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Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2019
In the 2017-2019 operating budget, the Legislature appropriated $5,000 to create a child care workforce development technical workgroup (Workgroup) and directed the Department of Early Learning (now the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, or DCYF) to convene a group consisting of 13 stakeholders to develop recommendations for the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Labor Force Development
Culkin, Mary L.; Groginsky, Scott; Christian, Steve – 1997
The care and education of the youngest children in the United States has become a critical public policy issue affecting millions of families. This guide closely examines the issues and tradeoffs in key child care policy decisions that face state legislators. The guide provides a discussion of state efforts to build supply, improve quality, and…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support
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Polyzoi, Eleoussa; Kerr, Kaye – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1991
This paper reviews the current state of child care policy in Canada and the United States and describes a model undergraduate preparation program in child care and early childhood special education recently developed at the University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Career Technology and Adult Learning. – 1995
This document lists and discusses the development of Maryland's performance specifications for occupational programs. The introduction explains the process used to develop performance standards and specifications for 10 career cluster majors that were identified by a task force of educators and employers as high-demand occupational areas in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Air Conditioning, Allied Health Occupations, Biotechnology