To: The Illinois State House and The United States House of Representatives
Childcare Teachers Being Underpaid
Help our Childcare teachers get better pay.
Why is this important?
“The first three years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a baby’s development.” Early Childhood professionals help support infants early brain development, encourage young children as they build their social and emotional skills, and help preschoolers enhance their language and literacy development. But yet preschool teachers are being underpaid. These are the committed women and men who day in, and day out devote themselves to educating and nurturing our own children toward a bright future:now it's our turn to stand behind them. Our children deserve the best: quality teachers that prepare them for success. Our teachers should be respected, appreciated, and appropriately paid. We need to keep our teachers here by treating them fairly.