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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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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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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Unpublished docotral dissertation: Capella University, Minneapolis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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More than a shortage of early childhood teachers: Looking beyond the recruitment of university qualified teachers to promote quality early childhood education and care
Fenech, Marianne, May 2009
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 37(2), 199-213

A study of issues and challenges attracting, training, and retaining university qualified early childhood teachers and a study of the motivations, beliefs and expectations from a survey of 15 mature age postgraduate students in an Australian early childhood education program

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Practitioners’ experiences of personal ownership and autonomy in their support for young children’s thinking
Robson, Sue, March 2009
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 10(1), 43-54

An exploration of practitioner experiences with the extension of children’s thinking as well difficulties and frustrations encountered in their work with children based on informal 1 to 1 semi-structured interviews with 1 male and 12 female early years practitioners in private, voluntary and local authority nursery schools and reception classes in England

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Retention of staff in the early childhood education workforce
Holochwost, Steven J., October 2009
Child & Youth Care Forum, 38(5), 227-237

An examination of factors that relate to the intent to stay in the field of early childhood education based on results of a statewide survey of eight hundred and forty-six early childhood educators

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Uncovering common stressful factors and coping strategies among childcare providers
Baumgartner, Jennifer, October 2009
Child & Youth Care Forum, 38(5), 239-251

A qualitative study of stress reduction strategies used by child care providers, from the self reports of a random sample of 10 child focus group participants from multiple licensed child care centers in a mid-sized city in the South

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