CL22 - LS-C1, Introductory-Level: The Early Childhood Workforce Across Disciplines: Incorporating Experiences From Health, Child Welfare, And Education To Build A Sustainable Workforce

Megan Carolan is Vice President of Research at the Institute for Child Success. She oversees the Institute’s policy research agenda, leads written projects and communicates with a range of stakeholders in the early childhood world. Her areas of expertise span center-based care and education, pediatric health care policy, and prenatal support policies. She has a strong research interest in the workforces which support excellent early childhood care and has recently co-authored a paper on these issues. She was the lead researcher on ICS’s recent surveys of early childhood and health care professionals to capture their experiences during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Megan was previously the Policy Research Coordinator at the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University, where she focused on the policy landscape shaping state-funded pre-K and Head Start programs. She holds a Master of Public Policy (2011), with a concentration in social policy, from the Rutgers University.