ERIC Number: ED611677
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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Center- and Program-Level Factors Associated with Turnover in the Early Childhood Education Workforce. REL 2021-069
Caven, Meg; Khanani, Noman; Zhang, Xinxin; Parker, Caroline E.
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands
Staff turnover is a pressing problem in early childhood education. High turnover can create organizational instability and distract from the care and education mandate of early childhood education centers. The Early Childhood Workforce Development Research Alliance of the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands wants to better understand the factors associated with turnover in the early childhood educator workforce. Using data from the 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education, this study found that a low average turnover rate across early childhood education centers obscured systematic variation in turnover patterns across types of centers and programs, with high turnover rates in some types. Higher wages were associated with lower turnover rates across centers. Turnover rates were highest among private-pay centers serving children ages 0-5. Nonwage benefits such as health insurance and retirement benefits and paid time off for professional development were generally unrelated to turnover rates. Educators were also clustered into certain center types based on background characteristics; Black educators and educators with lower educational attainment more likely to work in centers with low wages and high turnover. [For the appendixes, see ED611678; for the study brief, see ED611681; for the study snapshot, see ED611682.]
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Salaries, Institutional Characteristics, Fringe Benefits, Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Racial Differences, Teacher Background, Educational Attainment, Experienced Teachers
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED); Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands (ED); Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES17C0008
IES Publication: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4633