Early Childhood Program Consulting
Leveraging a combined three decades of experience with early childhood program management and design, CAPTR provides consultation for early childhood programs to meet a variety of needs and program budgets. Our work aligns to the highest standards for early care and education, and supports programs in applying those standards to practice.
We pursue a wide variety of strategies to build strong policies, reliable systems, powerful resources, effective staffing, and data-informed insights across key program areas.
Leadership & Management
Fortifying policies, procedures, and systems that support high-quality experiences for students, families, staff, and teachers, and ensure safe learning environments that foster growth, learning, and positive relationships
Learning Environments & Relationships
Supporting effective pedagogy, differentiated instruction, healthy learning environments, and engaging relationships in the classroom
Staff Competencies & Support
Ensuring that all teachers and staff have the role-specific knowledge and skills they need to meet the learning and development needs of children and families
Families & Community Relationships
Pursuing collaborative, positive relationships with families to foster positive growth for children and the adults in their lives; leveraging community relationships and resources to achieve program goals and meet the needs of children and families
Social-Emotional Practice & Mental Health
Embedding sustainable social-emotional practice within all elements of program design, care, and learning, along with culturally-responsive practices in education and engagement
Assessments & Data Systems
Leveraging various strategies, tools, and processes to understand and respond to program needs, from individual child development data to analysis of system effectiveness and impact
Our Services
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The Center establishes a clear and comprehensive understanding of your program’s foundations, strengths, and opportunities for growth across program areas. Our partnerships pursue the highest quality evidence-based practices through strategy and operations, continuous quality improvement, and policy support.
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Data management is a daunting - but necessary - challenge. The Center can identify data tools and processes that align to your program needs and capacity, and can even help you embed these processes into your daily work. We can build familiarity and confidence with the tools and technologies that increase your program’s capacity for meeting the needs of children and families, while reducing the burden of these practices on teachers and staff.
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The Center is proudly committed to supporting early childhood programs in building the capacity of leaders, teachers, administrators, family workers, and families. We can provide a variety of training, technical assistance, and professional development solutions that help your program reach new heights.
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The Center pursues research on advancements in best practices in early childhood education, providing creative solutions and innovative resources. We have the capacity to explore opportunities for financial resources as well, and can support programs in searching and applying for funding opportunities like grants and RFPs.
Partner with CAPTR
Meet with our team
Once we connect and review your assessment results, we’ll provide you with some early insights and set up time to follow up. We’ll dig deeper into your program, and provide additional information on our process.
Explore possibilities
We’ll propose multiple pathways for our partnership, and collaboratively come to the best fit for your program.
Complete our Initial Assessment
Connect with us through our contact form to receive and complete our initial assessment - this is a series of questions that will help us understand where your biggest strengths are, and where we can focus to generate the most impact on programming.