Get out of crisis mode and build a program where teachers thrive.

Calmer classrooms.

Confident teachers.

Time back for directors.

Rooted’s leadership training, turnkey team trainings and classroom tools provide an integrated system to help you shift out of constant response mode and into sustainable leadership.

Built on 40 years of running early childhood programs · Teachers stay 8x longer in programs that use tools.

“Our teachers want more Rooted.”

Does every problem in your program end up on your desk?

  • You’re always putting out fires. Call-outs, co-teacher conflict and constant interruptions leave no time for the work only you can do.

  • Your teachers are moving in different directions. Everyone handles behavior differently, and you’re the one called in to fix it.

  • Good teachers leave. Teachers who spend their days managing behavior instead of teaching don’t feel effective, and they don’t stay.

  • Families aren’t on the same page. What children learn at school doesn’t carry over at home.

The result: director burnout.

These are systems problems, not effort problems.

Directors and teachers are already working incredibly hard. What’s often missing are the systems that support them: training in child development, time to plan, predictable support and a shared approach across classrooms.

When those systems are in place, teachers feel effective, classrooms feel calmer, and fewer problems land on your desk.

Rooted helps you build them, so you can move from fixer to facilitator of your team’s growth.

Our Services

One connected system, from your office, to the classroom, to home.

Leadership development

Stabilize staffing, grow enrollment and take back your time.

  • Short, self-paced trainings for busy directors

  • Time-saving templates

  • Personalized program roadmap

  • 24+ hours of Professional Development

Team trainings

Build your teacher’s skills, a shared language and positive team culture.

  • Turnkey trainings - just press play

  • Hands on activities and real classroom scenarios

  • Family educational resources

  • 24+ hours of Professional Development for each of your teachers

Curriculum

Build children’s social-emotional skills and help teachers understand development.

  • Follow children’s interests

  • Nature-grounded and literature-based

  • Support learning across domains

  • Use nature and the classroom environment as the third teacher

  • Educational family resources

From burned out to back in control

“Rooted has transformed my program. Before working with them I was on the verge of burnout. Now I have control of my time, have systems that support me, and feel much more connected to my teachers.”

— Catherine, Program Director & Owner

Ready for calmer classrooms and a program that’s sustainable for you and your team?

Book time with our founders and we’ll see if your program is a fit.