About The Essential Practices of Educare

Proven Strategies for Early Childhood Teams

Educare, a leader in high-quality early childhood education, is offering a professional development series to provide practical instruction to center-based and school-based programs on how to improve program practice and ultimately deliver stronger outcomes for children and families. The Essential Practices of Educare is a flexible early childhood professional development program that helps practitioners develop their knowledge, behavior and practices to meet the increasingly rigorous quality standards in early education.

Access these resources directly by purchasing the training from an existing provider or become an Essential Practices provider to offer this high-quality instruction to your community.

Comprehensive Training Across Four Core Practice Areas

Data Utilization: Collecting and interpreting data to make decisions that improve child outcomes.

Embedded Professional Development: Designing daily staff learning opportunities through team and coaching strategies.

High-Quality Teaching Practices: Leveraging instructional culture and teacher-child interactions for classroom success.

Intensive Family Engagement: Promoting growth and learning through a school-wide approach to family partnerships.

Benefits

• Select the series components that best meet staff needs
• Cost effective and flexible for all center-based programs
• Apply knowledge to practice using our practical tools and resources
• Align your program with national and state standards and requirements (e.g. Head Start, QRIS, state pre-k and other systems)

Learn more about The Essential Practices of Educare

For more information, download The Essential Practices of Educare overview. For questions, contact us at EducareInquiry@EducareNetwork.org.