This implementation guide from the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance guides readers through five actions that are essential to creating and implementing a comprehensive, equitable salary scale, or structured schedule of compensation, for early educators. The “Salary Scale Playbook” is intended for all ECE program and system leaders, no matter if they are at the beginning or ending stages of developing a salary scale. The implementation guide offers approaches and resources to inform decision-making in line with your goals, context, and requirements.
Early Care and Education Workforce Salary Scale Playbook: Implementation Guide
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