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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten? An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements |
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Benefits of intergenerational staffing in preschools A study of the contributions that older adults, who have not been formally trained, had on early childhood educators and programs |
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Caregivers, workers, professionals: Challenges and strategies of family day care providers An examination of workplace challenges faced by family day care providers, and their strategic responses to these, based on data derived from a survey sent to a random sample licensed providers in Illinois |
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Child care meets health care: What other states can teach us about insuring the child care workforce in Illinois An exploration of program models for the provision of health insurance to early childhood workers, and recommendations for the development of a framework to provide health care coverage to early childhood workers in Illinois, based on case studies of programs currently implemented in California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina |
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Classroom-based interventions and teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence: Evidence from a randomized trial in Head Start settings A study of the impacts of the Chicago School Readiness Project (CSRP) classroom-based intervention on teachers' perceived job stressors and confidence, as indexed by their perceptions of job control, job resources, job demands, and confidence in behavior management, based on data from 90 teachers in 35 classrooms at 18 CSRP Head Start sites |
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Coaching and quality assistance in quality rating improvement systems: Approaches used by TA providers to improve quality in early care and education programs and home-based settings A study of the features of on-site technical assistance and coaching provided by state child care quality rating and improvement system technical assistance providers, based on interviews with 34 technical assistance providers in 17 states |
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Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states |
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Creating, constructing, and cultivating professional development within a Reggio-inspired early childhood education program A case study of methods of professional development within a program in Chicago inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach implemented between 1993-2003 from 3 focus groups, one with 7 teachers, one with 5 site directors, and one with 7 central office coordinators, as well as professional development documentation from the program |
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Early childhood educators' attitudes toward and knowledge about computers in the classroom A survey-based study of early childhood educators' views of computers in the classroom, including use of computers in the curriculum and their perceptions of how knowledgeable they are about utilizing computers in the classroom |
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Early childhood teacher preparation programs in the United States: State report for Illinois An overview of the characteristics of the programs, faculty, and students in early childhood teacher preparation programs to prepare the workforce of service providers to children under age 5 in Illinois |
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Educating early childhood teachers for the global world A description of Northeastern Illinois University's Early Childhood Program, which was recently redesigned to address contemporary global issues in curriculum, technology, multicultural education, and special education |
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Effectiveness of teacher-child interaction training (TCIT) in a preschool setting An examination of changes in teacher-child interaction behaviors throughout participation in Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) through weekly observations of 4 classrooms with 78 children ages 3- through 5-years-old in an urban, religiously affiliated child care center in Chicago |
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The effect of leadership training on child care program quality Longitudinal outcomes of a child care provider training program as reflected in participant competence, quality of subsequent teaching practices and quality of provider work life |
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Examining the Chicago early childhood teacher pipeline An examination of the higher education process of early childhood teachers in Chicago, Illinois and recommendations for recruitment and retention strategies by higher education programs and early education employers, based on an analysis of enrollment data and a survey of students in early education programs at Chicago State University, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, Dominican University, Erikson Institute, Northeastern Illinois University, National-Louis University, Roosevelt University, St. Xavier University, and University of Illinois at Chicago |
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An exploratory study: Early childhood caregivers' perceptions of community violence and its impact on practice A qualitative analysis of data from interviews with 73 directors, teachers, and assistant teachers in Chicago early childhood programs regarding their experiences with community violence and its consequences for caregiving practices, support needs, and staff recruitment and retention |
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Exploring learning with teachers and children: An administrator's perspective An investigation of how early childhood educators used the Reggio Emilia approach combined with the ideas of Paulo Freire to connect with the children, the classroom program, and the administration |
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Exploring sources of teacher stress in Head Start An examination of the relationships between teacher stress and educational background, time employed at Head Start, difficulty using teaching techniques, and work conditions, and a study of the moderating role of coping, from questionnaires of 22 teachers and 18 teaching assistants in a predominantly Latino community in Chicago |
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Family service delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of professionals in six states A discussion of the obstacles in delivering family service programs to families in Early Head Start programs, based on interviews with 43 Early Head Start directors and surveys of 206 staff members in six Midwestern states |
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From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level: Part 1: Who's teaching our youngest students?: Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers An examination of statewide efforts to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions |
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Getting organized: Unionizing home-based child care providers: 2010 update An examination of statewide efforts between February 2007 and March 2010 to allow home-based child care workers, including licensed family child care providers and regulation-exempt family, friend, and neighbor caregivers receiving subsidies, to join unions |
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The Illinois early childhood teacher reserve pool study A study of the current supply of qualified early childhood teachers in Illinois who are currently not working in public schools, based on a survey questionnaire |
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Illinois salary and staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2005 An inquiry into the compensation, recruitment, and retention of early childhood workers in child care centers and family child care settings, based on responses to a statewide survey of 301 child care centers and 356 family child care homes in Illinois |
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Illinois salary and staffing survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2009 A study of the characteristics of the workforce in licensed child care settings in Illinois, including staff professional development, turnover, education and credentials, experience, and compensation and benefits, based on a survey of 602 child care centers and 1,251 family child care homes |
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Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey of licensed child care facilities: FY 2011 A study of the characteristics of the workforce in licensed child care settings in Illinois, including professional development, turnover, education, credentials, experience, compensation, and benefits, based on survey responses from 745 child care centers and 1,392 family child care providers |
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