Our Trainers

Tracy Dawson owns Tracy’s Tikes Day-Care & Preschool. She is a licensed family child care provider in Grays Harbor County serving children since 2009. She attended Centralia College and received her AAS in ECE. Tracy’s professional affiliations are with: SEIU925, the Imagine Institute, Greater Grays Harbor, and the Grays Harbor Child Care Coalition. As an advocate for all early childhood educators, Tracy has coordinated meetings and events to bring providers together to discuss professional development needs and professional goals. She has coordinated efforts with community leaders, the DEL (now DCYF) leadership, the governor’s office and our union to address the child care crisis and have worked with many wonderful providers on the Negotiated Rule-Making team, Bargaining Teams, and Impact Bargaining Team. Through the Imagine Institute, Tracy has participated in professional opportunities to support her peers in relationship-based professional development by training as a mentor, a lead mentor and a state-approved trainer. Tracy is excited to be entering her fourth year of participation with Imagine and is looking forward to getting to know everyone. By creating an inclusive classroom, Tracy can facilitate professional growth and promote peer to peer relationships throughout the child care industry. She enjoys tapping into the wealth of knowledge and experiences her fellow providers have shared. Tracy truly feel everyone is an asset in a classroom and can positively contribute to others educational growth. She teaches using various platforms such as group discussions, small group work, and visual aides. Tracy has an upbeat and positive personality and a love for the field in which she works. She understands the importance of making the environment feel welcoming and making the participants feel safe to share differing opinions or experiences. Tracy wants nothing more than the participants in her training to walk away feeling like their attendance mattered and they have new tools or understanding of an area that will not only benefit the children that they serve but their programs as a whole.