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1. Have a state collaborative that which include Florida workforce, child care agencies, and educational institutes.
2. Develop a system (statewide) that works on a clear path for families to receive affordable care based on zip code, and needs assessment.
3. Childcare professional receive a living wage...

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1. If we increase VPK hours, what will that look like?
2. Academics vs play and experience
3. Talks centered on VPK - what about younger (3 Pre K, I & T)
4. Quality care/education does not equal academics

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1. How to sit at the table with EC policy decision makers
2. Increase business acumen to support EC policies
3. How to get a full-time position in EC advocacy

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1. Director/owner leadership/business skills
2. Teacher's pre-service on-boarding process
3. Continue the work of the DCF/DOE FL pathways - professional development

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1. Pay that recognizes ECE teachers as professionals
2. More access to training education (funding)
3. Better access to resources for families with special needs children

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1. Legislative process
2. Role in process of lobbying
3. How to influence law makers
*FUNDING
*RESPECT
*PARTNERSHIPS

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1. Change terminology from child care to learning centers
2. Increase in wages for ECE educators/ staff at ECE centers
3. Mental health incorporated into needs of teachers

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1. Mental health and counseling and early intervention for children and parents
2. Child abuse and neglect prevention + reporting - fewer children falling through the cracks
3. Industry and profession recognition

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1.  When teachers have to take their 45-hour test, their experience is always so negative
- The test facilitators have always been so demeaning and rude to my teachers
- It is a trend because every single one of my teachers comes back so discouraged
2. This is the first interaction with the state and to be treating so poorly really puts a damper on their enthusiasm to be a preschool teachers
- the test facilitators need to be revisited, perhaps a survey so that the state is aware of this.
- emotional work starts at the beginnings

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1. Resources for colleagues and families
2. How to interface with state and local government
3. How to use my voice

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Trauma
Informed
Care

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Culture
Diversity
Equality
Inclusion

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- We need to make nutrition knowledge as part of the curriculum
- Knowing how to feed your body well is just as important as academics
- We eat 4-6 times a day, good eating choices is priority

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Yes, we need data points
- What is the test includes social emotional points?
- What if teachers have space to put in the progress of the child's executive function and SEL into these results?
- Scores should not evaluate funding differences in schools.
- If scores are low that means they need more help

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Universal requirements for VPK instructors

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1. Pay parity in ECE field
2. Free child care
3. Inclusion throughout K-12

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1. Better communication with legislators
2. How to get in to the room
3. Better understanding of getting bills passed

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1. Higher wages for teachers/ECE workers
2. Lower ratios
3. Keeping ECE developmentally appropriate

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1. Wages
2. Leaderships in ECE
3. The reorganization from our society

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1. Early childhood teachers should be seen as educators, NOT babysitters
2. Pay scale based on experience, education, and years in education
3. Increase maximum income to allow more families to afford SR childcare

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I want to learn...
1. What is the pathway to take early childhood policy issues to where it can be heard
2. How to make the biggest impact or how to influence policy makers the most to make them want to listen

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1. Wages for childcare workers
2. Play to learn, not worksheets
3. High quality child care available for all children

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1. Procedure for contacting officials
2. Who to contact
3. What to expect in the coming year

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1. Wages for ECE
2. Preschool for all / 0-3 years in addition to 4-5 years
3. Higher qualification requirements for FLDCF Early Learning providers

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1. Wages and center reimbursement
2. Quality of centers supporting to make all centers great
3. Sharing positive stories and happenings at centers - no more "no news is good news"

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Policies that focus on children's learning outcomes, teacher's motivation, and entire quality program by reducing paper or files work from all government agencies

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1. How do you get in the door
2. Why is this work difficult, or appears to be
3. Types of advocacy

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1. Classroom ratios lowered
2. Policy that encourages small private preschools to thrive/funding/parent's preference
3. Policy that helps parents not need to leave their kids at school for such long hours

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1. curriculum in action
2. job opportunities
3. How to make space for music in the school day (plays and musicals)

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1. How to include or how everyone's background relates to Early Childhood
2. How to be a better advocate
3. I want to learn everything and gain more knowledge

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1. Adequate, competitive and living wages
2. Better understanding of School Readiness -> public school vs. ECE programs (dev. appropriate)
3. Increased funding to support ECE prgrams -> cost per child (comprehensive svs.)

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1. Using platforms to advocate and communicate ECE and it's importance in communities.
2. Funding- how does it funnel to programs (HS, EHS, SR, etc.)?
3. How can I be a better advocate for all children & families?

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1. How to attach data to sound policy/develop policy
2. Strong collective voice to bring home issues to Congress
3. Utilizing the cohort as collective voice

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1. How to keep up with everything going on and finding out about policies I'm passionate about.
2. How to get involved in a way that ...
3. More about the organizations and people on the ground making a difference.

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1. What is currently being worked on?
2. What do we do to support what is being worked on (above items)?

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1. More money for all educators
2. Data should be state-wide
3. VPK should be half OR full day

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1. Legislative actions in progress.
2. Collaborate with like-minded organizations
3. How to make the most impact with government officials.

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1. Better pay for Early Childhood teachers.
2. All children should deserve a high quality education and it should be free.
3. More state funding in Early Childhood.

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1. Best practices for communicating/meeting with legislators at the local and state level.
2. How to combine common goals with other agencies and strengthen your advocacy approach.
3. How to identify the best champions in the House and Senate.

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1. State level House/Senate members with EC as a priority agenda.
2. State level initiatives for EC being currently considered.
3. Process for presenting ideas to legislators.

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1. More resources/education for family child care homes.
2. More programs that help underdeveloped providers with renovations.
3. More resources for early learning staff that serve/provide the programs that benefit children of Florida.

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1. Access to child care for all children- including those with disabilities
2. Behavior supports
3. Equality in child care

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Most committee members do not have an ECE background. How do I get a seat at the table if not an elected official?
Why do they not assign based on background or profession?

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Would a union help progress the field?
Should we have a union?

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What counties or communities are working together to help kids transition to kindergarten?

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1. How to make the biggest impact related to policy changes
2. Funding streams for early childhood
3. Advocacy tools

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1. Improve access to funding support for providers.
2. Introducing authentic (rather than standardized) testing.
3. Increasing rates the state pays providers so providers can afford the mandatory wage increases set in Florida

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1. How does advocacy work? (I don't have any experience yet)
2. How can we build a strong network within our team?
3. What work should we do to help with the advocacy in ECE?