The purpose and goals of the CFT Early Childhood Education Committee are:

• to monitor issues and activities relating to pre-school, Head Start, child care and nursery school programs before state and federal legislative and regulatory committees.
• to review existing policy and to recommend policy positions to CFT governance bodies on matters relevant to early childhood education.
• to keep the Federation and its members informed regarding new trends and programs in the field of early childhood education.
• to participate in the development of workshops and training programs at appropriate CFT conferences.
• to participate in the development of organizational tactics and strategies to assist the CFT in expanding its representational base among early childhood education workers.

Click here for minutes of the January 27, 2007 Early Childhood Education Committee meeting.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Elaine Merriweather, Chair, United Educators of San Francisco		Liz Muhammad, Early Childhood Federation of Teachers
Isabell DelGadillo, ABC Federation of Teachers		Susheela Narayanan, AFT Guild-San Diego Community Colleges
Irma Fraigun, United Teachers Los Angeles		Melissa Petersen, ABC Federation of Teachers
Elaine Francisco, Jefferson Elementary Federation of Teachers		Arleen Rivera, Early Childhood Federation of Teachers
Rosa Maria Garcia, Lawndale Federation of Classified Employees		Betty Robinson-Harris, United Educators of San Francisco
Cheryl Johnson Jones, United Teachers Los Angeles		Joy Wi, United Child Care Educators of San Francisco
Tracey Massin, San Francisco College Federation of Teachers		Sandra Weese, Staff Liaison
Tracy Matheny-Thomas, United Educators of San Francisco