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We help states advance advocacy, policy, funding, and strategy development to ensure adequate investments are made to support equitable access to affordable college education, increased compensation, and workforce supports for the diverse and essential workforce.
State allies can call on the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood National Center to:
The National Center provides access to high-quality resources, tailored technical assistance, and proven strategies that leverage public and private resources for early childhood workforce development in the areas of low-cost higher education certificate and degree attainment, improved compensation, and stability.
The National Center can provide expertise in helping states develop and implement scholarship and compensation strategies, including, but not limited to, nationally recognized workforce support programs, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood and Child Care WAGE$®.
As states consider financing options to improve early educator wages, instituting a well-designed salary scale is a key strategy. The Center can help states explore key decision points when building a scale, considering participant eligibility, and determining levels and wage amounts, as well as implementation strategies, including policy and financing considerations.
Through the development of a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship model for early childhood educators, the Center serves as an industry intermediary, providing specialized technical assistance and supporting continued development and expansion of apprenticeships in the field.
Additional Alliance-funded work in support of state early childhood policy advocacy includes:
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