Learning Starts At Birth
Key Recommendations
Explore Bank Street’s key recommendations for the birth-to-three workforce and improving the care and education of infants and toddlers, including details on the Infant/Toddler Residency Model and a deeper dive into the issue of compensation reform.
Four Levers to Enhance Infant/Toddler Care and Education
- Deepening expertise across the system
- Increasing compensation and access to comprehensive benefits for infant/toddler educators
- Strengthening systems that support infant/toddler care
- Generating public will to make needed investments and systemic changes
Early Childhood Educator Residency Model
A key part of investing in the birth-to-three workforce is coupling relevant postsecondary education with opportunities to put theory into practice under the guidance of an experienced educator. Residency models also enable experienced infant/toddler teachers to obtain college credit based on their existing skills and competencies.
Teacher Residency Model (pdf)
Systems to Support Residency Model
A Deeper Dive On Compensation
New initiatives and investments to reform the quality of infant/toddler child care through professional learning must be coupled with a real commitment to addressing equitable pay and benefits for educators, that are incorporated from the outset of program design and development.
A Deeper Dive on Compensation