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Workforce and Legislation

presented by Jeri McCorkle & Robyn Duffy

Workforce shortages are hitting everyone. There are new tools Legislation about early care and education is getting more attention with our policy makers, but how do you know where to look to keep up with what is going on? This presentation will show how to find the proposed bills and how to best advocate for your families and children. 

About the Presenters

Robyn has been working in early childhood in some capacity since 1990, first as a preschool teacher then as an Infant/Toddler Early Interventionist in North Carolina. Upon returning to Indiana in 1998, Robyn became the Child Development and Disabilities Coordinator for Early Head Start at Carey Services and also continued working as a Developmental Therapist for First Steps. She earned her Master’s Degree of Education in 2004, focusing on infant and toddler development. Robyn is a long-time member of the Grant County Early Childhood Coalition, a board member and treasurer for the Indiana Head Start Association, and an appointed member of the First Steps Interagency Coordinating Council. Robyn is a politics junkie and decided to pursue that odd passion by choosing public policy as her cognate for her Doctor of Education program through Ball State University.