• Increase accessibility by expanding access to ECCE courses that are flexible, available both online and in-person, available in multiple languages, and remain high- quality. • Fund the development of remedial courses that incorporate early childhood development. • Invest in advisors and student-teacher supervisors to help navigate higher education and support hands-on learning. • Create a process to award credit for demonstrated competencies and prior work experience through Credits for Prior Learning (CPLs) or Prior Learning Assessments (PLAs). • Develop training systems that focus on core competencies and training child care professionals more efficiently, as Missouri and Pennsylvania have done. • Partner with philanthropic organizations to secure funding to bring back child care development centers onsite at higher education institutions that offer degrees in child development. What ECCE Providers Can Do • Make it more attractive for people to enter early childhood education as a career.
for extended hours or shift work), and overall provide support. • Improve partnerships with state/city leaders in the process of inspecting and licensing child care facilities. • Improve relationships between the Oklahoma Human Services and ECCE providers to create a more cooperative and collaborative system of enforcement and communication about regulations. What Parents / Guardians Can Do • Recognize early childhood education as a profession – with high standards and requirements. Respect the work of early childhood educators as professionals in your child’s life who are creating the foundation for future learning and skills. Compensate them competitively, offer benefits, and give them the ability to take time off to manage their personal and family obligations. • Advocate for and support pro-child care policies at the local, state, and national levels, which should focus on ECCE workforce development, enhancing child care subsidy programs, and passing new legislation that helps grow and expand access to high-quality child care. • Directly support or give to philanthropic organizations that support ECCE providers and programs. • Encourage employers to provide child care benefits. Seek out information about existing child care programs offered by employers. Thank employers that already provide child care benefits.
• Offer on-call care, flexible hours, and after- hours care.
• Build relationships and partner with nearby businesses to build awareness of child care homes/centers/facilities, contract for child care spots for employees (especially
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