Child Care Compensation Counts: 8 Strategies
This is a recording from the December 13, 2021 Child Care Compensation Counts: Eight Strategies webinar.
This is the recording from the December 13, 2021 Child Care Compensation Counts: Eight Strategies webinar. Presenters discussed Illinois’ QRIS-related compensation pilot, Delaware’s just released compensation scale, and a proposed compensation approach in Pennsylvania. Access the slide deck here. Access the updated Improving Child Care Compensation Backgrounder 2021.
Speakers
- Madeleine Bayard, Delaware Early Childhood Council and Rodel
- Jamilah R. Jor’dan, Ph.D., Illinois Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
- Mai Miksic, Children First (Philadelphia)
Hosts
Harriet Dichter and Ashley LiBetti, BUILD consultants
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