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Roots of Decline: How Government Policy Has De-Educated Teachers of Young Children PDF
by Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook (2006)
"Roots of Decline" analyzes labor trends for the early care and education workforce over the past 25 years - notably, an overall decrease in educational qualifications, and persistent wage stagnation - in the light of federal and state policy, and makes a series of recommendations for reversing these downward trends. This report was produced with support from the Foundation for Child Development.

 

Clearing a Career Path: Lessons From Two Communities in Promoting Higher Education Access for the Early Care and Education Workforce PDF
by Kara Dukakis and Dan Bellm (2006)
This report documents recent groundbreaking efforts in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, CA, including challenges faced and lessons learned, as a guide for other counties and institutions seeking to improve professional development in the early care and education field.  Areas covered include:

  • Student counseling, advising and communication
  • Programs for English language learners
  • BA degree options
  • Leadership development

 

Time to Revamp and Expand: Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs in California's Institutions of Higher Education PDF     Executive Summary PDF
by Marcy Whitebook, Dan Bellm, Yuna Lee and Laura Sakai (2005)
This August 2005 report presents the results of an inventory of nearly all (98.5%) of California institutions of higher education that train adults to teach children under the age of five, including certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs. Includes data on student and faculty characteristics; coursework and practicum experiences provided; challenges faced by these programs; and available student supports to make programs accessible.

This study is linked to a national study of Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs in the US, led by researchers at the FPG Child Development Institute. Their national report is available at http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/pdfs/national_report.pdf, and state reports are available at http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npc/pages/state_reports.cfm.

 

Establishing Teacher Competencies in Early Care and Education: A Review of Current Models and Options for
California PDF
by Dan Bellm (2005)

 

Two Years in Early Care and Education: A Community Portrait of Quality and Workforce Stability, Alameda County, California
by Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Phillips, Dan Bellm, Nancy Crowell, Mirella Almaraz and Joon Yong Jo

This study was the first to provide a comprehensive portrait of early care and education services in one community, followed prospectively over time, and including all three sectors of the industry: licensed center-based care, licensed family child care homes, and license-exempt home-based care. Data collection took place in 2001-2003.

 

Lessons from CARES and Other Early Care and Education Workforce Initiatives in California, 1999-2004: A Review of Evaluations PDF
by Marcy Whitebook and Dan Bellm (2004)

 

By a Thread: How Child Care Centers Hold On to Teachers, How Teachers Build Lasting Careers
by Marcy Whitebook and Laura Sakai (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004)

This book presents the results of an in-depth survey of 75 child care centers, indicating how low pay, low status, and high turnover at these centers impacts the quality of child care they provide.
To read more about the book, see http://www.upjohninstitute.org/publications/titles/bat.html
To read the introductory chapter, see http://www.upjohninstitute.org/publications/ch1/bat.pdf

 

Early Education Quality: Higher Teacher Qualifications for Better Learning Environments - A Review of the Literature PDF Summary version PDF
by Marcy Whitebook (2003)

 

Turnover Begets Turnover: An Examination of Job and Occupational Instability Among Child Care Center Staff PDF
by Marcy Whitebook & Laura M. Sakai, first published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2003, pp. 273-293

 

Evaluating The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS): Assessing Differences Between the First and Revised Edition PDF
by Laura M. Sakai & Marcy Whitebook, first published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2003, pp. 427-445

 

Inside the Pre-K Classroom: A Study of Staffing and Stability in State-Funded Prekindergarten Programs
by Dan Bellm, Alice Burton, Marcy Whitebook, Linda Broatch & Marci P. Young (2002)

This study documents the current state of staff qualifications, stability, turnover and compensation in state-funded prekindergarten programs. It also identifies conditions under which Pre-K initiatives promote a more skilled and stable, and better compensated, early care and education workforce.

 

Then and Now: Changes in Child Care Staffing, 1994-2000
(2001), a longitudinal study of center-based quality and staffing in three Northern California communities, produced in collaboration with CCW.

 

Finding A Better Way: Defining and Assessing Public Policies to Improve Child Care Workforce CompensationPDF
by Marcy Whitebook & Abby Eichberg (2001)

 

Working for Worthy Wages: The Child Care Compensation Movement, 1970-2001PDF
by Marcy Whitebook (2001)

 

Taking On Turnover: An Action Guide for Child Care Center Teachers and Directors
by Marcy Whitebook & Dan Bellm (1999)

 

The Early Childhood Mentoring Curriculum (Two volumes: A Handbook for Mentors, and Trainer’s Guide)
by Dan Bellm, Marcy Whitebook & Patty Hnatiuk (1997)

 

The National Child Care Staffing Study
by Marcy Whitebook, Deborah Phillips & Carollee Howes

A groundbreaking study of the demographic characteristics, professional preparation, quality, turnover, pay and working conditions of center-based child care workers in the United States.
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