Educators & Program Administrators

Community-Based Support

Educators and program administrators provide an essential support system for children who have experienced trauma. They lead classrooms and centers to create safe, sensitive and healing-centered environments that promote healthy child development.

Educators & Program Administrators include:

Frontline Practitioners

Early Childhood Center Leaders

Curriculum Directors

Family Navigators

Social Workers

School Counselors

80x3 provides educators & program administrators in the format that follows:

Professional development opportunities focused on trauma-sensitive care, including trainings, workshops and cohorts.
Connections to partners and communities working to build resilient children with bright futures.
Support and strategies for early childhood staff recruitment and retention.
Shared curriculum, best practices and mental health resources for educators and families.

Ready to Bring the 80x3 Model to Your Center?

Take the first step to create positive, lasting change for children and families in our region by exploring our implementation guide.

This implementation guide will provide: 

Information about the core components and activities of 80x3. 
Recommended trainings, tools and resources for trauma-sensitive care.
Support for your ongoing learning and implementation of trauma-sensitive care.
Ways to connect with individuals and organizations dedicated to trauma-sensitive care in early childhood.

Discover proven strategies and invaluable resources below to guide educators and program administrators in supporting young minds overcoming adversity.

Featured Resources

Minnesota Knowledge and Competency Framework for Early Childhood Professionals

Developed by the Minnesota Department of Education, this framework outlines what adults who work with children need to know and do, with age groups including infants and toddlers, family child care providers, and preschool-age children in center and school-based programs.

Tip Sheets: The Effects of Trauma on Young Children

These tip sheets from the University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development discuss how children respond to trauma, how they recover from trauma and techniques for reflective and supportive listening.

What Does Trauma Do to a Baby’s Brain?

This article explores the impact of trauma on a child's brain. Trauma can greatly impact the developing and vulnerable minds of young children aged 0-3. However, the impact of trauma can vary depending on some key factors.

Understanding Trauma and Healing in Adults

Explore this series to learn about trauma and how traumatic events can impact families and staff. It includes information to guide your conversations with families, as well as resources to promote healing, resilience and family well-being.

A Guide to Toxic Stress

This Guide to Toxic Stress from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child clears up the confusion surrounding toxic stress and includes a clear, three-step learning guide suitable for all audiences.

Creating Trauma-Sensitive Classrooms

This helpful resource supports educators in creating trauma-sensitive learning environments by diving into different expressions of trauma in early childhood settings. It identifies the tangible actions professionals can take to support young children and families who have or are experiencing trauma.

Getting Started with Mindfulness: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Organizations

In this resource, you will learn about implementing mindfulness in early childhood, try hands-on strategies for doing so and learn more from organizations that have begun this journey.

Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years (Film & Resources)

This film centers on the practices of anti-bias educators and demonstrates the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context and practice in anti-bias education, providing a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development.

Early Risers Podcast

Early Risers is a podcast from Little Moments Count and MPR with frank facts, engaging stories and real how-tos for anyone who cares about raising children with a clear-eyed understanding of cultural differences, race and implicit bias.

African American Babies Coalition and Projects

African American Babies Coalition (AABC) and Projects shares brain science and early childhood development research to prevent the achievement gap and develop healthy child practices into African American family and community life.

Minnesota Tribal Resources for Early Childhood Care (MNTRECC)

Minnesota Tribal Resources for Early Childhood Care (MNTRECC) supports Tribal and American Indian early childhood programs and educates state child care systems about the challenges and benefits of these programs.

Embracing Equity

Embracing Equity provides a unique ecosystem approach necessary to help schools build equitable communities, breakthrough systems of oppression and move towards real action steps and progress.

Empower2Educate

Empower to Educate helps current and aspiring early childhood educators advance their career goals through financial support, free training options, advising, job skills training, job placement support and mentorship opportunities.

Propel Nonprofits Coaching & Consultation

Propel Nonprofits provides technical assistance to help organizations reach their goals with confidence.  Your organization can contract directly with Propel Nonprofits to be your partner and work with you through the process.

Hmong Early Childhood Coalition

Hmong Early Childhood Coalition (HECC) provides information and resources related to early childhood development for families, caregivers, and early educators. They also offer culturally appropriate training and programs such as the All about Me Cultural Identity and Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers program.

Saint Paul Public Library

Learn more about how the library supports early childhood educators. The library is here to help early childhood educators! We offer a number of supports specific to early childhood work. Explore all the free services for educators that the library offers on this page and visit the Debra Fish Early Childhood Resource Library for access to additional materials including curriculum and more.
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Quick Links

Implementation Guide

Educator Self-Study Training Modules

Family Child Care Educators Training Modules

Leadership Training Modules

List of All Resources

Funding Opportunities

Find and apply for grants to support your organization’s early child care programs.

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