2022 - Early Educator Investment Collaborative

Grantee Spotlight: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

December 13, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to share updates from our grantee partner University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as part of our Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grant. Continued

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Grantee Spotlight: College of Menominee Nation

November 14, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to share updates from our grantee partner College of Menominee Nation as part of our Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grant. Continued

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Squaring Up with History: Child Trends’ Chrishana Lloyd and Julianna Carlson Dig Deep on the Value of Care

November 4, 2022

“A new report commissioned by the Early Educator Investment Collaborative—Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation, Policy and Solutions—is one of the most talked-about publications in the field today…” Continued

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The Collaborative Awards University of Nebraska Teacher Preparation Grant

October 18, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to announce that the University of Nebraska has received a Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grant. We are also pleased to share that School Readiness Consulting will continue its work of planning and facilitating the learning community for the second year of the grant. Continued

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Grantee Spotlight + Conference Announcement

September 19, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to share updates from our grantee partner North Seattle College as part of our Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grant. We are also pleased to share that our Director, Dr. Ola J. Friday, will present at the Grantmakers for Education 2022 Annual Conference. Continued

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Grantee Learning Community

August 10, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to share the work of our grantee learning community as part of our Transforming Early Educator Lead Teacher Preparation Programs Through Multi-Partner Innovation grant. Continued

In the News

For Early-Childhood Grant Makers, Collaboration Is Key

August 9, 2022

“When Phyllis Glink took a job at the Irving Harris Foundation 26 years ago, the foundation’s namesake donor would often share a parable. It went like this: A group of people are sitting on a riverbank…” Continued

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Raising Child Care Fund Grantees Lifting Up Voices of Early Educators

August 4, 2022

“The Raising Child Care Fund (RCCF), an initiative of ECFC, pools private foundation dollars to give grants to groups that lift up the voices of families, early educators, and allies…” Continued

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ECE Workforce Compensation: Grantee Wins

July 5, 2022

The Collaborative is excited to share groundbreaking wins for the ECE workforce that were hard-fought by two of the Raising Child Care Fund’s grantee partners: Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Parent Voices California. Continued

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Announcement: Conference Featuring ECE Workforce Research

May 31, 2022

The Early Educator Investment Collaborative is pleased to share that the Administration for Children and Families’ 2022 National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC) will feature research from the Child Trends report, Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation, Policy, and Solutions. Continued

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States stuck trying to fix early ed pay as feds drop the ball

April 21, 2022

“Earlier this year, I spent some time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin learning about local efforts to draw new early childhood teachers into the field by creating programs that allow high school students…” Continued

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The Collaborative Awards Salish Kootenai College Teacher Preparation Grant

April 5, 2022

The Early Educator Investment Collaborative is excited to share updates on its Transforming Early Childhood Education Lead Teacher Preparation Program grant as part of our ongoing work to bolster innovative early educator preparation programs. Continued

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State of American Philanthropy: Giving for Early Childhood Education

April 1, 2022

“Until recently, philanthropy has neglected early childhood education (ECE) in favor of higher-profile funding areas, like K-12 education and healthcare. But that has begun to change in recent years…” Continued

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NEW Research on the History of Racial Inequities in ECE Workforce Compensation, Preparation, and Stability

February 28, 2022

A new report from Child Trends commissioned by The Collaborative, Mary Pauper: A Historical Exploration of Early Care and Education Compensation, Policy, and Solutions, maps the history of systemic racism in the U.S. and how it has influenced early childhood education (ECE) policy and practice, with a particular focus on educator pay and benefits, preparation,… Continued

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Op-ed from Heising-Simons Action Fund, and The Collaborative Co-Chair, in L.A. Times

February 14, 2022

Program Officer at Heising-Simons Action Fund, Dr. Rebecca Gomez, co-chair of The Collaborative, asserts that a viable policy solution is poised to provide robust and sustainable relief for this essential workforce—and is an absolute prerequisite for community recovery. Continued

Posts from 2022

Grantee Spotlight: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Grantee Spotlight: College of Menominee Nation

Squaring Up with History: Child Trends’ Chrishana Lloyd and Julianna Carlson Dig Deep on the Value of Care

The Collaborative Awards University of Nebraska Teacher Preparation Grant

Grantee Spotlight + Conference Announcement

Grantee Learning Community

For Early-Childhood Grant Makers, Collaboration Is Key

Raising Child Care Fund Grantees Lifting Up Voices of Early Educators

ECE Workforce Compensation: Grantee Wins

Announcement: Conference Featuring ECE Workforce Research

States stuck trying to fix early ed pay as feds drop the ball

The Collaborative Awards Salish Kootenai College Teacher Preparation Grant

State of American Philanthropy: Giving for Early Childhood Education

NEW Research on the History of Racial Inequities in ECE Workforce Compensation, Preparation, and Stability

Op-ed from Heising-Simons Action Fund, and The Collaborative Co-Chair, in L.A. Times

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