Diversify Early Childhood Leadership: It’s Time to Remove the Barriers Holding Us Back

The Early Years Leadership Diversity Initiative seeks to catalyze conversations and actions about leadership development and leadership diversity in the early care and education (ECE) sector. Their goal is to advance leaders from diverse backgrounds and experiences as a way to improve equitable access to quality early learning. So, they embarked on a year-long process to listen to early childhood professionals and amplify what many of us know: we need to pay attention to the lack of diverse leadership in the ECE sector and change it.

This report outlines several ways to move the ECE sector forward and connect the untapped talent to vital leadership roles. The key imperative is to,  "turn up the volume on leadership diversity in ECE. Let’s get this issue out in the open."

It is time to name the lack of leadership diversity and the barriers to advancement as critical problems facing the ECE sector, preventing us from achieving a vision that is critical to the flourishing of our society. Only together will we unlock the potential within our workforce, innovate creative solutions, address the many challenges we face, and accelerate progress for and with our entire sector.

Click here to read the full report.

Source: Early Years Leadership Diversity Initiative