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Kinley, Gary J.; And Others – 1979
The official position of the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children (MiAEYC) regarding several core child care and educational issues is briefly stated. It is suggested that members and officers of MiAEYC, policy makers, and interested individuals refer to these statements as a basis for decision making and formulation of…
Descriptors: Certification, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care
Perney, Lawrence; And Others – 1975
This monograph describes a year-long, retraining program for East Cleveland kindergarten teachers that was based on teacher involvement in group discussions and curriculum improvement activities. The program was developed in order to provide, with no additional funds, an education to inner-city children that compared favorably with the education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Responsibility, Group Discussion, Inservice Teacher Education
Hotvedt, Kathleen J.; Hotvedt, Martyn O. – 1977
This book of tests is designed to assess the competencies of the Child Development Associate (CDA) trainee: both what the trainee knows and how well the trainee works with children. The tests are designed as posttests to be administered after the trainee's completion of the relevant learning module. Each test consists of multiple choice questions,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Pintchovski, Susan; Workman, Stefanie – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module focuses on the staff's role in creating and maintaining a child-oriented learning environment for preschool children. An Environment Checklist is provided to help CDA interns assess the richness of their classroom environments before and after completing the training module. Module objectives,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
Migliaro, Ann – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, was designed to provide the CDA intern with knowledge of how to establish grouping patterns which meet the program objectives, the teacher's objectives, and the children's needs. Objectives are presented along with suggested activities for achieving each objective, and an assessment…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Group Activities
Foster, Cheryl – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module is designed to help the CDA intern establish a positive type of relationship with parents which will lead to effective communication and cooperation between home and school. Objectives are presented along with suggested activities for achieving each objective and an assessment checklist. Also…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes
Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
Students who master the material in this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module should know how to (1) involve a parent in a center activity, (2) foster cooperativeness at a staff meeting and (3) identify a community resource and show how it can be used to benefit the classroom. Both teacher and trainee materials are provided in the…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Resources, Competency Based Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
Hamby, Trudy M.; Jones, Leroy – 1976
This bibliographic resource guide provides information on source, content and availability of project curricula and training materials developed for the Child Development Associate (CDA) program by CDA Pilot Projects and Head Start Supplementary Training/CDA programs. Materials cited reflect a variety of approaches to CDA training to meet the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education
Gardner, Dorothy E.M.; Cass, Joan E. – 1965
This publication is intended to help teachers of young children in the informal preschool setting, particularly infant school teachers in England. Details of what 48 selected nursery and infant school teachers did and said during classroom "free time" periods were recorded by trained observers. This data is included in this book to…
Descriptors: Books, Classroom Research, Elementary School Teachers, Nursery Schools
Haberman, Martin, Ed.; Persky, Blanche, Ed. – 1969
This report contains recommendations for agencies concerned with the preparation and certification of professionals and the licensing of paraprofessionals to work with young children. People with leadership and supervisory skills are essential for college teaching, on-the-job supervision, and consultative services. Personnel on all levels should…
Descriptors: Certification, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Brown, Doris, Comp. – 1972
This selective abstract bibliography cites documents that are concerned with teachers, parents as teachers, and paraprofessionals involved with children in early childhood education. Entries selected appear in the ERIC Thesaurus (subject index) under these terms: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Teacher Role, Teacher Aides, Preschool…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Wolotsky, Hyman; And Others – 1970
The first booklet of the series Career Development in Head Start gives an overview of career development in this program. Career development, in which training is built into a job and is designed to lead to more responsible and better-paying jobs, involves task analysis, entry level positions, career ladders, training and education, released time,…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Development, Career Opportunities, Career Planning
Ueno, Tatsumi – Japanese Journal of Educational Research, 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an article on preschool education. The author's first point is that early childhood education should be run separately from elementary education. It is true that the education of five year olds forms part of elementary education and is so practiced in the USA and the UK,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Age Grade Placement, Age Groups, Early Childhood Education

Phillips, Deborah; Whitebook, Marcy – Young Children, 1986
Describes difficulties in locating accurate data on child care workers: numbers, occupational categories, salaries, differences in education and experience, and data on enrollment in training programs and final job choices. Advocates the formation of a review panel to guide agencies' efforts to clarify their current data collection systems. (KS)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Data Collection, Day Care, Definitions
O'Brien, Robert W.; D'Elio, Mary Ann; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Magee, Candice; Younoszai, Tina; Keane, Michael J.; Connell, David C.; Hailey, Linda – 2002
Recognizing that families have played an essential role in the Head Start philosophy since the program's inception, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is an effort to develop a descriptive profile of families participating in the Head Start program and services, as well as to develop, test, and refine Program Performance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Diversity (Student), Family Characteristics