Working with Belonging Team at KinderCare Learning Companies

Celebrating A Wide Range of Experiences

At KinderCare we welcome opportunities to build understanding and knowledge of people around the globe, as well as those within our own communities. In addition to celebrating traditional US holidays, like Christmas and New Year's Day, we also celebrate heritage months throughout the year to build stronger connections that offer opportunities to practice empathy and compassion with our employees, their families, and their children. We provide spaces to be heard and chances to learn with employee resource groups and are constantly working with experts to help identify areas of improvement and define a way forward.

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Our employee resource groups are voluntary, employee-led communities in which members who share an identity can come together to foster belonging, create awareness, and influence change. We have groups for employees who identify as Black American, Latinx or Hispanic, LGBTQIA+, women, and persons living with disabilities. The goal is to become an even more engaged organization by connecting all of our employees, from teachers to senior leaders in the organization, through our ERGs. In addition to the aforementioned groups, we offer Allyship training to those interested employees to address questions such as, “How do I add value, and participate.”

“I feel very fortunate to work for an organization that is prioritizing and building a culture of belonging from within. It’s a people-centric approach to a people-centered journey. As an Asian American who has immigrant parents, this work is completely personal. We all want to belong and feel valued, and that’s what this work is all about.”
- Jane, Director of Champions Summer Programming (Corporate)

“Each of us can make a choice to listen more deeply, to be curious about how the world looks to someone else, to see potential in someone, to invite someone in, and to make space for someone to belong. We all have a role to play in creating a culture of belonging.”
- Tamara, Director, Culture & Connections