The Children's Guild

The Children’s Guild Alliance, founded in 1953, is a nonprofit organization serving children, families, and child-serving organizations and is dedicated to transforming how America cares for and educates its children through education, behavioral health, and national training and consultation services. The Children’s Guild Alliance programs are guided by Transformation Education (TranZed), an organizational philosophy that fosters a culture of flexibility. This culture creates management and staff who are agile thinkers. This assures children are treated as individuals and taught the way they learn best. Transformation Education also infuses the beliefs and values of The Children’s Guild Alliance into the look of its physical environment, child-caring and educational approaches, the mindset of its employees, and its operating systems. The design of the physical environment and the approaches used to care for and educate children are based on the newest findings in neuroscience, and therefore creates an enriched, brain-compatible environment. Affiliates of The Children’s Guild Alliance include The Children’s Guild, Monarch Academy public charter and contract schools, Monarch Preschool College Park, TranZed Academy for Working Students (TAWS), TranZed Apprenticeships, The Children’s Guild DC Public Charter School, Transformation Education Institute, and The National Children’s Guild Fund. Additionally, The Children’s Guild Alliance presents the Kids First National Conference.