Workforce Development

What are decision and policy makers missing that can play a huge role in supporting early childhood teacher retention? 

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.

Teacher-child ratios — the number of teachers vs. children in a classroom — are a major factor in classroom quality.

In Ohio, LENA Grow fits into a wide-ranging ecosystem of investments that OCCRRA has made to address early childhood education and out-of-school quality, capacity, and workforce development.

With their LENA Grow program, Porter-Leath has produced clear results, including higher i-Ready® kindergarten readiness scores.

Building a partnership network is not easy. This guide is meant to demystify the process and to help you lay the groundwork for forming partnerships that work.

After 25+ years in early childhood education, you might think she'd seen it all. But she discovered something that changed everything. 

A child's self-esteem is already well formed by age 5! Check out these tips on supporting children's confidence in your classroom.

When does a child start learning to read? In "Early Literacy Is an Open Book," experts shared how early literacy shapes success in early childhood education and beyond.