A Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Learning Tuesday webinar
co-sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
Well-prepared and supported early care and education educators are essential to the development of high-quality programs that bolster young children’s development and learning. Research, such as the National Academies report Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation, highlights the complexities of early development and the sophisticated set of competencies needed to support young children and families effectively. A subsequent report from the National Academies, Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education, details funding strategies based on the true cost of high-quality care.
Although the COVID pandemic brought a renewed emphasis on the essential nature of this work, appropriate compensation—a professional-level wage—remains elusive. Long-standing financial stressors on early educators threaten their financial security and emotional well-being as well as the overall stability of the field. As state and municipal leaders attempt to recruit, nurture and maintain a strong workforce, they also search for strategies to provide sustained increases in compensation that reflect the professional preparation and skill required to be an early care and education professional.
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