National Association of State Boards of Education — To better equip teachers of young children and professionalize the early childhood workforce, Michigan’s State Board of Education has created a birth-K certificate that incorporates emerging and developmental skills specific to babies and children through kindergarten. (August 2021)
Alliance for Early Success — The Task Force on Educator Preparation and Professional Learning: Literacy and Numeracy for Primary Grades was formed in summer of 2020 and was composed of legislators, teachers and principals, students, postsecondary and K-12 education leaders, and advocates. The group studied and considered policy recommendations on issues related to early literacy and mathematics as well as teacher preparation and development. (June 2021)
Alliance for Early Success — In the fall of 2020 Illinois' Legislative Black Caucus held a series of hearings to develop its agenda, and because of long-standing relationships built on trust and respect, advocates were invited to highlight early childhood issues and to make recommendations to be included in the package which included the now-enacted Early Childhood Workforce Act. (May 2021)
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