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I choose originally to work with NACYE, and I found the web page offered much recourse for educators. I decided to check out the National Black Child Development Institute, to see what their organization offered for children at the early childhood level. NBCDI supports and works primarily with Black children birth through age eight and their families, through coalition building with community-based organizations, foundations, corporations, school systems, elected officials, government, child care, Head Start and many other public and private partnerships. (NBCDI) The purpose of this program is to help our young black youth to:

To increase and equitably distribute quality across the birth through eight continuums, while also connecting early childhood and elementary schools, NBCDI focuses on: Supporting specific efforts to recruit, professionally prepare, compensate and retain a well-qualified workforce across multiple birth through eight settings, including family and center-based child care as well as public and charter schools

Commitments to ensuring cultural and racial diversity in the workforce, which has decreased, even while the population of children has grown increasingly more diverse [1] Supporting the development and revision of QRIS (Quality Rating and Improvement Systems) that are as focused on the “Quality” and the “Improvement” as they are on the “Rating”

Explicitly advocating for the inclusion of school- and community-based early childhood teachers and administrators in joint professional development opportunities with K-12 teachers and administrators Encouraging the development of culturally, linguistically and developmentally valid and reliable measurement tools for young children and the classrooms in which they learn

Encouraging states, districts and schools to embed professional development opportunities that support a deeper understanding of families’ race and culture, and explicitly teach teachers from all backgrounds how to develop and strengthen relationships with parents and the community

I think this is a great organization that many African American families can benefit from due to the cost of childcare. Making sure that no one is left behind, due to their families’ financial situations.