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Peer reviewedWard, Christopher R.; Smith, Thomas – Community Services Catalyst, 1992
Discusses the development, replication, and outcomes of a community college-based program to train and place older adults in child care jobs. Describes the collaboration between community colleges and Generations Together, an intergenerational program at the University of Pittsburgh. Identifies conditions favoring program expansion and success.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Ward, Christopher R.; Smith, Thomas B. – 1993
Recognizing the increasing demand for older adults to work as child care employees, this manual presents the Generations Together model for training older adults at the community college level to work in child care settings. The manual describes the steps necessary to implement a community-college-based, older-adult child care employment training…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Community Colleges
Newman, Sally M.; Vander Ven, Karen; Ward, Christopher R. – 1992
As the American population ages, society has grown more concerned about using older adults' skills and experience so they remain active, contributing members. Noting that work in child care for appropriate older adults is both natural and timely, this manual provides practical, concrete steps for implementing the guidelines of the Productive…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Child Care Occupations
Download full textWard, Christopher R. – 1993
To address the expanding need for child care workers and the increase in older adults requesting job training, Generations Together (GT) developed two year-long projects to implement child care training for older adults at community colleges nationwide. The first project involved replicating a GT-developed child care curriculum and…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
