Qualification requirements, evaluation systems, and quality assurance systems

Description:

This chapter examines three important factors that contribute to workforce development and quality professional practice for educators who work with children from birth through age 8: requirements to qualify for professional practice, evaluation of practice quality, and program accreditation and quality improvement systems. Each of these factors is examined in turn in the sections that follow. (author abstract)

Resource Type:

Other

Author(s):

Institute of Medicine (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.)

Publisher(s):

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Funder(s):

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; David & Lucile Packard Foundation; United States. Department of Education; United States. Administration for Children and Families; United States. Health Resources and Services Administration; Robert R. McCormick Foundation; W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Date Issued:

2015

Source:

In L. Allen & B. B. Kelly (Eds.), Transforming the workforce for children birth through age 8: A unifying foundation (pp. 421-459). Washington, DC: National Academies Press

Note:

Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success. Board on Children, Youth, and Families. LaRue Allen and Bridget B. Kelly, Editors. Chapter 10. This resource contains state-by-state information, including fact sheets, data tables, or online tools.

Topics:

7. Policies > 7.1. Child Care & Early Education Policies

5. Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce

ISBN

978-0-309-32485-4

Paperback

978-0-309-32486-1

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