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2024 Early Childhood Educators Conference: Striving for Greatness

Educational First Steps (EFS) is proud to host the 2024 Early Childhood Educators Conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Saturday, April 20th.

This year’s theme, “Striving for Greatness,” reflects the heart of this conference and early childhood education in North Texas. When community leaders and early educators come together for growth and connection, great things happen.

Educational First Steps Announces their 2024 Gala

Educational First Steps (EFS) proudly announces their 2024 Gala taking place Tuesday, February 20th, 2024, at The Ritz Carlton, Dallas featuring US Olympian, advocate, entrepreneur, and mother, Allyson Felix. Felix is the most decorated Track & Field Olympian in history as a nine-time Olympic medalist, six-time Olympic Champion, World Record Holder, and has won, a mind-blowing, twenty-five global medals at the Olympics and World Championships.

An Evening with The Great Nowitzki

Educational First Steps (EFS) proudly announces the benefit, “An Evening with the Great Nowitzki,” will take place on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at The Ritz Carlton, Dallas. The event features NBA legend and local icon Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks and supports the mission of EFS to create and support high-quality early learning environments that ignite the minds of children from birth to age five in North Texas.

2022 EFS Annual Fundraiser Press Release

The Ritz Carlton Dallas was the scene for “Diving Deep with Mark Cuban,” a fundraiser held by Educational First Steps to benefit childcare providers across North Texas. Dallas Mavericks owner and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban headlined the event and discussed the importance of education and entrepreneurship with sports radio personality Donovan Lewis of The Ticket.

Co-chairs Wasan Alfalahi and Tiffany Cuban lead the evening and shared their personal commitment to early childhood education and the impact it has on the lives of children birth to age five. The benefit surpassed $1 million raised in support of the mission of Educational First Steps and its efforts to address the current teacher shortage crisis.

2022 Educators Conference Press Release

From April 25th to April 29th, local Dallas nonprofit, Educational First Steps (EFS) hosted its annual Early Childhood Conference themed: Changing Times, New Beginnings. Sessions featured topics ranging from Multicultural Diversity in ECE to Five Marketing Strategies to Set You Apart from the Competition, culminating in a keynote presentation from CEO and Creative Director of Role Model Professional Development, Shawn Brown. The conference was offered at no cost to the over 1,750 teachers, directors, and home-based providers from EFS’ network of 150 childcare centers and providers throughout North Texas. 

Munson Lecture Series

Educational First Steps looks forward to continuing to bring you exciting and informative speakers that support our work with our affiliate partner centers who provide high-quality early childhood education to thousands of children across North Texas every day.