MAKING CONNECTIONS: Power to the Profession Is Launched! / FORMAR CONEXIONES: ¡Se lanza La Profesión al Poder

Required accountability and quality assurance (certification-eligibility and exam, approved competency attainment sources-institutions of higher education and other organizations) 8.Required support and infrastructure (for educators, higher education degree programs, states, professional associations, and governing bodies) The intent is to result in an agreed-upon framework that can be embedded in federal legislation and adopted by states through model legislation. Power to the Profession Participants Participantes de La Profesión al Poder National Task Force Organizations Organizaciones nacionales: el grupo de trabajo * American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees * American Federation of Teachers * Associate Degree Early Childhood Teacher Educators * Child Care Aware of America * Council for Professional Recognition * Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children * Early Care and Education Consortium * National Association of Family Child Care * National Association for the Education of Young Children * National Association of Elementary School Principals * National Education Association * National Head Start Association * Service Employees International Union * ZERO TO THREE National Stakeholder Organizations Organizaciones nacionales: partes interesadas * American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education * American Indian College Fund * BUILD Initiative * Center for American Progress * Center for the Study of Child Care Employment * Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes * CLASP * Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation * Council of Chief State School Officers * Data Quality Campaign * First Five Years Fund * JumpStart * McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership * Military Child Education Coalition * National Academy of Sciences * National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education * National Association of State Boards of Education * National Black Child Development Institute * National Board for Professional Teaching Standards * National Council of La Raza * National Governors Association * National Institute for Early Education Research * National League of Cities * National Women's Law Center * National Workforce Registry Alliance * New America * Ounce of Prevention Fund * Save the Children * TEACH Early Childhood National Center * Teach for America