ED323031 PS019045
Title: Who
Cares? Child Care Teachers and the Quality of Care in America. Final
Report, National Child Care Staffing Study.
Author(s): Whitebook, Marcy; And Others
Author Affiliation: Child Care Employee Project, Berkeley, CA.(BBB21939)
Pages: 191
Publication Date: 1989
Notes: For Executive Summary, see PS 019 046.
Sponsoring Agency: Foundation for Child Development, New York, NY.
(BBB00201)@Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY. (QPX12280)@Ford Foundation,
New York, NY. (QPX27000)
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from
EDRS.
Availability: Child Care Employee Project, 6536 Telegraph Avenue,
A201, Oakland, CA 94609 ($25.00).
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1991
The National Child Care Staffing Study (NCCSS) was designed to explore how child care teaching staff and their working conditions affect the caliber of center-based child care. Four major policy questions were addressed: (1) Who teaches in America's child care centers? (2) What do they contribute to the quality of care provided? (3) Do centers that meet or fail to meet nationally established quality guidelines, that operate under different financial and legal auspices, and that serve families from different socioeconomic backgrounds also differ in the quality of care offered to children or the work environments offered to their staff? (4) How have center-based child care services changed from 1977 to 1988? Participants were 227 child care centers in 5 metropolitan areas: Atlanta (Georgia), Boston (Massachusetts), Detroit (Michigan), Phoenix (Arizona), and Seattle (Washington). Classroom observation and interviews with center directors and staff provided data on center characteristics and program quality, and on staff qualifications, commitment, and compensation. In Atlanta, child assessments were also conducted to examine the effects on children of such center and staff attributes as program quality and staff training. Part I of this report describes the purpose, goals, and design of the NCCSS. The six chapters of Part II concern child care teachers and the quality of care in America. Part III describes variations across centers. Part IV presents recommendations and a conclusion. Related materials, including 55 references and a glossary, are appended. (RH)
Descriptors:
Comparative Analysis; *Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education;
*Educational Quality; Family Characteristics; Interviews; National
Surveys; Observation; Outcomes of Education; Personnel; *Predictor
Variables; Tables (Data); *Teacher Characteristics; Urban Areas;
*Wages; *Work Environment
Identifiers: Arizona (Phoenix); Georgia (Atlanta); Massachusetts
(Boston); Michigan (Detroit); Washington (Seattle)
