DEAR READER
PATHS AND LADDERS
Turn Your Job Into a Career: Creating and Exploring
Career Paths in Early Childhood Education
by Rachel Robertson
JOURNALING
Using Journal Writing for Learning and Transformation
A Conversation with Margie Carter and Kelly Ramsey
BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Young Bilingual Children Navigating Languages
by Samina Hadi-Tabassum
RECOGNIZING INJUSTICE
Social Justice Learning for Early Childhood Educators
by Shannon Wanless, Ashley Shafer, and Alexandria Grant-Presser
REIMAGINING OUR WORK
Reimagining Professional Learning: Telling, Owning, and Honoring Our Stories
by Nicky Byres and Lisa Nicholson
EXCHANGE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Welcome to Our 2022 Exchange Leaders
by Pam Boulton
FAMILY CHILD CARE
Supporting Family Child Care: It’s Essential
by Dana Holahan and Erica Phillips
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
We Are So Much More Than Our ACEs Scores: The Extraordinary Creative Capacities of Traumatized Children
by Holly Elissa Bruno
READING MATTERS
What We Can See from the Tops of the Trees: Celebrating Children’s Books about Survival
by Jean Dugan
HEALING HISTORY
Healing from History: Perspectives from Indigenous Child Care
by Lisa Walker and Kim Nall
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Building Professional Learning Communities for Directors
by Barbara Thornton
FOCUS ON: JUST OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM DOOR
MIND BENDERS
BIG DREAMS
You Wanna Be What? Be Realistic: A Reflection on Black Boys Dreaming
by Mike Browne and Amir Gilmore
DO AS I DO
Conscious Discipline
by Angela Fraley
PLAY
Let’s Just Play!
by Donna Housman
WELCOME HOME
Home Sweet Home: Transforming Your Space into a Warm and Welcoming Place for Young Children and Families
by Allison Pattee
ADVOCACY
Federal Funding for School-Aged Care: Current Programs and Ways to Improve Care
by Mario Cardona and Christina Koch
MENTORING IN ECE
Initiating, Maintaining, and Evaluating Mentoring Relationships
by Joanne Baham and Lisa Taylor Cook
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CONSIDER THIS
Keeping Our Balance: Walking the Tightrope of Pessimism and Hope
by Luis Hernandez