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Redleaf Press, 2005
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) administers the nation's largest and most widely recognized accreditation system for child care centers, preschools, kindergartens, and other early childhood education programs. The standards and accreditation criteria included in this book were approved by the NAEYC Governing…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Criteria, Child Care Centers
Ennes, Judy; Lauster, Charles – 2002
Noting that locating suitable space can be a challenge when starting a new early childhood program or relocating an established program in New York City, this resource paper focuses on physical sites for early education and child care programs and services. Presented in three parts, the paper includes tips for assessing the feasibility of a…
Descriptors: Architects, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
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Canning, Patricia M.; Lyon, Mary E.; Kienapple, Kim; Young, Jeffrey – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
Examined how Canadian day care centers are operated and managed, to identify differences in organizational structure and behavior between non-profit and for-profit centers and characteristics of structure and management linked with high quality care. Found that non-profit centers were more complex, more formalized, and less centralized than…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Comparative Analysis
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Sagi, Abraham; Koren-Karie, Nina; Gini, Motti; Ziv, Yair; Joels, Tirtsa – Child Development, 2002
The Haifa Study of Early Child Care examined the unique contribution of various child-care-related correlates to infant-mother attachment. Findings indicated that, after controlling for other potential contributing variables (including mother characteristics, mother-child interaction, and mother- father relationship), center care adversely…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Care Effects
American School & University, 2002
Describes the design of notable day care facilities, including the educational context and design goals. Includes information on architects, suppliers, and cost, as well as photographs. (EV)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Child Care Centers, Construction Costs
Reynolds, Dennis – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Recounts one man's experiences as a child caregiver and child care center director to illustrate the challenges faced by men in the child care field. Considers issues related to compensation, retention, anxieties over possible negative parental reaction, professional isolation, stereotypes and misconceptions, and the administrator-caregiver…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Child Advocacy, Child Care
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Fleming, Judith; Love, Maria – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2003
Discusses the Systemic Change Model for Leadership, Inclusion, and Mentoring (SLIM), designed to help directors of child care organizations lead successful systemic changes. The model includes recommendations for building caring, consistent relationships with the total system, staff empowerment, a mentoring program to help the director focus…
Descriptors: Administrators, Change Strategies, Child Care Centers, Educational Change
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Drentea, Patricia; Durham, Suzanne; Mwaria, Mercie; Norman, Emily; Xi, Juan – Child Care in Practice, 2004
We examined how to allocate a subsidy to low-income women that would stabilize children in day care at a Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). The subsidy is to alleviate day care hopping (i.e. when parents move from day care to day care) leaving unpaid tuitions at each place. Day care hopping is really a survival strategy for the working…
Descriptors: Mothers, Females, Focus Groups, Low Income Groups
Stoneburner, Chris – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics of the current workforce in early childhood. This report highlights key characteristics of the 2005 early childhood center workforce in Ohio. Survey packets were sent to 3.600 randomly selected centers in April 2005, representing centers licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and…
Descriptors: Wages, Young Children, Occupational Surveys, Early Childhood Education
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Winter, Suzanne M.; Zurcher, Raymond; Hernandez, Arthur; Yin, Zenong – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2007
The Early ON School Readiness Project is an emerging community-based model aimed at promoting the school readiness of 3- to 5-year-old children in a metropolitan area with a predominantly Latino (Mexican-American) population. Using an ecological approach, the multi-component program seeks to enhance school readiness opportunities for children at…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Parent Education, Young Children
Smith, Kristin – Carsey Institute, 2006
This policy brief examines who is taking care of preschoolers of employed mothers in rural America. While most rural families choose home-based child care (such as relatives or informal nonrelated care providers), formal care (such as in day care centers) has positive benefits to a child's development. The brief recommends that programs are needed…
Descriptors: Child Care, Rural Areas, Child Care Centers, Employed Parents
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Ahn, Hey Jun; Stifter, Cynthia – Early Education and Development, 2006
This observational study examined practices through which child care teachers socialize children's emotion. A specific aim was to describe strategies of teacher intervention in response to emotion displayed by children in child care centers, and to answer the question of differential interactions based on children's age and gender. The results of…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Preschool Teachers, Child Care Centers, Empathy
Maxwell, Lorraine E.; Evans, Gary W. – DesignShare (NJ1), 1999
There is a considerable amount of research documenting the effects of noise on children. The effects are largely negative. Chronic exposure to noise has been shown to be harmful to children of various ages. It can have especially detrimental effects on younger children when language and discrimination skills are forming. Sometimes major noise…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Acoustics, Educational Environment
Bridges, Margaret; Carlat, Jennifer – 2003
Over half of this nation's children 5 years and under are in nonparental care while their parents work. Research indicates that children benefit from being with well-trained, consistent early care and education staff. Staff retention is crucial because frequent turnover impedes the formation of positive nurturing relationships between caregivers…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education
Osborn, Hazel A. – Child Care Information Exchange, 2003
Urges child care programs to seek accreditation from NAEYC's National Academy of Early Childhood Programs to increase program quality and provides information on the validation process. Includes information on the validation visit and the validator's role and background. Offers suggestions for preparing the director, staff, children, and families…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Administrators, Child Care
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