Determining ECE’s future as a field of practice and the routes for its accomplishment no longer can be the terrain of a privileged few. Practitioners have to be acknowledged as co-creators of ECE’s developmental trajectory as a field of practice. If the field is to successfully respond to its field-defining questions, those who directly interact with children, plus infrastructure colleagues who support the capable execution of their roles and responsibilities, can’t continue to be discounted as part of the field’s leadership infrastructure.