Stephanie Olmore

About Stephanie Olmore

Stephanie Olmore is a Global Early Childhood Education Consultant. Previously. she spearheaded all global engagement efforts at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). In that role, she worked with international governments, top-level delegations and other large-scale systems to create guidelines to support early learning, as well as to support early childhood professionals throughout the world. Under Stephanie’s leadership NAEYC successfully implemented multiple international projects related to early childhood development. She facilitated customized support to early childhood communities by adapting NAEYC’s resources and expertise into culturally appropriate packages that support optimal early learning based on developmentally appropriate practice. Prior to her current role at NAEYC, she served as Deputy Director of NAEYC’s Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation. Previously, she served the Step by Step Association (ISSA) as their Manager of the Quality Early Education Initiative. During her tenure there she managed their quality improvement initiatives in countries throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia; conducting trainings for more than participants and conducting several hundred classroom observations throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Stephanie’s passion and work in early childhood education began as a student assistant in a campus child care program. Over the course of her 20 year career as an early childhood development advocate, she held a variety of roles including a staff member in the Governor of Colorado’s, First Impression policy office on families and children. She spreads her wealth of knowledge in the early learning field in multiple capacities. She’s presented on topics such as the development of democratic skills, quality assurance, accreditation and other issues regarding early learning programs.

Experience

1. Senior Professional Research Assistant

   National P-3 Center

   May 2022 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Provide content support and project management across multiple grants and contracts sponsored by governmental and/or philanthropic partners. Provide ECE systems content expertise, and technical assistance to collaborative teams of policymakers and practitioners.

Education

• University of Colorado Denver

  Doctor of Education - EdD, Leadership for Educational Equity

  2019 — 2023

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Sociology

  1991 — 1994

• University of Colorado Denver

  MA, Early Childhood Education

  1998 — 2000