Sadie Coffey

Diapers to Diplomas

Sadie N. Coffey is the assistant secondary principal and assistant activities director at Milford Public Schools. The Nebraska educational leader has spent the last 12 years focusing on doing what is best for ALL students—students with special needs, early childhood students, elementary students, secondary students, and most recently infants and toddlers. Coffey, the ormer superintendent at Shickley Public Schools, worked iligently with Shickley early childhood staff, the Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and many other professionals, to make the Shickley Early Learning Facility (serving children ages 6 weeks through PreK) the “Diapers to Diplomas” program it is today, focusing heavily on quality. The Shickley model makes early childhood care and education accessible, affordable, and of high quality. Coffey brought the “Diapers to Diplomas” initiative to the global stage through PBS NewsHour this July, and there will be a separate “follow-up” airing in October. Coffey enjoys time with her husband, Phil, and four children, Tucker, EmyJay, Frankie, and Hank. Outside of spending time with family and friends, she enjoys pitch, poker, martial arts, golfing, volunteering to coach youth sports, and working on her dissertation.