{"id":3454,"date":"2020-08-11T20:16:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrm.msiak.net\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:11:57","slug":"early-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs","title":{"rendered":"Early Education Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-learngrow-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69c69eb1c4e272028f2fe826e846daab\">Early Education Programs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>If your program is interested in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>continuous quality improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>helping educators advance their education and learn the valuable skills to support positive adult-child interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>having supports and resources to reduce turnover in your program and pay your staff a living wage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>learning more about how to use the learning environment as a second or third teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn &amp; Grow may be the solution for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-learngrow-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee7a9018a5c9efd42e05dc1b87400e53\">What is Learn &amp; Grow?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn &amp; Grow is a voluntary system that provides the framework and necessary supports for early childhood education programs to actively participate in continuous quality improvement activities. Supports include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Development of a quality improvement plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coaching, technical assistance, and specialized training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quality Recognition Awards (financial support)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketing and communication materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Programs set their own timelines for achieving the activities. As programs meet a set of quality standards they are publicly recognized for their accomplishments at each level of quality.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/for-educators\/for-my-program\">Learn more<\/a>&nbsp;about the Learn &amp; Grow framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-learngrow-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d971a030c4c1593337d5e970239b8f3\">Who Can Join?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn &amp; Grow is currently available for State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage licensed centers, licensed group homes, and licensed home programs, including Early Head Start, Head Start and Pre-Elementary Programs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/for-educators\/become-a-program\">Follow these steps<\/a>&nbsp;to enroll your program today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill has-white-color has-learngrow-gold-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading pt3 has-white-color has-text-color\">Program Profiles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">Read how some programs are making a difference for young children and families by giving them a high-quality early childhood education experience \u2014 and a strong start in life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-extra-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/profiles\" class=\"button\">Read Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg);background-position:54% 33%\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5941 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-learngrow-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4d25fef63805400fa51fced214f3ed53\">Learn &amp; Grow for Your Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-learngrow-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-99f38a9c uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox_cta-type-all uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top red-link-box uppercase\"><a href=\"\/learn-and-grow\/for-educators\/forms-2\" class=\"uagb-infobox-link-wrap uagb-infbox__link-to-all\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Infobox Link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"return true;\"><\/a><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h4 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"><strong>Learn &amp; Grow Forms<\/strong><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-learngrow-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-02d49c67 uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox_cta-type-all uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top red-link-box uppercase\"><a href=\"\/learn-and-grow\/for-educators\/faq\" class=\"uagb-infobox-link-wrap uagb-infbox__link-to-all\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Infobox Link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"return true;\"><\/a><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h4 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-learngrow-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-7b0e6f73 uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox_cta-type-all uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top red-link-box uppercase\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/Spanish-Version-Licensed-Home-and-Group-Home-Actitivites-12.13.19.pdf\" class=\"uagb-infobox-link-wrap uagb-infbox__link-to-all\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Infobox Link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"return true;\"><\/a><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><h4 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\"><strong>Niveles de Calidad en Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Education Programs If your program is interested in: Learn &amp; Grow may be the solution for you! What is Learn &amp; Grow? Learn &amp; Grow is a voluntary system that provides the framework and necessary supports for early childhood education programs to actively participate in continuous quality improvement activities. Supports include: Programs set their<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\" title=\"ReadEarly Education Programs\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-boxed-lg.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Early Education Programs If your program is interested in: Learn &amp; Grow may be the solution for you! What is Learn &amp; Grow? Learn &amp; Grow is a voluntary system that provides the framework and necessary supports for early childhood education programs to actively participate in continuous quality improvement activities. Supports include: Programs set their... Read more &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Learn and Grow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-23T23:11:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\",\"name\":\"Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-11T20:16:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-23T23:11:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Early Education Programs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/\",\"name\":\"Learn and Grow\",\"description\":\"Just another Thread Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow","og_description":"Early Education Programs If your program is interested in: Learn &amp; Grow may be the solution for you! What is Learn &amp; Grow? Learn &amp; Grow is a voluntary system that provides the framework and necessary supports for early childhood education programs to actively participate in continuous quality improvement activities. Supports include: Programs set their... Read more &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs","og_site_name":"Learn and Grow","article_modified_time":"2024-09-23T23:11:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs","url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs","name":"Early Education Programs - Learn and Grow","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg","datePublished":"2020-08-11T20:16:39+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-23T23:11:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/connect-purple.jpg","width":750,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/early-education-programs#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Early Education Programs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/","name":"Learn and Grow","description":"Just another Thread Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"ab-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"ab-block-post-grid-square":false,"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"gb-block-post-grid-square":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"klindsey","author_link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/author\/klindsey"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Early Education Programs If your program is interested in: Learn &amp; Grow may be the solution for you! What is Learn &amp; Grow? Learn &amp; Grow is a voluntary system that provides the framework and necessary supports for early childhood education programs to actively participate in continuous quality improvement activities. Supports include: Programs set their...&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3454"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6093,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3454\/revisions\/6093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}