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• Overview
  • Go to the QUEST web site [www.paQUEST.org]
  • Read a basic Worthy Wage flyer
  • Read other people’s comments about the campaign
  • Get involved with Worthy Wage
  • Call up the office to talk with someone personally - 215 893 0130
  • Get a Worthy Wage Social flyer
  • Come to our monthly Worthy Wage Social, third Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the DVAEYC office
  • Get your friends to come
• Leadership Training
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    • Read a flyer about LEAP
    • Get an application for a LEAP weekend retreat
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  • Legislative Outreach
    • Read more about our Legislative Outreach program
    • Find out who your legislator is
    • Talk with Public Policy staff about organizing a team from your program or community to inform a legislator about critical child care issues.
  • National Worthy Wage Day
    • Read about past Worthy Wage Day events in Philadelphia
    • Invite others to participate
    • Make and display dolls with signs
    • Make "Walk a Mile" shoes for your public officials
    • Invite an elected official or community leader to Job Shadow
    • Visit your legislator
    • Send information home with parents
    • Show the Worthy Wage video
    • Learn more about National Worthy Wage Day
    • Let us know what you do!
• Salary Initiatives
  • Best Places to Work Awards
    • Get a copy of the DVAEYC Best Practices Salary Scale: ece-salaryscale.pdf
    • Child Care: Financial Basics at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1751.pdf
  • Best Practices  Salary Scales
  • Costing Out Quality
    • Read an article on the true cost of care
    • Get forms from the to calculate true cost of care
    • Contact Childspace Cooperative Development, Inc. to arrange a workshop on the true cost of care.
    • Get a fact sheet for parents on the costs of child care
• Public Education Resources
  • Worthy Wage Dolls
    • Request a nomination form for the February 2005 "Best Place to Work" awards
  • Walk a Mile Campaign
• Read about Walk a Mile activities
• Make your own "walk a mile" shoe: http://www.paquest.org/PDF/Dolls%20and%20Shoes%209-27-01.pdf
• Job Shadowing
  • Read a more detailed description of Job Shadowing
  • Get a complete Job Shadowing packet from the DVAEYC office
  • Go to www.paQUEST.org "Resources" section for on-line materials
  • Go to http://www.ccw.org/pubs/WWday2002actionpacket.pdf
• Worthy Wage Video
  • Read a flyer about the video
  • View a clip of the video on line
  • Buy a copy for $10
• Arrange for an in-service or group showing with a member of the Public Policy resource person
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