Coaching – individualized professional development grounded in the daily practice of the early childhood classroom – is one of the most effective strategies to equip our workforce for success (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2018). In this brief, we discuss: (1) why we should expand access to coaching, (2) what makes coaching effective in a birth-to-five context, and (3) what steps New York State has taken to create a coaching infrastructure. The approach to coaching described here is distinguished by its focus on developing the relationship-based competencies and dispositions that educators of very young children need to be successful. This brief includes recommendations for expanding access to high quality coaching for New York State’s early educators, followed by a more extensive discussion. (author abstract)