Workers in early learning and child care do essential work. They help guide our children’s learning and development, but they also enable parents to fully participate in the growth of our communities.
To solve the workforce crisis in early learning and child care, we need to improve working conditions. And to do that, we need to recognize the expertise of the people who do this important work and acknowledge their vital contribution to our communities.
Each month, as part of the Shine a light on early learning and child care campaign, we will share stories in the form of comic strips on social media. These stories will illustrate the expertise of child care workers and the important value of their work for parents, children and the community at large.
There is still time to send us your story. It may be selected to be made into a comic strip, like Mary’s story.
Early learning and child care for a better world
Early learning and child care workers help children develop cognitive, emotional and social skills—skills they’ll use for the rest of their lives.
And yet, their wages don’t reflect this expertise or the value of their work to our communities.
It’s time to shine a light on early learning and child care.