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Nanny Career Pathway | Purdue Global & NAEYC Partnership
Career Pathway Launch

No degree. No ECE credits. Just experience — and a place to start.

Hello Nanny! has partnered with Purdue Global and NAEYC to build an accredited entry point for caregivers who already have the experience but never had the credential — and a way for the families who employ them to invest directly in that growth.

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In partnership with Purdue Global & NAEYC
The Pathway

Four stages. One direction.

FoundationGrowthDistinctionLeadership
NAEYC — 100 Years of Excellence
Hello Nanny! × Purdue Global × NAEYC — logos used per each partner's brand guidelines
Four Ways In

Where do you want to start?

This page serves two audiences and four goals. Pick the one that's yours.

01 — Candidate

Apply to Purdue Global

Start your accredited coursework through the Hello Nanny! partner pathway — with a built-in tuition reduction.

Learn more & apply → 02 — Candidate

Join NAEYC

Sign up for professional membership and credentialing resources.

Join externally → 03 — Candidate

Share With Your Family

Send this page to the family you work for so they can see how to invest.

Send this page → 04 — Family

Learn How to Build This Into an Offer

Talk to us about adding a stipend or membership sponsorship to your nanny's compensation.

Inquire to speak with our team →
The Navigation Gap

Talented caregivers get turned away for lacking "experience." We think that's broken.

Medicine has residencies. Law has bar associations. Teaching has licensure. Caregiving has never had a comparable ladder — despite being the work families trust most. This pathway exists to close that gap, and to give families a concrete way to help close it too.

Purdue Global Partnership Benefit

A tuition reduction, built into this partnership.

Nannies and families working with Hello Nanny! are eligible for a tuition reduction on Purdue Global programs — on top of the flexible, working-schedule format.

20%
off undergraduate degree, certificate, and micro-credential programs
14%
off graduate degree, certificate, and micro-credential programs
This tuition reduction cannot be combined with other Purdue Global scholarships or grants (such as the Advantage Tuition Grant), Employee Tuition Reimbursement Match, or military or in-state tuition rates. See Purdue Global's Notes and Conditions for full details.
Learn More About the Tuition Reduction
Recommended for Nannies

Programs we point candidates toward

BS in Early Childhood Administration

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AAS in Early Childhood Development

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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Postbaccalaureate Certificate

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Leadership and Faculty

Website Brochure (Education Programs)
For Families

Invest in the person raising your children.

Losing a great nanny costs far more than the price of keeping one. A modest, structured investment in your nanny's professional development — an education stipend or an NAEYC membership sponsorship — signals that this is a career you take as seriously as they do, and gives you a direct hand in retaining someone your family already depends on.

Option 1

NAEYC Professional Membership

Sponsor a year / lower commitment, immediate credential access
  • Access to NAEYC's early-childhood credentialing track and CDA-aligned resources
  • Standing within a recognized professional community, not just an employer reference
  • Renewable annually — an easy first step if you're not ready for a full tuition stipend
  • Can be layered with a Purdue Global stipend later as your nanny advances
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Option 2

Education Stipend

Per course or per semester / deeper investment, degree progress
  • Contribute directly toward Purdue Global coursework — a set amount per course, semester, or year
  • Coursework counts toward an accredited degree, not a standalone certificate
  • Purdue Global's partnership tuition reduction (20% undergrad / 14% grad) applies automatically, so your stipend goes further
  • Flexible, working-schedule format means no disruption to your family's routine
  • Structured through Hello Nanny!, so you're not managing tuition logistics yourself
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3–6×
A commonly cited multiple of a caregiver's salary to recruit and onboard a replacement.
0
Formal credentialing pathways available to nannies before this partnership.
2
Ways to start small — a membership sponsorship or a per-course stipend — no all-or-nothing commitment.
Some employers may be able to structure part of this investment favorably under existing household-employment tax provisions. This varies by situation, and we'd rather you hear the specifics from a tax professional than from a landing page — ask us and we can point you toward guidance.
"Medicine has residencies. Law has bar associations. Teaching has licensure. Caregiving has nothing — and it's the work we trust most with our children. We built this pathway because the infrastructure should have existed already."
Stephanie Fornaro · Founder & CEO, Hello Nanny!
For Families — Goal 4

Let's build this into an offer.

Fill out the form below to inquire and speak with our team about how this could work for your family — the stipend, the membership sponsorship, or both.

Whether you're the one doing the work, or the one who gets to invest in it —

this pathway only works if both sides opt in. Start the conversation today.

Get Started with Hello Nanny!