Become An Advocate for Children

When children do not have a voice you must be their voice.

It is not hard to advocate for children.  With a little time and effort you can help children get the quality services and education they deserve.

NAEYC has an Advocacy Toolkit that you can download and use as a guide.

You can access many valuable resources for advocating on behalf of children at the following links:

Winning Beginnings           http://www.winningbeginningny.org

Winning Beginning NY believes that in this time of fiscal crisis our State must preserve, protect, and increase access to high-quality early care and learning programs. These programs, all of equal priority, are essential for children’s success and our State’s economic recovery.  Read more - Executive Agenda for 2012.

Kick-start your professional development for 2011 with five ways to become more involved with your early childhood education field.

1. Apply for a merit-based scholarship for the 2011 Institute.

2. Participate in an online event with the authors of Young Investigators.

3. Submit a proposal to present at the 2011 Annual Conference: Deadline January 14th.

4. Read the January issue of Young Children.

5. Advocate for children in 2011.

from the naeyc e-News, January 13, 2011