A golden opportunity : advancing California's early care and education workforce professional development system / Lynn A. Karoly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karoly, Lynn A., 1961-

Contributor:

David & Lucile Packard Foundation.

Labor and Population Program.

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series

RAND Corporation monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood educators--Training of--California--Evaluation.

Early childhood educators.

Child care workers--Training of--California--Evaluation.

Child care workers.

Child care workers--Training of.

Evaluation.

Early childhood educators--Training of.

California.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 138 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [2012]

Summary:

"In an effort to inform preschool policy in California, an interdisciplinary team of RAND researchers conducted a multiyear study of preschool education known as the California Preschool Study. One of the recommendations from that study was the need for a more in-depth analysis of the effectiveness of the early care and education (ECE) workforce professional development system (PDS) in California. This study aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of what is known and what is not known about key dimensions of the state's ECE workforce PDS and the resulting outcomes. It finds that California has taken steps to implement components of a comprehensive ECE workforce PDS but further advances are needed. In addition, information gaps mean that it is not possible to identify inefficiencies in the current system. The study provides a set of recommendations for improving the system's effectiveness by making better use of existing resources and by improving the ability of the PDS to prepare and support the ECE workforce." --From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction

What we know from research about approaches to ECE workforce professional development

What we know from ECE workforce PDSS in other states

California ECE workforce requirements: competencies and credentials

Public and private postsecondary institutions that provide ECE workforce

Professional development in California

Federal, state, and local funding streams that support ECE workforce

Recommendations for California's ECE workforce professional development system

Appendix A: California child development permit matrix

Appendix B: structure of California CSU bachelor's degree programs focusing on young children

Appendix C: informal ECE training opportunities in California.

Notes:

"MG-1188-PF/BECF."

"Supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Buffett Early Childhood Fund."

"RAND Labor and Population."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-138).

ISBN:

9780833060112

0833060112

OCLC:

773495331