Enola Garland

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Enola (she/her) is a passionate advocate for early childhood education with over a decade of experience in the profession. What began as a serendipitous opportunity as a teacher’s aide in a California before-and-after school child care program blossomed into a rewarding career working with young children and the educators who nurture them. After nine years as a preschool teacher in publicly funded programs (like Head Start and the Colorado Preschool Program), private settings, and community-based nonprofits, Enola transitioned into leadership, training, and consultation. Today, she combines her hands-on classroom experience with specialized expertise as a CLASS Observer, FCCERs Quality Specialist, Program Administration Scale Assessor, and trainer to support teachers and programs.

At heart, Enola is a connector—someone who believes collaboration is the key to meaningful change in early childhood education. She puts that belief into practice daily as both an Associate Program Director at ECCLA, the membership hub and collective voice for Colorado’s Early Childhood Councils, and as the (very part-time) Executive Director of the Colorado Association for the Education of Young Children (COAEYC)—a membership association and NAEYC affiliate supporting professionals statewide. Her work is guided by a simple belief: every child deserves a strong foundation, and every educator deserves the tools to build it. For Enola, that means being a bridge—between classrooms and systems, between voices and policymakers, and between the early childhood we have and the one we envision.

A Colorado-California hybrid, Enola spent her childhood in the foothills of the Rockies, teenage years on the West Coast, and early adulthood between both worlds. She currently resides in Castle Rock where she lives with her partner, a dog, and a senior-baby cat (who definitely runs the household). She still struggles to not say “rad,” “gnarly,” “umm yeah no,” or call people “dude” in professional settings.