Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Leadership Cadre
The Institute coordinates the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Leadership Cadre. These 26 professionals represent communities across the state and different roles, levels of experience, and settings across the birth-age 8 continuum of care and education. Cadre members meet quarterly to share ideas and build their collective capacity as thought leaders.
The Institute provides the supports, resources, and coordination to help cadre members engage in ongoing professional learning that elevates their skills and increases their capacity to create local change.
Cadre members are implementing impact projects they have designed to elevate the early childhood workforce in their communities.
Cadre News
Diaper Banks and Parenting Groups: Nebraska Early Childhood Cadre Members are Making an Impact
Over the past three years, Cadre members have been designing and implementing projects that help solve an early childhood-related need in their community. These “impact projects” are designed to be a culmination of members’ ideas and what they have learned through the Cadre.
‘The Beauty of Small-Town Living’: How A Kindergarten Teacher Led the Charge to Move a Playground
Kindergarten teacher and Cadre member Amber Holz hated to see a perfectly good playground sit empty, or worse, end up in a landfill. Buying and installing playground equipment is expensive, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to more than $100,000 depending on the size and design.
How One Child Care Director is Building a Positive Workplace Culture
Dodi Imler spent more than 25 years as a preschool teacher and assistant director, but took on a new challenge in March: opening a new child care center as the director. She’s focusing her efforts on hiring staff and building a strong, supportive culture among employees—no small task in an industry known for low pay, worker shortages, and turnover.
Alexa Apa
Lincoln
Shannon Burks
Grand Island
Ashli Carlock
Omaha
Tara Craig
Chadron
Jessica Dutton
Scottsbluff
Jeannie Farwell
Chambers
Justin Fearing
Lincoln
Jaime Frey
Dawson
Penny Gerking
Auburn
Amber Holz
Ashland
Dodi Imler
Omaha
Susan Johnson
Falls City
Candace Kastrup
Lincoln
Chelsea Larkins
Lincoln
Martina Lucius
Scottsbluff
Molly Parsons
David City
Brandy Price
Pierce
Shawna Rischling
Alliance
Shauna Roberts
Fremont
Carime Ruvalcaba
Grand Island
Kelsey Schnoor
Battle Creek
Abbey Sualy
Omaha
Kristine VanHoosen
Grand Island
Amy Vinton
Kearney
Linda Walters
Omaha
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