The Mansfield Advocates for Children-MAC, (formerly Mansfield School Readiness Council) is an advisory committee composed of volunteers who are appointed by the Town Council and Mayor of Mansfield.
The mission of this body is: “To contribute to the positive development of all young children in Mansfield.”
MAC maintains a relationship with the Mansfield Board of Education, the Town Council and the Mayor. These relationships are important to sanction the work and vision of this group. The connections between Town leadership and MAC represent a clear and valuable commitment to the issues of early care and education by the Town and school district leadership. Regular communication between MAC and these entities is a priority for MAC.
Mansfield Advocates for Children views the following as its Roles:
The mission of this body is: “To contribute to the positive development of all young children in Mansfield.”
MAC maintains a relationship with the Mansfield Board of Education, the Town Council and the Mayor. These relationships are important to sanction the work and vision of this group. The connections between Town leadership and MAC represent a clear and valuable commitment to the issues of early care and education by the Town and school district leadership. Regular communication between MAC and these entities is a priority for MAC.
Mansfield Advocates for Children views the following as its Roles:
To improve access to quality early care and education for young children in Mansfield.
To provide leadership for Mansfield on early care and education issues.
To provide leadership for Mansfield on early care and education issues.
To increase awareness and understanding of early care and education issues among members of Mansfield.
To advocate for long-term investment in early care and education by the community and municipal government.
To empower parents to have an active voice and role in early care and education issues in Mansfield.
To evaluate opportunities for funding, training, and support.
To gather early care and education data and make use of these data to improve the lives of young children in Mansfield.
To identify, promote and publicize programs and resources for early care and education for Mansfield families.
To recruit and orient new members so that there is diverse representation of all constituents of Mansfield on MAC.
To be active in the work of improving early care and education in Mansfield, not only to be advisory in nature. Some of the topics we have been actively involved in are: Full Day Kindergarten research and survey; obtaining State of CT funding for families in need of support for early care and education; working with the UConn Provost’s Council on their survey on childcare needs in the University of Connecticut Community.
Developed 12/01/04
Submitted by: Sandra Baxter,
Mansfield School Readiness Coordinator
To advocate for long-term investment in early care and education by the community and municipal government.
To empower parents to have an active voice and role in early care and education issues in Mansfield.
To evaluate opportunities for funding, training, and support.
To gather early care and education data and make use of these data to improve the lives of young children in Mansfield.
To identify, promote and publicize programs and resources for early care and education for Mansfield families.
To recruit and orient new members so that there is diverse representation of all constituents of Mansfield on MAC.
To be active in the work of improving early care and education in Mansfield, not only to be advisory in nature. Some of the topics we have been actively involved in are: Full Day Kindergarten research and survey; obtaining State of CT funding for families in need of support for early care and education; working with the UConn Provost’s Council on their survey on childcare needs in the University of Connecticut Community.
Developed 12/01/04
Submitted by: Sandra Baxter,
Mansfield School Readiness Coordinator
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