🧒Imagine... Early Childhood Care as a Valued and Thriving Industry in the Pacific🧒
💡 Imagined Endstate:
Envision
the Early Childhood Care (ECE) profession and industry flourishing as a
cherished and supported sector in the Pacific economy.
📚Source:
1. Dickerson,
C., & Trodd, L. (2020). Gaining professional recognition: exploring
professionality and professional identity of early years practitioners in
higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, 27(3), 319-336.
2. University
of Hawaiʻi
News. (2023, July 19). Infant, toddler caregiver certificate launched at
Honolulu CC. UH News.
🔗Link:
1. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1724935;
Dickerson, C., & Trodd, L. (2020
💥What's the Big Deal:
ECE is a vital need for the economy and a barrier to reentry for those who have been planning to return to work since the Pandemic. With that in mind, ECE could be revered as a Pacific industry 🌱. Its role is as essential as any other sector. It provides for nurturing children's development and societal progress, with far-reaching positive impacts on education, welfare, and the economy. 📚 This shift in economic perspective could enhance new and existing ECE practitioners' professional identity, recruitment, and fuel industry growth 💼. The recent launch of Honolulu Community College's Infant and Toddler Caregiver Certificate adds momentum 🚀. It offers a dedicated path for career development, that adds to meeting the Hawaiʻi's Department of Human Services childcare provider license criteria 🏥. Graduates gain portable skills and avenues toward higher education, all the while bolstering the industry's prospects and growth with new talent and qualified labor 🎓.
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