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…

The Head Start home-based supervisor provides guidance, support, direction, and continuing staff development opportunities while attempting to maintain and improve quality of services to Head Start children and families. This guide is designed to help the home-based supervisor in carrying out responsibilities while supporting the home visitor, who…

An ethnographic pilot study explored mentor/protege relationships within the corporate setting of a consumer pharmaceutical firm to determine how minorities were affected. An unstructured interview format was used with 17 individuals in 4 groups: white and Afro-American, male and female. Interviews focused around the history and advantages of…

Noting that understanding the contexts, continuities, and controversies of early childhood education is a particularly challenging task because of the diversity of the field, this book provides a critical examination of the issues and controversies surrounding early childhood practices, policies, and professional development. The book's chapters…

Educators today are challenged with building a communications system that promotes educational values while at the same time teaching children to cope with a chaotic information environment. This report examines how educators are grappling with the difficult interplay of technological change and educational values. It begins by reviewing the…

Experts in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) from 11 countries participated in a UNESCO International Workshop. The countries were: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Korea, and South Africa. Workshop participants identified a range of issues relating to improving the…

Faculty and students face new challenges and questions regarding their roles in the emerging learning paradigm brought on by educational technology. This paper discusses six shifts from traditional educational institutions to a learner-centered university. Changes and developments include: (1) the teacher: from instructional deliverer to learning…

Based on the finding that the most important determinant of child care quality is the presence of consistent, well-trained, and well-compensated caregivers, this report discusses strategies to improve compensation in child care. It analyzes structural and social barriers to investing in decent-paying child care jobs; profiles a wide range of…

This paper provides a basic description of the methods used to make available non-instructional time and presents profiles of seven schools in the Network for Educational Renewal (NER). Each profile describes the school's unique background, approach to providing non-instructional time for teachers, and lessons learned. Some strategies identified…

This plan outlines the proposed professional development strategies and actions required for Maryland to achieve full success of the "Schools For Success 2000" school reform efforts. The plan's vision is reviewed and the leadership, resources, support systems, strategic alliance partner, best practices, and educational goals required to…

The Cornerstone Project was developed to build a strong foundation for urban adolescent student learning through staff development and student leadership development. This report summarizes its implementation and objectives and considers the responses of students and teachers. The program was developed at the Martin Luther King Law and Public…

Educational needs and interests of seniors and professionals were studied in relation to abuse and mistreatment of older adults in Saskatchewan, Canada. A triangulated approach involved three data collection instruments: telephone questionnaire interviews, focus group meetings, and key informant telephone interviews. Older adults, aged 55 and…

This report presents results from a 10-item survey of 750 educators from 14 school sites, designed to gain insights into the perceptions educators hold regarding the problems of identifying gifted children from economically disadvantaged and limited English proficient backgrounds. Results indicated that major barriers to identification were test…

This report describes how the National Network of Eisenhower Regional Consortia and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse are accomplishing their stated objectives. The report is organized into sections beginning with information about how to access the network. The topics of the remaining sections include: (1) Collaboration and Communication; (2)…

The purpose of the "Learning for a Sustainable Environment: Innovations in Teacher Education" project is to expand the range of innovative practices used in teacher education programs in the Asia-Pacific region. The project helps teacher educators develop the skills for introducing teachers and teachers-in-training to the concepts,…