Better classrooms start with better professional development.
We help early childhood programs turn Professional Development into measurable, lasting improvement.
An institute built around classroom-level change
The ECS4Kids Early Education Institute is the professional-learning home of ECS4Kids Consulting Services. We deliver evidence-based CLASS® observation, coaching, and training to programs that want quality improvement they can prove.
We don’t stop at compliance. We build quality. We measure where a classroom stands, coach the teacher through real change, and measure again to document the growth.
Three ways to strengthen your classrooms
CLASS Assessment
Independent observations that show where your classrooms stand, with pre/post options to track growth.
Coaching
Pre and post assessment paired with per-classroom coaching, in-person and virtual, with documented score improvements.
Professional Development Training
Customizable team training, from self-paced online to full-day cohorts. Includes a content scoping call.
Request more information →Not sure which fits? Every engagement is tailored. Tell us your goals and we’ll build the right package.
Programs that care about CLASS scores and teacher growth
Head Start Grantees
CLASS observation is used by Head Start as a measure of quality, and programs that fall short of the benchmark can be required to recompete for their grants. We offer a dedicated 2-cycle coaching and training tier, with strict data confidentiality and independent delivery, so your programs are ready when the assessment comes.
Private Multi-Center Operators
Running several centers means keeping quality consistent across every location. One tailored engagement strengthens teacher-child interactions and parent reputation network-wide, with coaching and training scaled to fit how your organization operates.
Public Pre-K and School Readiness Programs
State-funded Pre-K and School Readiness where CLASS scores directly affect funding tiers and public reputation. We help you improve your CLASS scores through assessment, coaching and training.
Early Learning Coalitions
Coalitions administering quality-improvement funds need partners who deliver measurable results. ELCs across the region trust our process for coaching and training that helps their providers raise CLASS scores and strengthen classroom quality.
60 years in early education, 20 years coaching teachers
We’re not a vendor observing from the outside. Six decades running early education programs, and 20 years coaching teachers, give our work a foundation no outside consultancy can match. Early Learning Coalitions and providers across the region trust our process and our results.
Credentialed observers
CLASS-certified and grounded in Florida DOE Early Learning and Developmental Standards Birth to Kindergarten, and Head Start / HHS standards.
Documented results
A coaching model with real, measurable CLASS score gains.
Fellow practitioners
As a Head Start grantee and operator of centers ourselves, we understand the realities in child care programs because we operate them.
A package that fits your organization and your funding
No two programs are the same, and neither are the rules attached to their funding. We tailor scope, delivery, and pricing to your goals and to the grant or contract that funds you, whether that’s Head Start, state Pre-K, an Early Learning Coalition, or private operations.
Tell us about your program
Share a few details and someone from the Institute will follow up to talk through the right fit.
- We’ll identify your needs together
- Guidance on the package that fits your goals
- Head Start pricing and confidentiality
