News and Resources around Early Childhood Education Compensation:Scroll through the resources above to find articles, data, press and media related to compensation in the early childhood profession.
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What is Worthy Wage Day?Worthy Wage Day began in 1992 as a group of early childhood teachers organized at a grassroots level in order to advocate for higher wages. Unfortunately, the average wages for early childhood professionals today hasn't changed much since 1992, so we are still on the battlefield to raise public awareness about the problems these teachers face. Worthy Wage Day is designed to have pockets of people, such as policy makers, community members, stakeholders, and decision makers "job shadow" in an early childhood classroom for a morning. On May 1st, after their experience in the classrooms, they meet to begin the conversation around some next steps they are ready and willing to take. They also receive their paychecks, which for four hours of work will average about $30.00...don't forget to pay taxes out of that, too!
The link above to the Worthy Wage footage is from Greensboro, NC's Worthy Wage Day, 2015. |
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR PAST YOU ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT |
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Where we are going...In order to initiate change, we have to advocate for ourselves as early childhood professionals, and for those whom we know, love, and trust with our children's future. There are few, if any, policies in North Carolina supporting the pay for early childhood professionals. We know that parents cannot afford to pay more, as tuition rates have steadily increased over time. However, the best teachers can't afford to stay. If we are buying into the idea of getting our children ready to enter the school system at age 5, we have to buy in to supporting early childhood wages, as well.
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