Helping
Early Educators
Thrive

Helping Early Educators Thrive

Inspiring growth, making an impact.

The most impactful investments in early childhood education support and uplift the heart of the field: early educators. Rather than focusing solely on evaluation, professional development investments should both inspire educators with relevant, practical instruction, and provide actionable, job-embedded data. In short, PD should help educators thrive: inspiring growth while also helping them stick around.

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Free Webinar:
The Right Way To Invest
in Early Childhood Educators

July 30 at 1:00pm ET

What really works in supporting the early childhood workforce? Let’s explore together. We’ll start by learning what inspires educators to improve, and what helps them thrive. Then we’ll explore how targeted, supportive PD that focuses on what matters to educators leads to greater job satisfaction, better retention, and improved outcomes.

We’ll also examine how job-embedded data can make PD more impactful. Through actionable data, transparency, and timely feedback, we get a roadmap for success and a clear return on our investment.

This conversation is for everyone invested in the future of early childhood education — for program leaders, classroom teachers, and policy or funding decision-makers. Join us as we explore how to inspire educators to do their best work.   

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Meet Our Panel

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Sarah Lemoine

Senior Director, Professional Innovations,
ZERO TO THREE
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Katorra Enoch-Longshore

Community Engagement and Learning Director,
Council for Professional Recognition

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Rhodus Riggins, Jr.

Quality Enhancement Coordinator,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Ms. Mildred Evans

Family Child Care Provider

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Resources to Support ECE Educators​

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Webinar: The Right Way To Invest in Early Childhood Educators

What really works in supporting the early childhood workforce? Let’s explore together! We’ll start by learning what inspires educators to improve, and what helps them thrive. Then we’ll explore how targeted, supportive PD that focuses on what matters to educators leads to greater job satisfaction, better retention, and improved outcomes.

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The Right Way
To Invest in ECE Teachers

Free Webinar — July 30, 1:00 p.m. ET

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