The early childhood field has a language problem. And it is costing educators more than most people realize.

In Episode 2 of the Council Table Season 2, Dr. Calvin E. Moore Jr. sits down with Marica Cox Mitchell, Chief Program Officer at the Bainham Foundation and nationally recognized futurist in early childhood education, to unpack the identity crisis at the center of the profession. They get into why the field has struggled to define who its educators are, how funding streams and fragmented systems have shaped professional identity in ways that undermine educators, and what clarity could mean for compensation, policy, and the profession's future.

Marica draws on the nursing profession's CNA, LPN, RN structure to make the case for why early childhood education needs the same level of clarity about roles, preparation, and scope of pr ...