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Early childhood teachers fight against pandemic aftermath

It took a strong group of early childhood educators to make sure the pandemic did not have as big of an impact on your children. According to a USA Today Network-Wisconsin story, the Safer at Home order changed how infants could experience the world. The period of isolation affected how children interact with each other and how they learn a language, among other skills. It challenged the staff of early childhood centers like the Northern Door Children’s Center in Sister Bay, which saw its enrollment drop drastically at the beginning of the pandemic and radically changed its health and safety procedures. Education and Community Relations Coordinator Karen Corekin-DeLaMer is thankful that many of their students are hitting the mark because of the dedication of their 14 full-time teachers and roster of long-term substitutes.

Corekin calls a career in early childhood education rewarding partly because of the young people they can send off to the next phase of their lives. Like many institutions, Corekin says recruiting and retaining teachers continues to be a challenge but added that their board of directors is working diligently to change that.

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