Julie Weatherston is the Professional Growth Coordinator for WestEd’s Program for Infant Toddler Care (PITC) Partners for Quality, a training program developed to improve the quality of family child care and center-based infant/toddler care throughout California.

Weatherston has primary responsibility for coordinating the development of curriculum content and negotiating agreements to offer academic credit through various colleges.

Before becoming the Professional Growth Coordinator, Weatherston worked for two years as a PITC Trainer providing training and technical assistance to infant/toddler programs throughout the Bay Area. Weatherston also assisted on several projects for WestEd including coordinating the Special Seminars on Infants and Toddlers, implementing PITC at community colleges, and developing virtual tours of the PITC demonstration programs.

Prior to her work with WestEd, Weatherston served for nine years as a Child Care Coordinator on the West Coast for the U.S. General Services Administration, where she was responsible for planning and overseeing child care program development.

Weatherston received a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and an MA in early childhood education from Mills College.