“The greatest difficulty faced by countries in their efforts to expand and improve the quality of early childhood care and education is the mobilization of resources. This is particularly daunting in developing countries, where early childhood may be overshadowed by other pressing priorities, such as universal primary education” (UNESCO, 2014).  I find this is true in multiple countries, even the United States.  Having the proper funding is something that is hard to come by.  Fortunately, the schools that I currently work for are family owned early childhood learning schools.  Everything for the children is top of the line.  The owners never look at prices.  They order whatever is best for the children.  The children and classrooms always have everything they need.  This is the first place I have been employed that is like this.  It seems that every other place I have been in is all about making money.  The staff is very well qualified, a number with bachelor degrees.  The only thing I feel that is lacking is staff wages and compensation.  I do make more here than I have before, but it is still not enough.  I have two degrees and many years of experience.  I am not offered even health insurance.  I do understand that I will never be a millionaire in this profession, but I do feel early education teachers deserve much more than they currently get.  My goal is to keep working for Kensington Schools and move higher up in the company.  I want to fight harder for those of us in this field to get the compensation that we deserve.  I chose to pursue a master’s degree in this field to show parents and communities how important the early years truly are. 

 

References:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/investment-and-financing/