Dan Tetreault serves as the Assistant Director of Early Learning within the Office of Early Learning at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. He started his career in early education as a kindergarten teacher in Haywood County, North Carolina. He began with the Department in 2006 as a state-funded prekindergarten program and policy consultant and has since served in several roles supporting state-wide preschool through grade 3 initiatives. He has been with the Department for 19 years. Dan also serves on the Board of Directors for a private non-profit child care center, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute External Advisory Board, and previously in different capacities on the NCAEYC Board of Directors.