More than babysitters childcare

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We have discussed characteristics of the early childhood workforce, opportunities in early childhood education and early childhood professional development systems. Now, let’s focus on:

HOW do we continue to professionalize the early childhood education field? Why shouldn’t we be considered “babysitters”?

For your initial post, address the following:

What is “babysitting”?

Why are early child care educators professional?

What do we need to do to increase the professionalism of the early childhood field?

Why is professionalizing the ECE field so important?