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Download full textWhitebook, Marcy; McLean, Caitlin; Austin, Lea J. E.; Edwards, Bethany – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2018
The 2016 inaugural edition of the biennial "Early Childhood Workforce Index" represented initial efforts to establish a baseline description of early childhood employment conditions and policies on a state-by-state basis in order to improve early childhood jobs. This 2018 edition, as well as future editions, will focus on tracking…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Labor Force, Educational Policy, Preschool Teachers
McLean, Caitlin; Austin, Lea J. E.; Whitebook, Marcy; Olson, Krista L. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2021
The "Early Childhood Workforce Index" provides a state-by-state look at policies and conditions affecting the early care and education workforce. This biennial report has tracked state progress since 2016. This third, 2020 edition of the Index continues to track state policies in essential areas like workforce qualifications, work…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Labor Force, Educational Policy, State Policy
Burton, Alice; Whitebook, Marcy – 1998
Noting a growing consensus that inadequate compensation contributes to turnover among child care teachers and providers, and undermines the quality of services available to children through the state of California, this report presents compensation guidelines developed as a means for Title 5 child care centers and others in California to assess…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration), Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Whitebook, Marcy; Pettygrove, Willa – 1983
This pamphlet was written to assist child care employees in conducting a survey of the salaries, benefits, and working conditions of individuals and/or day care centers. The following topics are discussed: reasons for making a survey; limits of surveys; personnel, time, and money involved; sample selection and informaton collection strategies;…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Fringe Benefits
Whitebook, Marcy; Ginsburg, Gerri – 1985
Intended to help child care advocates understand and use the concept of comparable worth, this guide book defines "comparable worth" as a movement to get wages in any one workplace to reflect a just assessment of the skills and responsibilities demanded by a job rather than false assumptions about the financial needs of the worker or…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration), Day Care
Whitebook, Marcy; And Others – 1990
The comprehensive National Child Care Staffing Study confirmed that American children are in jeopardy because their teachers are poorly compensated and minimally trained. An increasing number of local and state efforts have begun to face this crisis head-on. This booklet reviews these efforts, focusing primarily on strategies for raising salaries.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Collective Bargaining
