Purple Crayon Professional Development

Keeping it real.

Keeping It Real: Why We Struggle With Being Good Leaders Featuring Shelley Smith - The Child Care Success Company In this incredibly powerful episode, Kris sits down with Shelley Smith, culture curator, author, speaker, and consultant. Shelley has a passion for making the lives of others easier and less stressful and has created a world of incredible tools that serve as absolute game-changers. She talks about w...

"Staff departures were a major problem in child care long before the pandemic."

What was your turnover rate before the pandemic?

The Pandemic Has Compounded the Turnover Problem in Early Childhood Education - EdSurge News For six years, Ernestina Fuentes had been building out her early childhood program, hiring trained staff, developing a model tailored to children with ...

What is ethnography anyway?

Between the lines – using ethnography to design and lead organizational culture MIT Sloan Professor of Organization Studies John Van Maanen discusses the golden age of ethnography.John Van Maanen faculty profile: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/...

Your voice matters!

July Advocacy Event: Your Voice Matters! Join us for our July Advocacy Event: Your Voice Matters! on Wednesday, July 28th from 7:00-8:30 PM via Zoom! Help us advocate for early childhood education – teachers, staff, and children!

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We appreciate everyone who joined us for the joint webinar on how the American Rescue Plan can increase compensation for early childhood educators hosted by NAEYC and the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, in partnership with the Alliance for Early Success. In case you missed the conversation (or want to revisit the content), you can watch the webinar recording, access the presentation slide deck, and review more information and resources here: https://bit.ly/3xvkUvw

What kind of culture are you cultivating at your center?

Creating a strong organizational culture at your center can help you increase engagement, improve recruitment and reduce staff turnover. Here's how to do it: https://procare.solutions/3eE8YQE

"Meanwhile, center directors need strategies they can implement now to retain high-quality educators."

What factors, other than compensation, contribute to teacher turnover in Early Childhood Education?

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/Blog/Post/33"

Understanding Teacher Turnover in Early Childhood Education Before my first child was even born, my wife and I visited nearly every childcare center within a five-mile radius. The choices were overwhelming. Centers had different philosophies, schedules, and spaces—and we didn’t have the first idea how to choose between them, or even what to ask of the di...

The Virginia Department of Education is now responsible for the oversight of early childhood care and education programs in the Commonwealth. This is such an exciting transition! 🥳

VDOE :: Building a Unified Early Childhood System Information Centers description goes here.