Practicums make up nearly half the hours of experience and training in a two-year program training specialists for Early Childhood Education and Management. (Author/AJ)

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on child care services are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of home economics. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on child care services are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of home economics. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…

To relate the three major aspects of the home economics program at the secondary level, a curriculum model consisting of education for homemaking and family life, education for employment utilizing home economics knowledge and skills, and pre-professional education was developed by the director of the Department of Vocational and Technical…

The educational implications of the research, "A Survey and Analysis of Major Tasks, Knowledges Associated with Work and Child Care Occupations," (ED 021 066) are examined. A proposed framework for curriculum development and child care contains task analysis, knowledge derivation, behavioral objective development, and organization of objectives…

An outgrowth of a 3-year training project for day care home mothers in Colorado, this booklet is designed for people who recognize their community's need for training and support for day care home providers. Suggestions indicate how this model program amy be modified to fit local needs and available resources. The major portion of this booklet is…

The responsibility of the Child Care Worker Training Project was to train 500 unemployed people from five cities in an experimental and demonstration project designed to overcome the shortage of child care personnel. Each of the centers (Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Newark and New York) developed its own method of recruitment, short-term…

Reviews research results regarding employment opportunities for professional nannies and nanny education programs in the U.S. Describes training programs conducted by employment agencies and continuing education divisions, and two- and four-year credit programs. Relates findings regarding curricula, instructional materials, faculty, professional…

Child care providers claim that higher education has failed to improve early childhood service delivery through training. Problems faced by colleges and universities in their attempt to improve training for early childhood educators include: (1) training direction; (2) program design; (3) discipline orientation; (4) funds; and (5) incentives. (JN)

Analyzes the relationships between family day-care providers and the children in their care, based on questionnaire responses of the providers. Discusses ambiguities of distinguishing between feelings toward their own children and those children for whom they provide paid care. Explores effects of the context of care-giving and relations with…

Focuses on the problem of teacher retention in day care and early childhood programs. Clarifies concepts used to describe and measure retention. Suggests consequences of retention on children and parents. (BB)

Presents a case study of a high school student's participation in a cooperative education program in day care. Shows that while the student's practical understanding of childcare directed her occupational choice, her insistence on the validity of that understanding blocked her from pursuing the formal qualifications needed in the labor market.…

This article considers self-employment and providing child care as occupational strategies for mothers with young children more often than for women without young children. These strategies for women's participation in the labor force are studied in view of the influence of child care needs on employment decisions of women with young children.…

This policy report on compensation for child care providers is designed for use by directors, child care providers, clergy, board members, and other leaders in church-housed child care programs. Section I underscores the importance of securing fair compensation and reasonable benefits for child care providers in church-housed and non-church-housed…