The Early Childhood Leadership Toolkit

Comprehensive Support for Hiring, Onboarding, Compensating, and Evaluating

Tools for Building Strong Teams

This toolkit is designed to support you—early childhood program leaders—in guiding and growing your team. Inside, you’ll find practical tools and resources to help track staff development, align with Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators, and build clear career pathways for your educators.

About This Toolkit

This toolkit was created to support those who work in early childhood education and those interested in joining it. This toolkit provides practical resources on interviewing, salary scales, onboarding, and professional evaluation.

Our goal is to equip early childhood professionals with tools that promote growth, transparency, and sustainability. Whether you are a current provider, a program leader, or someone exploring a career in early childhood, we hope this resource offers guidance, support, and inspiration as you help shape the future of early care and education in our communities.