Hannah Slater, Allie Spredemann and Aubrie Pruess presented “Advocacy In Action” at the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children’s Fall Institute. Their work was supervised by Dr. Brandy Smith, assistant professor of education. Their presentation emphasized the importance of being an advocate for students and families to ensure all children have access to high-quality education. They also shared considered tools educators could use to be advocates, including how to find contact information for their local and federal representatives, how to track important legislative bills, and how to talk to create communications to advocate.
More than 700 early childhood professionals attended the two-day conference focused on critical early childhood issues.
