By Ellen Lefkowitz, Jewish LearningWorks’ Senior Educator In the fall of 2023, Jewish LearningWorks had the honor and privilege of participating in an exciting and critically important new project to elevate the field of Jewish Early Childhood Education.  ElevatEd is a groundbreaking, collaborative initiative to recruit, train, mentor, and support over 300 new teachers in diverse pioneer communities across North America. This initiative is a visionary collaborative project of Jewish Community Centers Association of North America (JCC Association), Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). As the local community liaison for ElevatEd, we partnered with East Bay Jewish early childhood centers in inviting educators new or newish to the field to engage in an 18-month long training and mentorship program. Through weekly learning sessions and one-on-one mentoring, educators reflected on and deepened their teaching practice. Mentors in each of the participating schools engaged in full year of in-depth learning to build the skills of a mentor teacher. We want to wish all of the participants of the first cohort a mazel tov on the completion of this training program. At the end of this school year, a second cohort of ElevatEd educators and mentors will be completing their year of learning. May all of these educators go from strength to strength as they nurture the future of our Jewish community.