The early childhood care and education workforce : challenges and opportunities : a workshop report / Committee on Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: A Workshop, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families.

Conference Name:

Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: A Workshop (2011 : Georgetown University)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early childhood teachers--Training of--United States--Congresses.

Early childhood teachers.

Early childhood education--United States--Congresses.

Early childhood education.

Early childhood educators--United States--Congresses.

Early childhood educators.

Child care--United States--Congresses.

Child care.

Early childhood teachers--Training of.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012]

Summary:

"Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these settings depend largely on the individuals within the ECCE workforce. Policy makers need a complete picture of ECCE teachers and caregivers in order to tackle the persistent challenges facing this workforce. The IOM and the National Research Council hosted a workshop to describe the ECCE workforce and outline its parameters. Speakers explored issues in defining and describing the workforce, the marketplace of ECCE, the effects of the workforce on children, the contextual factors that shape the workforce, and opportunities for strengthening ECCE as a profession."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining and describing the workforce

Economic perspectives on the early childhood care and education workforce

How the workforce affects children

Building the workforce and the profession

Workshop themes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309219341

0309219345

OCLC:

778902980