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Talan, Teri N.; Kelton, Robyn – McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2021
Over the past decade, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have increasingly come to recognize the importance of quality in early care and education. Along with this recognition is compelling evidence that sound administrative practices help ensure high-quality learning opportunities for young children. Since its first publication in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Program Administration, Program Evaluation
Anderson, Elaine A. – 1981
A questionnaire designed to measure a number of topical issues regarding child care providers and child care provision was sent to all licensed family day care home providers in the state of Connecticut. The questionnaire focused on six major areas of investigation: the service provider's history in the area of day care, issues surrounding…
Descriptors: Certification, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
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Ebbeck, Marjory – International Journal of Early Years Education, 1995
Examined the views of both Chinese parents and Chinese teachers in Hong Kong concerning the purposes of early childhood education. Found that early childhood education in Hong Kong refers to kindergartens and nursery centers, and that this administrative division leads to community views whereby nurseries are perceived as being only child-minding…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Texas State Dept. of Community Affairs, Austin. Office of Early Childhood Development. – 1976
This pamphlet defines and discusses the family day home system. A family day home is a private home where six or fewer children under 14 years of age, including the day care giver's own children, are cared for during a part of the 24-hour day. Several family day homes under the auspices of one agency comprise a family day home system. Usually the…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Certification, Child Caregivers
Beck, J. Milton – 1978
Child development programs at the 103 California community colleges were studied to justify and demonstrate the need for continued project development of on-campus laboratory facilities. Information, collected from college catalogs, directories, and telephone interviews with college personnel, was analyzed to clarify confusing terminology and to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Fiene, Richard – 1992
This report presents data collected in a pilot study of 55 day care programs in 14 states by the National Child Care Association. Information was gathered through: (1) day care center self-evaluations; (2) surveys of staff, parents, and children; and (3) on-site visits. The first of the report's two sections presents data from the self-evaluations…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Annual Reports, Child Caregivers, Child Health