About the Author:
A past president of the New Jersey branch of NAEYC, Amanda DiScala has been a preschool and kindergarten teacher as well as serving as a center director for over a decade, at Bridges to Learning Child Development Center, Rockaway, New Jersey. Currently DiScala is an adjunct professor at the County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ. Working for the United Way, DiScala is the Child Care Specialist on the shared services project that engages Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes in a hub and spoke model system to reimagine child care in New Jersey. She is also the Shared Resources Program Manager for NJAEYC.