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Knowledge and Beliefs of Early Childhood Education Students at Different Levels of Professional Preparation
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Goble, Carla B.; Horm, Diane M.; Atanasov, Amy M.; Williamson, Amy C.; Choi, Ji Young – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2015
The expansion of early childhood education programming has heightened the focus on teachers' educational preparation and its role in providing high-quality services for young children. The interest in teachers' education is especially relevant in early childhood since differentiated levels of preparation are commonly used in quality rating and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
High Tech, High Touch: An Innovative Approach to Professional Development for CDA Candidates
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Whitehead, Linda C.; Rudick, Sherrie; South, Kathy – Young Children, 2011
As barriers to online learning, such as lack of access to high-speed Internet connections, disappear, online learning opportunities are likely to become more and more available to early childhood educators. The eCDA program provides an individualized approach to training and support for earning the Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Credentials, Early Childhood Education, Online Courses
Analysis of Ongoing Participation in a Child Care Workforce Cash Incentive Programme in the United States
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Gable, Sara; Rothrauff, Tanja C.; Thornburg, Kathy R.; Mauzy, Denise – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The current study extends a recent workforce development programme evaluation and examines the relationship between ongoing success in the three-year programme and participants' educational attainment, professional activities and several employment factors. Three hundred and twenty-seven teaching staff and 92 directors from 99 child care centres…
Descriptors: Credentials, Employment, Educational Attainment, Role of Education
Teacher Education and PK Outcomes: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
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Bogard, Kimber; Traylor, Fasaha; Takanishi, Ruby – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Recent studies do not find consistent relationships between teacher degree, major, and certification, and PK outcomes (Early, D. M., Bryant, D. M., Pianta, R. C., Clifford, R. M., Burchinal, M. R., Ritchie, S., et al. (2006). Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Qualifications
Raising Quality through Training: National Training Survey Results and Recommendations
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Smith, Linda K. – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) are one of the major vehicles in the United States for providing training to child care providers. The quality of care children receive in child care settings is due, in large part, to the effectiveness of the training child care providers receive from CCR&Rs and other community…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Workshops, Safety, Occupational Mobility
Competence: News for the CDA Community. 1993.
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Brown, Patricia A., Ed. – Competence, 1993
This document contains three issues of Competence, from April, July, and November 1993, Volume 10, 1-3. This newsletter is published by the Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition, the organization that awards the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential to child caregivers. Each issue focuses on aspects and concerns involving…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Certification, Child Caregivers, Child Development