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NC Policy Makers

Governor

• Office of Governor

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• Staff Directory

• Bill Tracker – Track bills proposed and their progress through the chambers of the NC Legislature
• How a Law is Made
• Library – Legislative

• Division Contact Information
• NC Child Care Commission

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Education Groups

North Carolina

• NC Child
• NC Child Care Coalition
• NC Early Childhood Foundation
• NC Justice Center

• Alliance for Justice
• Child Care Aware America (was NACCRRA)
• Child Care Law Center (CCLC)
• Children’s Defense Fund
• CLASP
• Moms Rising
• National After School Association (NAA)
• National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Women’s Law Center
• Spark Action
• Zero to Three

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Education Tools by Topic

Assessing Advocacy Efforts

• Advocacy Capacity Tool

Data

• Institute Data Library
• NC Early Childhood Data Repository

Funding

• Funding Streams Fact Sheet for Early Care and Education and Quality in North Carolina

Professional Development 

• College Education
• Continuing Education Units
• T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood(R) 
• Early Care and Education Workforce: Who We Are, What We Do, What We Need

Professional Recognition

• Early Educator Certification (EEC) Overview
• EEC Online Toolkit
• BK Teacher Licensure

Wages/Compensation

• Compensation
• Child Care WAGE$(R) 
• EEC Rewards & Benefits

Advocacy/Public Education

• 9 Ways to Support Teachers in Making a Difference for Young Children
• 10 Ways I Make a Difference for Young Children (English) 
• 10 Ways I Make a Difference for Young Children (Spanish) 
• 18 Ways to Educate & Engage Your Community & State Leaders (IMD)
• 12 Ways to Advocate for Young Children and Families
• Business & Industry-Mobilizing Business Champions For Children: A Guide For Advocates
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Docs for Tots
• Educating for Social Change
• First 2,000 Days
• Grandparents And Family Members Caring For Children – Fact Sheets
• IMD Key Resources for Educating & Engaging your Community & State Leaders
• National Poll on Voter Ranking of Early Childhood as Top Priority (July 2013)
• Ounce of Prevention Advocacy Toolkit
• Parents/Families with Children with Special Needs
• Parent Advocacy Network – Steps to Creating (NACCRRA)
• Sample letters to community & state leaders (IMD)
• Three Things You Can Do to Support Children After the Election
• Understanding the Experiential Learning Cycle
• Who’s Missing at the Table

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Why Your Work Matters to Young Children

The Institute and organizations across the nation have developed short video and audio clips to make the case and share the importance of investing in young children and the need for an educated, compensated workforce.

Workforce Compensation

• Portrait of an Early Childhood Teacher Video Clip
• Sing with Me,Low Wages Hinder Field Video Clip
• T.E.A.C.H. Early Chilhdood Blog – It’s Long Past Time for Worthy Wage
• Toolkit – I Make a Difference for Young Children 

Impact of Investments

• Importance of Workforce Education
• Investing in Early Childhood Education 
• Early Educators Build Brains
• Investing in Young Children
• Preparing the Next Generation
• Promoting Early Childhood as State Economic Development

National Videos

• T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood National Video

State Based Videos

• MO
• MT
• NC
• OH
• PA
• VA

Research on Impact of Quality Early Care and Education Services

Child Outcomes

• A research overview of impacting child outcomes & program quality (YouTube)
• Benefits of Early Childhood Education: Thirty Years Later
• Early Educators and Brain Development Infographic
• First 2000 Days Toolkit

Professional Development

• Busting the Myths
• Research summary about Professional Development(Early Childhood Professional Development: How it Matters to Child Care Quality- research summary)
• Improving Early Childhood Quality with Professional Development
• Impact of professional development on children with special needs
• Teacher Development as Key to PreK Quality

Women

• Quality of Care Matters for Low-Income Women

State, Business and Industry

• Economic impact of child care in North Carolina
• Business & Early Childhood – US Chamber of Commerce report on Why Business Should Support Early Childhood
• Washington Post Series on Early Childhood Issues