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Child Care Information Exchange, 1987
Suggests guidelines for day care center directors to follow when implementing a bonus system for staff members. Discusses goals, criteria, and types of bonuses used by the Exchange Panel of 100. Also lists the 100 panel members. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Sanders, Wendy Hinrichs – 1987
This consultant's manual aims to assist those who conduct training and technical assistance sessions for early childhood programs and staff. Section 1 offers background theory about effective ways to teach or to guide adults through a learning experience. Section 2 introduces the assistance process as a cycle progressing from assessment through…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Child Caregivers, Consultants, Day Care
Calder, Judy; Henry, Karen – 1983
Designed to provide information on child care options for children with special needs, this manual discusses the criteria necessary to implement services. Section 1 answers questions regarding referrals, resources, and benefits for the disabled child and family, as well as for child care providers and agency staff. Section 2 addresses seven action…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Caregivers, Children, Community Information Services
National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC. – 1998
Noting that providing child care is a business as well as a service to families, this videotape from the Indiana Child Care Collection details the basics in starting and maintaining a family child care program. The 28-minute video begins with a series of questions to help in the decision to become a child caregiver and features childcare providers…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Napa County Employment Training Office, CA. – 1990
A multiagency project designed a program to train participants to become licensed family day care home operators. Participant recruitment was conducted by means of a flyer, advertisements in the help wanted section, community service announcements, press releases, and notices to the high schools. The program recruited 43 potential family day care…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care
Mainini, Charles S.; Lindauer, Shelley L. Knudsen – 1988
This handbook serves as a guide for novice day care administrators and owners who want to establish a center, and for experienced providers who want to improve the quality of their programs. Information in the handbook was obtained through a survey of accredited centers. The three sections of the guide focus on child care in the 1980s,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
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Smith, Thomas B.; Newman, Sally – Young Children, 1993
Considers the ways in which young children, their families, and teachers and staff benefit from older adults' participation in early childhood and day care programs. Discusses the recruitment, screening, training, orientation, and supervision of older adults in early childhood programs. (BB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Chandler, Betsy; And Others – 1994
In 1990 the Kentucky General Assembly passed one of the most sweeping educational reform measures in the nation's history. Among the provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) was the creation of family resource and youth services centers in or near schools with large numbers of at-risk students. Family resource centers are primarily…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Child Caregivers, Counties, Day Care
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Statham, June – 1996
This 3-year study examined the implementation of the Children Act in Wales, which deals with providing, coordinating, and regulating day care and related services for children under 8 years. Data were collected through interviews with key officers and representatives of child care organizations, a national survey of day care providers, and an…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Caregivers, Compliance (Legal), Counties
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Fiene, Richard – 1992
A multi-dimensional training program is being implemented in Pennsylvania to improve the quality of early childhood and child care programs. Training opportunities are provided for early childhood program and day care center staff, group and family home day care providers, and unregulated child care providers. The overall training plan is designed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Caregivers, Cooperative Programs, Day Care
Brown, Nancy H.; And Others – 1990
This report on the training of child care staff in Delaware discusses issues relating to child care staff training and the quality of care in the state. Guided discussions and interviews were used to elicit descriptions of training, appropriate content and formats for training, a career development system, resource centers, and problems related to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Child Caregivers, Costs, Data Collection
Illinois State Dept. of Labor, Chicago. Human Services Manpower Career Center. – 1971
This feasibility study was undertaken to develop an integrated model for the delivery of neighborhood-based child care services to residents of the inner city which would: (1) put the needs of the child first, (2) provide supportive human services to the family unit, (3) provide inner city residents with career opportunities in the child care…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Career Opportunities, Child Caregivers, Clerical Workers
United Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Long Branch, NJ. – 1984
A project was undertaken to create a program of training to prepare physically handicapped but mentally alert clients of United Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Inc. in New Jersey for employment in various child care situations. Training was provided at the adult program site, Camp Oakhurst. During the project, 10 clients of the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cerebral Palsy, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1988
This publication aims to help infant/toddler caregivers and directors of infant/toddler programs by outlining the goals and skills needed to work with children during their first three years. The work is divided into two complementary sections, one for directors and one for caregivers. Section I defines the roles of directors of infant and toddler…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Day Care
Peterson, Judith A. – 1984
Self-evaluation, director observations and evaluations, parent statements, and a lack of staff-child interaction indicated that a problem existed within an infant-toddler group. A practicum was therefore conducted to improve the quality of care. In 12 workshops, inservice training for teachers and student aides was provided to increase use of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
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