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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Childminders
Kinnaird, Robert, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW009). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of the characteristics of family child care providers in the United Kingdom, including administrative and business practices, average number of children served, income, qualifications, and training, based on provider surveys

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Nursery schools
Deakin, Gemma, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW012). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of preschools in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of preschool principals

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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Sessional providers
Nicholson, Susan, 2007
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW016). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A study of characteristics of organizations providing part-time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations

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2006 wage comparability study: North Dakota Head Start and Early Head Start
North Dakota State Data Center, March 2007
Fargo, ND: North Dakota State Data Center.

An investigation of the wages for teachers and staff working in Head Start or Early Head Start programs in North Dakota, and both an intra-industry comparison of wages by location and a comparison of these wages with those of workers in other industries

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5 years of learning: A report on the first five years of Santa Clara CARES 2002-2006
E3 Institute: Advancing Excellence in Early Education, 2007
San Jose, CA: E3 Institute: Advancing Excellence in Early Education.

A discussion of the implementation of the Santa Clara CARES (Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Educational Standards) program to provide incentives for early educators to seek educational and professional development opportunities

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Act up, calm down: Mental health consultants for preschools surprise with their success
Waldman, Hillary, 18 June, 2007
Hartford Courant,

An overview of Connecticut’s Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, a measurement of the effect of the child- and classroom-management advice of mental health professionals on the number of classroom behavior problems, and the quality of teacher-child interaction, and teacher beliefs, practices, and job satisfaction

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Analyzing the cognitive teaching styles of preservice and cooperating preschool teachers in Turkey
Kabadayi, Abdulkadir, April 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(3), 275-293

A descriptive investigation of the relationship between the cognitive styles and instructional preferences of Turkish preschool student-teachers and their practicing preschool teacher mentors

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Assignments as a pedagogical tool in learning to teach science: A case study
Garbett, Dawn L., October 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 28(4), 381-392

An interpretive study of teacher effectiveness in discovering children’s prior knowledge in the field of science

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At the heart of child care: Predictors of teacher sensitivity in center-based child care
Gerber, Emily, Q3 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(3), 327-346

An examination of the correlation between characteristics of early childhood teachers and settings and teacher sensitivity in 43 child care centers in Northern California

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Beliefs and practices of in-service preschool teachers in inclusive settings: Implications for personnel preparation
Mitchell, Linda Crane, October 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 27(4), 353-366

A study of the effects of early childhood teachers’ beliefs about developmentally appropriate practices on their attitudes towards, knowledge of, and comfort levels with children with disabilites, based on a sample of 47 teachers in the southeastern United States

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Building support for language and early literacy in preschool classrooms through in-service professional development: Effects of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP)
Dickinson, David K., Q2 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(2), 243-260

An evaluation of the impact of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP), an in-service training course for Head Start teachers, on growth in measures of classroom support for literacy among a group of program participants, as compared to a group of non-participants

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Career Promotions and Recruitment Strategy project: Executive summary
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.

A summary of research to identify target audiences, develop a viable message, and create an action plan to increase recruitment and retention in the child care and early education workforce in Canada

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Caregiver and teacher compensation: A crisis in the making
Cochran, Moncrieff M., September 2007
Zero to Three, 28(1), 42-47

A discussion of what constitutes quality Early Care Education and an argument to subsidize the cost of quality care including overviews of process quality, structural quality, teacher and caregiver compensation and work environment

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Cash incentives and turnover in center-based child care staff
Gable, Sara, Q3 2007
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(3), 363-378

A study of the relationship between participation in a cash incentive program and staff turnover among staff with varying levels of education in 167 child care centers in Missouri

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Child Care Circuit salary & benefits survey results: EOHHS Region 3 - Summer 2007
Child Care Circuit, 2007
Beverly, MA: Child Care Circuit.

An examination of the compensation and benefits of early childhood workers in Region 3 in Massachusetts in 2007, based on survey responses from 108 service providers from the Merrimack Valley and Metro North/Cape Ann areas of the state

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Child care Quality Rating and Improvement System: Considerations for development in Washington State
Washington (State). Department of Early Learning, September 2007
Olympia: Washington State, Department of Early Learning.

A discussion of the development of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) and the influence of licensing regulations on child care program quality in Washington state, with a focus on process quality, teacher compensation and teacher qualifications

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Child care work environments: The relationship with learning environments
Lower, Joanna K., Winter 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(2), 189-204

A study of the relationship between classroom global quality and the quality of the workplace environment for teachers, based on data collected from 225 teachers at 26 preschools

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Child care work environments: The relationship with learning environments
Lower, Joanna K., Winter 2007
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22(2), 189-204

A study of the correlations between global quality and organizational climate among staff, based on a survey of child care directors and teachers at 30 child care centers across the state of North Carolina

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Child care workforce in Minnesota: 2006 statewide study of demographics, training and professional development: Final report
Minnesota. Department of Human Services, June 2007
(DHS-5115-ENG). St. Paul: Minnesota, Department of Human Services.

A study of characteristics of the child care workforce in Minnesota, including size and stability, demographics, experience, and education and training, based on focus groups and surveys of licensed child care providers and child care center workers

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Child care workforce in Minnesota: 2006 statewide study of demographics, training and professional development summary
Minnesota. Department of Human Services, June 2007
(DHS-5115-ENG). St. Paul: Minnesota, Department of Human Services.

A summary of a study of characteristics of the child care workforce in Minnesota, including size and stability, demographics, experience, and education and training, based on focus groups and surveys of licensed child care providers and child care center workers

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Child care workforce in Minnesota: 2006 statewide study of demographics, training and professional development: Summary of focus group findings
Minnesota. Department of Human Services, June 2007
(DHS-5116-ENG). St. Paul: Minnesota, Department of Human Services.

A summary of findings from the focus group portion of a study of characteristics of the child care workforce in Minnesota, including size and stability, demographics, experience, and education and training

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Children of the new millennium: Research and professional learning into practice
Hill, Susan, 2007
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 14(1), 57-67

An investigation of the ways young children use information and communication technologies (ITC) at home and in early childhood settings, based on 31 teacher observations of 140 children in 16 different early childhood settings

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Children's services, wages and work choices
Lyons, Michael, September 2007
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 32(3)

An examination of the possible effects of the federal workplace relations system, providing employers the opportunity to challenge gender equal-remuneration decisions, for child care worker wages in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia

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Chutes or ladders?: Creating support services to help early childhood students succeed in higher education
Dukakis, Kara, 2007
Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

An exploration of efforts in California to support nontraditional students enrolled in higher education early childhood education programs

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College students' beliefs about preschooler's literacy development: Results from a national study of Jumpstart
Adler, Martha A., Fall 2007
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 9(2)

An exploration of changes in college students' beliefs about preschool literacy development after their involvement in a yearlong intensive program on the topic, from survey data of 941 participants in a large-scale national service Jumpstart program and 24 public university student participants in a smaller local Jumpstart program

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