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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
Whitebook, 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
Whitebook, Marcy; McLean, Caitlin; Austin, Lea J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2016
The State of the Early Childhood Workforce (SECW) Initiative is a groundbreaking multi-year project to shine a steady spotlight on the nation's early childhood workforce. The SECW Initiative is designed to challenge entrenched ideas and policies that maintain an inequitable and inadequate status quo for early educators and for the children and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Geographic Location
Carlebach, Ezri; Branco, Eduarda Castel; Deij, Arjen; de Jong, Mirjam; van Uden, Jolien – European Training Foundation, 2019
The world is undergoing a major transformation that requires new skills and qualifications, new ways for people to know about skills and qualifications, and new ways to acquire skills and qualifications. This toolkit is about skills and qualifications, and the benefits they provide for people in a changing environment. It focuses specifically on…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Job Training, Foreign Countries
Nebraska State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Lincoln. – 1995
This publication is designed to help individuals make well-informed career decisions and to guide them in the type of postsecondary education or training needed to prepare for a career. Numerous careers are listed here and grouped by interest area, such as artistic, scientific, and so on. For each career area listed, information is also given on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Jurmo, Paul – Literacy Harvest, 2002
Most of the job losses that occurred in New York City after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred in low-wage jobs held by lower-skilled workers. Many of those affected faced multiple obstacles limiting their employment prospects, including limited literacy and English language skills and a lack of "connections" to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development