Explains how day-care centers weigh the factors of responsibility, training, experience and performance in developing salary schedules. Discusses simplicity, security, clarity, flexibility, liability, and relevance as factors in refining salary schedules. Provides two models of salary schedules, the traditional approach and the performance-based…

In 1988, the National Child Care Staffing Study (NCCSS) exposed the minimally adequate and deteriorating quality that characterized many of our nation's full-day child care centers and linked this poor quality to the inadequate compensation available to child care teaching staff. This report describes a follow-up study done in 1992 to provide an…

This national survey of 137 child care institutions, the majority of which are members of the National Association of Hospital Affiliated Child Care Programs, provides 39 tables, some of which are accompanied by brief descriptions, explanations, or analyses. The tables supply information on: (1) organization and accreditation; (2) the size of…