ERIC Number: EJ1451031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-308X
EISSN: EISSN-1059-308X
The Way H-O-M-E: Service Learning to Address the Early Education Teacher Shortage
Marisa Macy; Marla J. Lohmann; Elizabeth Neukirch; Kelcie Burke
School Community Journal, v34 n2 p159-178 2024
Community partnerships are essential for vitality in neighborhoods. A growing demand exists for training programs to attract and prepare a highly qualified workforce to serve young children and their families. Personnel across different stages of their career can help address our teacher shortages. Service learning is a useful strategy in communities that can be used to address the needs of humanity and community when it comes to the needs of and services for young children and their families. The purpose of this conceptual article is to propose strategies for ameliorating the teacher shortage. Service learning is embedded in the H-O-M-E model to create authentic opportunities for innovation that will be described in this article.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Community Involvement, Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Experiential Learning, Community Cooperation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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