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Joy Turner

Joy Turner is the Chief Academic Officer for the Kiddie Academy brand. Joy joined the Kiddie Academy education team in 2014 as the director of education quality and spent two years working with franchisees and directors providing training, and establishing and maintaining best practices through visits to the Academies as they worked to achieve NAEYC accreditation. In 2017, she joined the operations team as a franchise business consultant, where she provided support and guidance for both the educational and operations functions of Academies. Prior to coming to Kiddie Academy, she spent over 20 years in the early childhood education field with a national leader in corporate child care. Joy earned a B.S. in education from Salisbury University.

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