Early Educators & Programs
Strengthen your knowledge and skills with training, coaching, and resources from thread. We’re here to support you as you provide quality care and education to Alaska’s young children.
Early childhood Educators
Ready to advance your career? thread is here to support you! Check out our services and resources for early childhood educators:
Alaska SEED helps you track, plan, and pay for your professional development. Join this free registry for early childhood and school-age professionals to become eligible for Alaska SEED’s professional development funding!
child care Programs
Whether you are starting a new child care program or want to strengthen your current program, thread can help.
- Grants & funding opportunities
- Technical assistance & consultation
- On-site training
- Licensing & accreditation support
- Business & administrative support
- Special services
- Marketing with thread’s referral directory
Learn & Grow provides the tools, resources, and financial supports your program needs to create a high-quality learning environment. It’s free for all early childhood education programs to participate. Enroll today to become the best you can be.
Resources for You
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Stay In Touch With thread’s New Texting Service
Opt into thread’s NEW texting service to receive training updates, reminders, and other important information in real time.
Tools for Your Program
Save Time and Money with thread Tools
Create a free thread Tools account and gain access to hundreds of resources and templates to help manage your child care business. One account per program – check in with your administrator for your program’s login and password.
TRAINING FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
Pursue Professional Development at your Own Pace
Sign up for a free subscription to ProSolutions Training! Both you and your staff can pursue professional development at your own pace with more than 100 individual online courses, multi-course packages, and certifications. Child Development Associate (CDA) courses offered at a reduced rate. *Please note: If you signed up between October 2024 and January 2025, technical difficulties have delayed your applications. Those issues have been resolved.
Tools for Your Program
Get 15 Free Small Business Webinars
thread is partnering with the Alaska Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to bring child care programs 15 free webinars to strengthen business practices. Create an account with the Alaska SBDC for access to these pre-recorded webinars through February 28, 2024.
Keep Calm. Care On.
Early childhood educators are important; we want you to care for your health and wellness. We want to help you be the best YOU that you can be. This year we are giving you a fantastic resource to help you with your health and wellness, at no cost to you…a two-year subscription to Calm.
Policy & Action
You Are a Strong Voice for Child Care
Use thread‘s advocacy tool-kit to connect with your legislators on issues affecting your program and Alaska’s young children.
News & Announcements
Stories from the Field
Stabilizing Child Care in Alaska
“Dozens of our staff received this award and I heard people at work talk about the significance of this for them and their family–helping with rent, gas, and bills. Some have said that that award helped pay their gas to get to work this past year. Thank you to thread for your work on all of this!”
– Anchorage Program on Alaska SEED ROOTs Awards
Thank you so much for our grant for Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Child Care Stabilization. We are rebuilding our program this year and are very excited to report that we have nearly double the enrollment of last year in our program. We are grateful for your continued support of our parent-run, preschool program. Thank you again and we look forward to working with you in the future.
– Valdez Child Care Program
