Education Beyond the Classroom, LLC

02/09/2026

Part 2

02/09/2026

Part 1

02/09/2026

Check out the next two!

02/05/2026

EBC Nation we need your support! Our founder is a finalist and we want her to win for the organization!

Watch her pitch in the Michigan Women Forward WomanUp & Pitch West Michigan competition. LIVE online on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. Register at miwf.org/pitch2026 to get the link to join! I'm hoping to win the $10,000 first-place prize and, with YOUR HELP, the $1,000 audience-choice prize. See you there!

01/19/2026

Check out this clip from Michigan's Children!

01/01/2026

To our ECE community and EBC Nation…Happy New Year! We are excited to see you in 2026!!!!

12/25/2025

Christmas reminds us that the greatest impact is often quiet, steady, and rooted in care.

At Education Beyond the Classroom LLC, we are deeply grateful for the educators, leaders, mentors, families, and partners who show up every day—often unseen, often under-resourced, yet unwavering in their commitment to children.

This season, we honor:
✨ Classrooms filled with patience and perseverance
✨ Leaders choosing people over pressure
✨ Educators shaping futures long before the spotlight ever arrives
✨ Communities doing the hard work together

May this Christmas bring rest where the year has been heavy, hope where the work has felt hard, and joy in knowing that what you do truly matters.

From our EBC family to yours—
Merry Christmas and peace into the New Year!

We care about our impact to lead beyond the classroom.

12/21/2025

EBC says Thank you!

12/21/2025

We are grateful for our community!!!

12/03/2025

This season of reflection, our hearts at Education Beyond the Classroom LLC are overflowing with gratitude. ❤️

We’re thankful for every educator, director, mentor teacher, parent, child, and partner who makes our community stronger. The work you do every day—teaching, comforting, guiding, encouraging, building relationships—matters more than you know.

This year, EBC has seen classrooms grow, programs rise, partnerships deepen, and leaders emerge. None of it happens alone. It takes a community that believes in children and shows up for families.

So today, we simply want to say thank you:
✨ To the teachers who give their best.
✨ To the leaders who support teams with vision and care.
✨ To the families who trust us.
✨ To the partners who lock arms with us to strengthen Michigan’s ECE workforce.
✨ To the children—our reason and our why—who remind us daily what hope looks like.

May this season bring you warmth, rest, and space to reflect on how much your work truly matters.

From our EBC family to yours…
Happy Holidays! 🧡

11/29/2025

Gratitude is how we lead.
Happy Thanksgiving from Education Beyond the Classroom.

10/28/2025

We are excited for our CEO to lift her voice in this space as an advocate! We hope to see you on the Hill beside her!

Rachelle McKissick-Harris is a trusted voice in Michigan’s Perinatal, Infant, and Early Childhood Mental Health (PIECMH) movement, known for her leadership in amplifying parent and lived experience within statewide systems change efforts. As both a professional and a parent, she bridges perspectives that too often remain separate—helping decision-makers understand what families truly need during pregnancy, infancy, and the early years.

Through her company, Education Beyond the Classroom, LLC, Rachelle partners with state agencies, community organizations, and advocacy coalitions to integrate authentic family engagement into policy, program design, and workforce training. Her work highlights the value of co-creation—ensuring that family voice informs every layer of Michigan’s early childhood and mental health infrastructure.

Rachelle serves as a Parent Leader and facilitator across multiple statewide initiatives, including efforts connected to Think Babies Michigan, MI-AIMH, and the PIECMH workforce and family systems hub. She is known for her clarity, courage, and ability to translate complex systems into language that centers dignity, belonging, and action.

Rooted in the belief that early relational health begins with listening, Rachelle helps professionals, policymakers, and funders see families not as recipients of care, but as partners and leaders in shaping the future of Michigan’s youngest children.

It's not too late to register! https://www.pathlms.com/mi-aimh/courses/110861