Dr. Sally I’Anson
early childhood education services
Providing consulting and coaching services for leaders in Early Childhood Education (ECE) to expand existing and establish new ECE programs to create more opportunities for young children to attend preschool. Attending preschool is vitally important to a child’s social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Get a Program Assessment
Click here to access a FREE Early Childhood Education program consultation. Your results will provide you with key information about your current program. If you are interested in learning more about my consulting and coaching services, please contact me today at [email protected] or call me at (757) 535-4484.
Crisis in Early Childhood Education
Today, communities across America are experiencing a crisis in early childhood education (ECE). Most ECE programs are at capacity, forcing parents to add their children to long wait lists, reduce their work hours to care for their children or hire expensive in-home care. Many families, and especially working mothers and those pursuing higher education, have had to abandon their jobs altogether to care for their children at home.
I am passionate about helping solve this complex problem and I believe we can work together to help end this crisis in your community. We can partner to build new preschools, re-open closed ECE programs and grow existing preschools to create openings for children of young families who have the means to pay for their children to attend an early childhood education program.
Approach
Dr. Sally I’Anson is an energetic, friendly education professional who brings 35 years of educational leadership experience to every interaction. Sally believes that sustainable, consulting, and coaching partnerships begin with establishing a relationship based on mutual respect, a desire to understand one another, a willingness to think creatively, and a commitment to laugh and have fun together. Her work is grounded in her belief that children desire to learn and benefit from being part of a nurturing school community committed to their learning, development, and safety.
Dr. I’Anson inspires leaders to build upon or create Early Childhood Education opportunities for young children in every community. Sally works alongside you to define and achieve your school’s unique aspirations, goals, and objectives. She coaches leaders to ensure they design and implement achievable plans and timelines to keep them on track to reach their goals.
Sally is one of those people that believes anything is possible and people are capable of greatness. She provides personalized encouragement and specific knowledge, and tools school leaders need and appreciate. Dr. I’Anson doesn’t tell leaders what to do she is a worker bee who collaborates on the work, listens to ideas, and concerns, and shows leaders possibilities for putting them into action. Her positivity and focus on the leader’s success make her the coach educational leaders want by their side.
Recent ECE Experience
Dr. Sally I’Anson began leading SPRES preschool in March of 2020, just 3 weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic prompted the Virginia Governor to close preschools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. In spite of the extraordinary challenges presented by the pandemic, Dr. I’Anson, with the strong support of the Preschool Committee and church session, substantially improved the preschool program. Here are some of these changes:
- Acquired more than $300,000 in grant awards for the preschool
- Increased the preschool budget by $400,000 to pay teachers 20+% more and meet increased parent demand for ECE services
- Increased preschool revenue 44%
- Increased preschool enrollment 19%
- Opened Summer Program to provide year-round care
- Identified and implemented preschool management software
- Co-created a modern preschool logo and website
- Engaged staff in comprehensive professional development
- Established a teacher observation process and comprehensive Director evaluation
- Improved the preschool’s core documents to make them relevant and user-friendly
More About Dr. Sally I’Anson
Dr. I ‘Anson’s career in education spans over 30 years. A graduate of Columbia University’s Ed.D. program, Sally holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction. She has a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Maine and a bachelor’s degree in French and Economics from the College of William and Mary.
Sally has served in a variety of leadership roles in PK-12 public, private, parochial, and charter settings as well as taught undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. I’Anson published numerous articles, papers, infographics, and eBooks while she was an Executive Director at PowerSchool. She also has presented at education conferences in Virginia, nationally, and internationally.
Dr. I’Anson is especially passionate about expanding early childhood education to ensure that working women have outstanding choices for the early education of their children. Sally is happily married to Lawrence I’Anson, and they have a son, Ryan.
