{"id":3729,"date":"2020-08-18T23:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T23:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrm.msiak.net\/seed\/?page_id=3729"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:43:07","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding-left:2%;padding-right:2%;padding-bottom:2%;padding-top:2%\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-seed-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46ff4826ea894df28711f2fcd61a3413\">Alaska SEED (System for Early Education Development)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the early childhood and school-age workforce, you play an important role in the development of Alaska\u2019s most important resource \u2013 our children. Advancing your professional development with training and education helps you meet state requirements and to be successful on the job. Alaska SEED helps you track your individual progress, plan for career advancement, and access financial assistance and wage compensation initiatives.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/about-seed\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-color has-seed-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Our Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Alaska\u2019s competent, diverse and stable early childhood workforce is adequately compensated, empowered and supported by a comprehensive, accessible and seamless professional development system to deliver effective services to children and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-extra-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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Tools for Professional Growth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-seed-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-b288156b 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=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/registry\" 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>Your Registry<\/strong><\/h4><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">Track your individual professional development milestones.<\/p><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-seed-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-eb4bed46 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=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/seed\/career-pathways\/career-ladder\" 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>Your Career Ladder<\/strong><\/h4><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">Learn how you can advance in the early childhood education profession.<\/p><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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