Several early child care centers in New Mexico will close at least temporarily on Monday morning to emphasize that early child care is an important part of the American economy and that early child care workers need to be compensated more. . Leila Salim, spokesperson for the grassroots organization OLÉ, told NM Political Report about the event: […]
Several early child care centers in New Mexico will close at least temporarily on Monday morning to emphasize that early child care is an important part of the American economy and that early child care workers need to be compensated more. .
Leila Salim, a spokesperson for the grassroots organization OLÉ, said: new mexico political report The event is being coordinated with parents to minimize disruption. She said the events in New Mexico are part of a nationwide demonstration aimed at showing how important early child care is and what challenges exist in its efforts.
“This aims to show that early childcare is the backbone of our economy. You can't do any other job without childcare. We all need that support. These costs are one of the main points of this event,” Salim said.
He said one of the early child care centers in Albuquerque, Gallup and Las Cruces will be closed for several hours on Monday in coordination with the child's parents to emphasize how important early child care is for employees. Ta. Mr Salim said that despite the country's efforts and progress in recent years to improve early childhood education, there are gaps that affect workers and children.
She said most of the early child care workers were women of color and many were immigrants. As a result of bias and prejudice, this work is not valued, she said.
“Many people work for minimum wage, including those with higher education and those who have been there for a long time. There is high turnover because the pay is low. We believe it is the children's problem. I am making a statement,” Salim said.
She said children needed a stable workforce and high staff turnover was a burden on children.
Mr Salim said the early childhood education and care sector was focused on rewarding teachers trained in early childcare, and the sector overlooked the value of long work experience. She says it's often a high hurdle for her to go back to school, earn a degree, and support her own family while working full time.
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“There are many big reasons why experience is important for teachers compared to book education. They learn most of their skills on the job. When it comes to caring for children, they learn a lot from serving children. ” Salim said.