I Am a Brain Builder

In her presentation at the KinderCare Teacher Awards gathering during the NAEYC 2016 Conference, Susan Perry-Manning, the new executive director of the Early Care and Education Consortium, talked about the critical role of teachers.

“As we all are now very aware, business and military leaders, law enforcement officials, and policymakers around the country continue to call for greater investments in early learning because they understand the link between early learning and our shared success.

“So the next time someone asks you what you do, you might say you are teachers and caregivers for our next generation of leaders who will solve our world problems or you might say that you…

• Build brains for a living, or
• Create our future workforce, or
• Fuel our nation’s economic prosperity, or
• Protect our national security!”

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