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  As an educator of 12 years, I've enjoyed learning about early education in the preschool setting. I've worked with newborn babies til school age. I've recently decided that I don't want to teach no more, that I am ready to take my career to another level. I want to be a preschool director first and the eventually I will love to open up my own center. Although I have the qualification to be a director, I lack the experience that most preschools require. However I am willing to step out on faith and give the best I can to achieve my goals.In Virginia the pay for education is low and with me currently living here, and trying to take my career to another level, I feel that I need to relocate. With minimum wage being $7.25 still theirs no room for growth until the finances in VA change. I do hope once I open up my first center that I am able to become a franchise and eventually have a center in VA.

NAEYC the National Association for the Education of Young Children has a new position statement, Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education. All children have the right to equitable learning opportunities that help them achieve their full potential as engaged learners and valued members of society. Doing their best to be supportive by the early learning setting supporting diversity and full inclusion as strengths, uphold fairness and justice and work to eliminate structural inequities that limit equitable learning opportunities (NAEYC). We want our children to get the best learning they can possibly obtain, no matter their race or culture.

  Working Globally   Persistent gaps in education and health associated with socioeconomic disadvantage impose enormous burdens on individuals, communities, and societies worldwide. Recent reports estimate that 200 million children fail to reach their full developmental potential by age 5. Drawing on our experience in North America, the Center on the Developing Child works globally to build a broader movement to achieve breakthrough outcomes for children around the world (Working Globally). These ideas I've gained from the early childhood systems around the world.  My father family is from Canada and I choose to read more on this country because I want to learn more about what they offer when it comes to education. Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (AFWI), The  Alberta Family Wellness Initiative  (AFWI) shares our strong belief in the power of translating the science of child development to inform public policy.   supporting research in early brain and biological development