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Download full textDoherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; Goelman, Hillel; Tougas, Jocelyne; LaGrange, Annette – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between quality in Canadian family child care homes and: provider characteristics and attitudes about…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
Goelman, Hillel; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; LaGrange, Annette; Tougas, Jocelyne – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between child care center quality and: center characteristics; teaching staff wages and working conditions;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
Read, Malcolm; LaGrange, Annette – 1990
This study examines the characteristics and work environments of approved family day home providers in Alberta. Family day home agency coordinators from across Alberta completed questionnaires, as did approved providers who contracted with 12 agencies in central Alberta. Typical providers were married, had children, and had lived in their present…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care, Foreign Countries
LaGrange, Annette; Read, Malcolm – 1990
This study examines the characteristics and work environments of child care personnel employed by 80 day care centers throughout Alberta. Findings indicated that, on average, child care staff had higher levels of education than the general adult population in the province. Considerable mobility within the child care field was found. Staff with…
Descriptors: Administrators, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; Tougas, Jocelyne; LaGrange, Annette; Goelman, Hillel – 2001
Four Canadian provinces license or contract with family child care agencies, which in turn recruit and monitor child care providers. These family child care agencies have two primary roles: monitoring and supervising providers, and supplying their affiliated family child care providers with professional development opportunities and other types of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Role, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
