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EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Engaging and informative early childhood education that participants love!
No more boring and repetitive trainings! Raelene’s live and self-paced trainings are fun and engaging, and many can be done from the comfort of your home or office. Sign up for accredited self-paced courses today!
We offer engaging trainings and workshops to equip your staff with essential tools that enable them to teach with confidence, reduce stress, and create a positive impact for children and families.
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From Keynote presentations to breakout sessions, Raelene is the inspiring speaker your conference needs to fill seats and keep your audience excited. Raelene delivers the inspiration and skills early childhood educators need.
“Raelene is lighting the way to brighter, more fulfilling
careers in early childhood education!”
Meet Raelene Ostberg, the Founder of Thriving Together, an international organization passionately committed to supporting early childhood educators in their vital mission of caring for and educating young children.
As is a full-time Keynote Speaker, Expert Trainer, Technical Assistance Professional, and Curriculum Designer based out of Minnesota, Raelene has inspired thousands of early childhood educators each year and is on a mission to decrease stress, enhance joy, and fortify the success of early childhood professionals in their critical work shaping young minds.
Raelene's educational approach is supported by early childhood studies and grounded in real-life strategies that show positive effects for educators, children, and families. Each powerful session is designed to meet educators where they’re at, often burned out, stressed out, and sometimes even ready to call it quits. Participants of her trainings universally praise Raelene for her dynamic energy, infectious enthusiasm, and theatrical storytelling that vividly brings proven strategies to life.
Looking for a dynamic presenter?
Audiences love Raelene! New eye-opening information, energizing, inspiring, entertaining, and fun are just some of the words used to describe Raelene’s Keynotes.
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Book Raelene as your Keynote Speaker to elevate your event, captivate your audience, and spark a renewed passion for shaping the future of early childhood education.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Chrystal Hukriede,
Childcare Provider
My experience was amazing!! I needed this workshop – it gave me such awesome insight on how I do my job as a professional childcare provider and how I can help children grow in this ever so crazy world. It was the best workshop of my day at the conference! THANK YOU!!
Ann Janisch,
Preschool Director
The feedback from our staff, me included, was all positive. Relevant material, great to have resources to print and use later, a variety of ways to teach this topic – handouts, videos, articles, real examples – which kept the training lively, and Raelene’s personality and passion for the topic shone through to keep us engaged and excited to learn.
Morgan E, Director &
Early Childhood Teacher
I really enjoyed the Collaborating with Families series. This training helps expand thoughts and knowledge about different cultural dynamics and caregiving practices. Raelene is very knowledgeable and has helped me expand my horizons on different cultural dynamics and what to do if I have to talk to a parent about any concerns or challenges with the child.
Cheryl Vargas,
Childcare Provider
Raelene's course on Challenging Behaviors was genuinely informative. She has a wonderful storytelling ability that helps you connect to the information so it can be retained and utilized. I tried many of the simple approaches she taught and found immediate and surprising success.
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Explore Our Topics
All professional development opportunities are packed with real-life tools you can apply today to get the behaviors you want, and stop the behaviors you don’t. Any of these topics can be delivered in-person or virtually. To see the list of upcoming engaging sessions, from Keynotes to breakouts, visit Learn with Raelene. Many topics are now also available as engaging self-paced topics.
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All are professional development opportunities that participants love (100% Recommend!)​
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Presentation Highlights
Bring a top national trainer that will make your team's PD day a memorable and wonderful experience!
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2022-2026 has been so rewarding with this amazing conference - eight breakouts over three years!
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Keynote Finding Joy, an entire day on preventing challenging behaviors, and several breakout sessions.
Two wonderful Keynotes - Finding Joy and Feisty, Lively and Tenacious!
Finding Joy after a year of successful breakout sessions (2024-2025).
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Training and mentoring trainers 2017-2025 with numerous breakout sessions designed for Minnesota trainers and coaches.
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Keynote Finding Joy and engaging breakout sessions for this special infant and toddler focused conference!
Two years of collaboration for Keynote and numerous breakout sessions - 2024-2026!
Keynote 2026 after wonderful breakout reviews in 2025 and now all-team sessions on working with difficult behaviors!
2024-2026! Two conference Keynotes for Family Engagement and annual conferences, numerous breakout sessions, several online courses - this collaboration ROCKS!
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Two years of wonderful packed breakout sessions together!
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September 19-20, 2024
2023-2025 collaboration - numerous breakouts and one amazing keynote together!
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Five breakout sessions and one AMAZING Keynote!
Keynote 2023 in-person and 2021 Virtual Keynote and numerous engaging breakout sessions along the way in this rewarding partnership!
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Keynotes, Breakouts, Webinars, OH MY! Spectacular collaborations 2012-2026! We truly are more together.
2019-2024 collaborations for their wonder annual conference and Leadership Institute.
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Concordia University St. Paul - Early Childhood Conference 2016-2023
Years of full breakout sessions and the wonderful Payoff - the Big 2023 keynote Finding Joy!
Gather and Grow Early Childhood Conference
2016-2020 - Both Virtual Keynote, an all-staff training, and numerous in-person conference breakouts over the years.
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Wonderful breakout sessions with this important organization.
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NYAEYC PLI
2019 Professional Learning Institute ROCKED!
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ND Out-of-School-Time and Early Childhood Summit
Keynote and Breakouts 2023!
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