Building Capacity From Within: The Impact of LEAP on Activating the Early Childhood Workforce
This session was presented during the BUILD 2022 National Conference.
Hearing directly from participants in the Leadership Empowerment Action Project (LEAP) about their journeys, participants in this session will gain an understanding about the ways leadership development is a critical component of bringing equity into systems building work. Gain understanding of how intentional leadership development programs can equip the ECE workforce to be central in co-designing the systems meant to serve them and the children and families they work with.
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