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Aiming away: New Zealand child care supervisors' responses (2001-2002)
Duncan, Judith, 2006
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 13(2), 151-161

A study of child care supervisors’ perceptions of the purposes of their child care services, such as nurturing children, helping children learn, working with parents and community, and cultural advocacy, and their rankings of the importance of a list of stated purposes, based on the questionnaire responses of 78 New Zealand child care supervisors

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Apples, giraffes, and Martin Luther King: Curriculum policy in a kindergarten classroom
Davila, Sarah S., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Somerville, MA

An observational study of how a kindergarten teacher combined her knowledge and beliefs about early education with four state, local, and national curriculum initiatives, including No Child Left Behind and the National Association for the Education of Young Children's accreditation standards

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Approaching the problem of early childhood teacher turnover: Universal pre-K teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions and their relationship to policy-amenable teacher characteristics
Cho, Eun Kyeong, 2005
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, New York

An examination of universal prekindergarten teachers' work attitudes and turnover intentions in terms of their relations with teacher characteristics, public and institutional policies, and job position in the program

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Assessing the post-secondary early childhood teacher preparation programs in Florida
Birken, Brittany, 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida State University, Florida

An exploration of aspects of early childhood degree programs in Florida, including program characteristics, coursework and practica experiences provided to students, and challenges faced by faculty members in meeting the development needs of the early childhood workforce

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The association between the occupational stress of early childhood teachers and their beliefs and practices concerning the assessment of young children
Brewer, Denise M., 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

A survey-based examination of the relations among preschool teachers' occupational stress and their beliefs and practices in terms of assessment of young children

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Capturing promising practices
National Collaboration for Youth (U.S.), June, 2006
Houston, TX: Cornerstones For Kids.

A presentation of strategies for the recruitment and retention of youth workers, including those working in out-of-school time programs, based on interviews with 20 leaders of primarily community-based programs

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CARES Project: Riverside County: Matching Funds for Retention program implementation study report: Year I
Grove, Rebecca,
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A report on the planning, structure and implementation of a retention incentive program for child care providers in one California county

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CARES Project: Stanislaus County: Matching Funds for Retention program implementation study report: Year I
Grove, Rebecca,
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A report on the planning, structure and implementation of a retention incentive program for child care providers in one California county

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The child abuse potential inventory as a predictor of job performance for child care workers
Green, Louise, 1999
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

An exploration of the use of the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) inventory to predict child care worker quality and job performance, based on a sample of 62 child care workers, aged 25 through 68 years, associated with the Alabama Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries (ABCHFM)

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The child care crisis: Why the United States government should overhaul the current system and how increasing the wages and professionalism of child care workers benefits all Americans
Post, Jennifer, 2006
Unpublished master's thesis, Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY

A discussion of systemic problems in child care industry, and the socio-economic causes and consequences of these flaws

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Child Development Corps: Siskiyou County: Matching Funds for Retention program implementation study report: Year II
Grove, Rebecca,
Berkeley: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A report on the planning, structure and implementation in the second year of a retention incentive program for child care providers in one rural California county

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Early childhood teachers in contexts of power: Empowerment and a voice
Overton, Jenny, June 2009
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(2), 1-10

A critical case study of of teacher's percieved empowerment when faced with the imposition of changes to curriculum, policy, and practice, based on interviews with eight Tasmanian early childhood and elementary level teachers

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Education--a joint task for parents, kindergarten teachers and kindergarten student teachers
Anneli, Niikko, 2004
International Journal of Early Years Education, 12(3), 259-274

A qualitative study examining the perceptions of parents, kindergarten teachers, and kindergarten student teachers regarding education in Finland

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Evaluating a rural-based early childhood intervention service
Hemmings, Brian, 2004
Special Education Perspectives, 13(1), 31-54

An inquiry into the perceptions of both parents and caregivers on the quality of child care services, based on surveys with parents, caregivers, and other local service providers in New South Wales, Australia

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An evaluation of the SaMCARES program: Round 9 (2008-2009)
Applied Survey Research, September, 2009
San Mateo, CA: Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo.

Findings from an evaluation of SaMCARES, an intervention program to increase the retention and improve the quality of the early childhood education workforce in San Mateo County, California, based on information from a survey of and database records on program participants

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Evaluation plan 2000-2002: Bay Area Child-Care Retention Incentive programs: Developed in cooperation with Alameda and San Francisco Counties
Fuller, Bruce, 2000
Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.

A description of a plan to evaluate two child care retention incentive (CRI) programs in Alameda and San Francisco counties

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Factors related to the recruitment, training, and retention of family child care providers
Mueller, Charles W., 1995
Child Welfare, 74(6), 1205-1221

An study of the factors associated with recruitment, training, and retention of child care providers in two rural communities through the use of a multifaceted program evaluation strategy, with data collected over a two-year period through various types of interviews with a sample population of 125 FCC program recruits and participants

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Family child care providers' self-reported perceptions of isolation, autonomy and burnout
Roth, Sharon A., 2004
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

A survey of 71 family child care providers in New Hampshire using the Family Child Care Provider Work Conditions Survey to assess the demographics, self-perceived isolation of the work, and the level of burnout of providers, ranked by the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey

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Family service delivery in Early Head Start: Perspectives of professionals in six states
Zhang, Chun, 2000
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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Generative concern: Its relationship to job satisfaction and intention to remain among the child care workforce
Rouge, Emily Carole, 2006
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

An examination of the reasons why child care providers remain at and/or enjoy satisfaction in their jobs, with discussion of the well-documented, often-studied and persistent problem of high turnover rates among providers generally in the child care industry

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The impact of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intent to leave on employee retention: An investigation within the child care industry
Grigg, Sandra H., September 2009
Unpublished docotral dissertation: Capella University, Minneapolis

A study of the correlations between child care workers' intent to leave their organizations and their job satisfaction, commitment to their organizations, tenure, years of education, and their age based on the questionnaire responses of 152 employees in child care centers in Eastern North Carolina

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Improving the representation of indigenous workers in the mainstream childcare workplace
Hutchins, Teresa, March 2009
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(1), 2-9

An examination of workforce issues that serve as barriers to both attracting and retaining aboriginal staff derived from focus groups and discussions with a sample of 202 indigenous child care providers. 210 indigenous community members and 66 state and territory government representatives from across Australia

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In their own voices: Parents and providers struggling with child care cuts
Schulman, Karen, 2005
Washington, DC: National Women's Law Center.

A presentation of personal accounts of families and providers affected by budget cuts to programs providing early childhood education and care

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The link between different kindergarten attendance modes and the type of educational programs offered by teachers
Boardman, Margot, 2004
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 11(2), 14-26

An exploration into the differing perspectives of kindergarten teachers on half-day and full-day programs, based on surveys and interviews with 86 teachers of half-day and full-day kindergarten programs

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Men's work?: Changing the gender mix of the childcare and early years workforce
Owen, Charlie, 2003
(Facing the Future: Policy Papers No. 6). London: Daycare Trust.

A discussion of England’s efforts to encourage male workforce participation in child care and early education, including discussions on gender equality, the labor market, children’s needs, child protection, male and female child care workers and parents’ views and experiences, and elements of a strategy to increase male child care work

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