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Assessing Quality in Toddler Classrooms Using the CLASS-Toddler and the ITERS-R
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La Paro, Karen M.; Williamson, Amy C.; Hatfield, Bridget – Early Education and Development, 2014
Many very young children attend early care and education programs, but current information about the quality of center-based care for toddlers is scarce. Using 2 observation instruments, the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R) and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, Toddler Version (CLASS-Toddler), 93 child care…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Toddlers
Teacher Work Environments Are Toddler Learning Environments: Teacher Professional Well-Being, Classroom Emotional Support, and Toddlers' Emotional Expressions and Behaviours
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Cassidy, Deborah J.; King, Elizabeth K.; Wang, Yudan C.; Lower, Joanna K.; Kintner-Duffy, Victoria L. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The current study examines the professional well-being of teachers, the classroom emotional support, and the emotional experiences of toddlers in their care. Professional well-being of teachers is conceptualized to include teacher feelings about their work, autonomy in decision-making, actual wages, and perceptions of fairness of wages within the…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Well Being, Emotional Response, Toddlers
Classroom Quality in Infant and Toddler Classrooms: Impact of Age and Programme Type
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King, Elizabeth K.; Pierro, Rebekah C.; Li, Jiayao; Porterfield, Mary Lee; Rucker, Lia – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study examined differences in classroom quality, assessed by the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R), in 287 infant and 479 toddler classrooms. Classroom quality was compared across classroom age group (infant compared to toddler classrooms) as well as across programme type (for-profit compared to not-for-profit…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Educational Environment
Observed Engagement as an Indicator of Child Care Program Quality.
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Ridley, Stephanie Maher; McWilliam, R. A.; Oates, Christie S. – Early Education and Development, 2000
Observed engagement of children in 17 child care environments as a way to assess program quality. Found that children in centers that met only minimal licensing requirements had lower levels of engagement than other children, and that center quality was related to quality of experience. (LBT)
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers