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En español: The California Child Development CORPS (en español) |
This article originally appeared in the January-February 2008 issue of the Children's Advocate, published by Action Alliance for Children. Use the Children's Advocate in your work! Feel free to reprint this article, as a handout or in your own publication -- just credit us (see above) and be sure to send us a copy. The California Child Development CORPSEarly childhood teachers and providers organizing and advocating for better pay, benefits, job conditions, and professional respect. By Amanda MontagueCorps campaigns for better pay for more qualified teachers and providersI strongly feel that ECE professionals are underpaid,” says long-time Corona family child care provider Tamara Dobson. A stipend from CARES gave her an incentive to continue her education, she says, but “providers are (increasingly) required to have degrees and permits. When you have more education, you’re more qualified, which means more pay.” The California Child Development Corps is kicking off a postcard campaign calling for better compensation for early care and education teachers and providers who have gotten more training. Participants also plan to urge policymakers to include early care and education teachers and providers in discussions on this issue. “I understand ECE more”“I’ve taken courses in ECE development,” says Dobson. “(They) changed the way I care for children—to work smarter and not harder.” Dobson, president of the Riverside County Family Child Care Association, runs the Dobson Christian Preschool and Child Care. “We’re standing together”“We are committed to getting 1,000 postcards signed by early care and education professionals, parents, and students in Riverside,” says Dobson, who plans to get other Riverside providers involved in the campaign. “The postcards will ask for better compensation for ECE professionals and let legislators know that we’re all standing together to make a difference. I’m also going to start circulating the Children’s Advocate Corps page at our workshops and take them to our Resource and Referral facilities,” she adds. “Given me more confidence”“The Corps has given me more confidence on how to advocate and has helped me network and meet new friends as well,” says Dobson. “I love the fact that we’re all advocating for ECE professionals.” “We all have to work together,” she says, “because the greater the number, the more attention will be given to our issue. I do this because I love children and I want to make a difference in their lives.”
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