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We are thrilled to share our 2021-2024 Fund Cycle Report!
This comprehensive report captures the key accomplishments, challenges, and growth we’ve experienced over the past three years as we work toward transforming the early childhood education workforce with our partners. As we reflect on our progress, we remain committed to advancing equitable opportunities for early educators and look forward to the continued journey ahead.
Professional educators.
Professional compensation.
Prepared children.
About Us
The Early Educator Investment Collaborative’s goal is to accelerate progress in the early childhood education profession and ensure early educators have the supports they need to be well-prepared and appropriately compensated. Learn more.
What’s New
Check out our latest grantee updates, webinars, and news below.
NEWSLETTER
We are excited to share our September newsletter, featuring the 2021-2024 Fund Cycle report! This report highlights the remarkable impact of our collective efforts and the progress we’ve made toward advancing our mission. You’ll also find insightful seasonal reflections from The Collaborative’s Executive Director, Dr. Ola J. Friday. Be sure to explore the newsletter to dive into the report and hear more from Dr. Friday here.
NEW GRANTEES
Our August newsletter announced our new grantee partnerships! The Collaborative awarded an additional $2.1M in grants through our Compensation-Capacity Building Grant to Child Care Associates of Tarrant County, Texas, and the Minnesota Department of Education. Learn more about the grantee teams and their work here. The newsletter also spotlights the work of UPLIFT-CA in the field. Check out a recap of the UPLIFT-CA community of practice here.
NEW GRANTEES
Our November newsletter announced our new grantee partnerships! The Collaborative awarded $9M in grants to Colorado Department of Early Childhood, the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, and The Louisiana Policy Institute for Children to support systems innovations increasing compensation for the early childhood education workforce. The new lead grantees will work with their partnership teams to explore unique approaches to boost early educator wages and benefits. Learn more about the grantee teams and their work here.
NEW RESOURCE
Our October newsletter shares a new brief, Advancing ECE Workforce Compensation and Equity: Key Conditions for a National Lead Teacher Certification. The brief summarizes the results of a feasibility study we commissioned to assess the viability of a national lead teacher certification for the ECE workforce. We are excited to share learnings from this study to support investments in workforce compensation and advancing equity for early childhood educators. Learn more about the study results, implications, and recommendations here.
NEWSLETTER
Our September newsletter shares a new report from School Readiness Consulting featuring the work of our IHE Partnership Grantees: Strategies for Systems Change: Lessons Learned from the Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation Grant Program. The report explores the work of our grantees throughout the first two years of the grant program, paying particular attention to how the IHEs and their partners have made meaningful, systemic changes to address barriers on their campuses, in their communities, and in the field at large. Learn more about our grantees here, and access resources like newsletters and lecture recordings from the grantee Learning Community here.
WEBINAR
Our April 4, 2023, webinar featured the work of three of The Collaborative’s Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grantees: North Seattle College, Salish Kootenai College, and the University of Colorado, Denver. The session explored the role of higher education in leveraging philanthropic dollars to build capacity in public ECE workforce systems. VIEW RECORDING.
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