Miriam Dressler has worked in the education field for over twenty years as a teacher, center director, adult educator, and ECE consultant and trainer. She has worked in multiple states as a coach and facilitator to early childhood programs, supporting them in their pursuit of accreditation and other quality rating systems and programs. Miriam is the co-author of Prove It! Achieving Quality Recognition for Your Early Childhood Program (Redleaf Press) and is a lead validator for the National Accreditation Commission. Miriam is the owner at Bloom Training & Consulting, an early childhood support services company located in Seattle, WA.