Early Excellence Project

We’re hiring: Summer Literacy Tutor (Temporary) 📚

The Early Excellence Project is looking for a passionate Summer Literacy Tutor to help young learners grow as confident readers this summer.

If you love working with children, believe every child deserves a strong literacy foundation, and want meaningful, flexible summer work, this role is for you.

The details:
🗓️ Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 7 weeks, beginning June 8th [Southside]
💵 [$22-25/hr]
📝 Apply: send your resume to [email protected]

This is a great fit for:
✔️ Teachers looking for rewarding part-time summer work
✔️ College students (education, child development, English, social work majors welcome)
✔️ Retired educators who want to stay connected to the classroom and the community
✔️ Anyone with a heart for early literacy and youth development

Help us spread the word. Know someone who’d be perfect? Tag them or share this post. The right tutor might be one share away.

You’re invited to the Early Excellence Project’s 5th anniversary celebration. This is a family friendly event and there is no cost to attend. We will have an awards presentation, food, and of course birthday cake! Register today at the link in our bio.

Pennsylvania’s 2025–2026 budget includes a $25 million investment for child care recruitment and retention bonuses. The Early Excellence Project welcomes this step, which recognizes the essential work early educators provide for families across the state.

As we highlighted in our recent blog, one-time funding helps providers manage immediate pressures, but it does not resolve the long-standing instability facing childcare programs, particularly those serving Black, Brown, and low-income families. This budget moves the conversation forward, yet meaningful progress requires sustained, predictable investment that strengthens the workforce and secures long-term access for families.

We remain committed to amplifying provider voices, partnering with community organizations, and advocating for policies that build a stable, equitable childcare system. This investment is a start. The work ahead remains critical.

At the Early Excellence Project, we believe in the power of stories to inspire children to find their voices and use them with confidence. Stacey’s Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams, with illustrations by Kitt Thomas, is a heartfelt picture book that shows young readers how words can empower, encourage, and create change.

Check out the full blog post at the link in our bio! It features no prep activities to support literacy development perfect for busy parents and teachers!

We’re hiring! ✨

The Early Excellence Project is looking for a part-time, in-person Executive Assistant to join our team in Pittsburgh. If you’re organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting work that uplifts early learning and childcare providers, we want to hear from you.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and wants to make a tangible impact in the community.

💼 Part-time
📍 In-person (Pittsburgh)
🔗 Apply now through the link in our bio!

Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them below or share this post! Let’s spread the word and bring another changemaker into the EEP family.

As the government shutdown reverberates across communities, one of the quieter, but deeply felt, impacts is on early child care. Providers are likely to face shortfalls in subsidy payments, delays in reimbursements, and greater uncertainty about contracts and grants. In times like this, the stability of families, children, and care providers is threatened.

Here’s what we are seeing, and doing, through our work in Pittsburgh’s East Side, in partnership with Duolingo Early Learners First.

Read the full blog post on our website, linked in bio.

As the government shutdown reverberates across communities, one of the quieter, but deeply felt, impacts is on early child care. Providers are likely to face shortfalls in subsidy payments, delays in reimbursements, and greater uncertainty about contracts and grants. In times like this, the stability of families, children, and care providers is threatened.

Here’s what we at the Early Excellence Project are seeing, and doing, through our work in Pittsburgh’s East Side, in partnership with Duolingo Early Learners First.
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