By Deborah Ingram
My interview was with the center Director and the State Pre-k Teacher. To get the conversation started, we had to think about the needs of the families. We talked about the three most effective ways that we believe Advocacy would have a possitive impact on Early Childcare and Education. They were "Economic Hardship," "Self Advocacy" "(Supporting Family Members as they learn to become advocates for their children)," and "Lobbying" "(Letters and Emails)."
The interviews guided me in making a clear decision about an advocates role. I believe it is to create possitve and effective outcomes for solving difficult issues in Early Childhood Education, issues that continue to occur.
The area that I am going to focus on when I write my paper is "Advocating for All Poor Families to Qualify For Thier Young Children To Have A Quality Education."
A question that I would like to ask my colleagues is what would be an effective way for me to begin the process of advocating for my families?
Deborah Ingram
References
Kieff, J. (2009). Informed advocacy in early childhood care and education. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
- Chapter 1, “Building a Case for Advocacy”
- Chapter 6, “Becoming Informed”
