let’s continue to make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! #TeamWISD

26.09.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It has been a week since the Fall 2025 MASA Conference, but I wanted to lift up how great the opportunity was to make 3 presentations with partners from MiLEAP, MAISA, NHSA, and HighScope!! Together we make #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost !! TY SETSEG for the 5K Fun Run as well! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

26.09.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great @michleague.bsky.social Champions for Kids luncheon today!! We also held key legislative visits today to advocate for PreK for All, Head Start and the budget! TY @jasonmorganmi.bsky.social Reps. Miller, Wilson Jr., Foreman and Senator Shink for meeting with us! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

16.09.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12th and Final Run for the #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem.bsky.social Virtual Marathon! I competed all 26.2 miles! Battled through a left calf issue and made it!! I also reached my fundraising goal today of raising $500 for STEAM $$ for kids!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

10.09.2025 11:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the way back from Lexington, had to stop in Cincy at #skylinechili for lunch! Special shout out to my β€œcollege chili son” David G.! @skylinechilli.bsky.social

09.09.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TY Rece and Taylor for a beautiful wedding spent in Lexington! We had a wonderful time sharing in your special night! Congrats! 🍾 πŸ’’ ❀️

09.09.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11th morning run for #RunUnited2025 Virtual Marathon! 2.6 miles today for a total of 24.2 miles! Almost there! Chasing the sun today on a chilling crisp late Summer morning! 🌞 #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

05.09.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10th Morning Run for #RunUnited2025 virtual marathon! Added 2.4 miles so now I have a total of 21.6 miles! Not much left to go!! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd If you want to contribute to my fundraising for STEAM $$ for kids please do it here: p2p.onecause.com/rununited25/...

04.09.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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9th Morning #RunUnited2025 @unitedwaysem Virtual Marathon Run! 2.4 miles now for a total of 19.2 miles! Chasing the sun this morning! 🌞 Also, thank you to all of my donors! I have raised $385 of my $500! Only $115 more to go! #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd

02.09.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy beginning of the school year @whitlkpublicschools Excited to visit the PreK for All and Head Start spaces with their amazing Director Sue! TY for showing me around the new spaces! #TeamWISD #AASAEarlyEd #EarlyChildhoodMattersMost

29.08.2025 10:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0