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Emily R. Wiegand; Shannon Guiltinan; Thao Tran; Robert M. Goerge – Administration for Children & Families, 2024
Postsecondary programs in early childhood education (ECE) can provide a pathway for new educators to enter the child care and early education (CCEE) field or for the advancement and professional development of individuals already in the field. At a time when CCEE administrators report difficulties in finding qualified applicants, the recruitment…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Labor Force Development
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Finkel, Ed – Community College Journal, 2022
Community college early childhood education programs prepare students for a career path that enjoys plenty of demand, although that's at least in part due to low wages that make hiring and retaining good workers a challenge. That challenge has become more acute during the COVID-19 pandemic, given the literally hands-on nature of the work. Demand…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Early Childhood Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Keith, Rebecca S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The focus of this dissertation was to explore the importance of high quality early education in later secondary education development, quantifying quality in early childhood education programs, and examining how teacher education contributes to quality of early childhood education programs. For phase I, early childhood education positively…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Academic Achievement, Secondary Education