Advocacy & Recommendations
Iowa AEYC represents the efforts of early childhood educators before the state and federal government, helping legislators and policymakers understand the importance of the work early childhood educators do. We work to build public awareness about early childhood and early childhood issues through advocacy and outreach. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
We are committed to the creation and implementation of an early care and education system in Iowa that will ensure every child, beginning at birth, is healthy and successful. The first 2,000 days are critical to a child’s future well-being, ability to learn, and overall life success.
In response to the latest research on brain development and how children learn, and what we know about return on early childhood investments, we fully support the need for access to high-quality programming and an educated workforce for each and every child in our state, prenatal to age eight.
Research & Recommendations
2023 Iowa Child Care Workforce Study
This recent 2023 study provides comprehensive data on directors and the licensed early care and education programs in which they work.
2023 Recommended Salary Scale
In a first-of-its-kind release in Iowa, we present a recommended salary scale for all early care and education professionals in Iowa, based off data and findings from the 2023 Iowa Child Care Workforce Study.
