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Robyn Kelton; Teri Talan – McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2023
The field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) has an educator retention problem (NAEYC, 2021). While the field's administrator retention crisis is less publicized, it is arguably no less important. Administrators are the gatekeepers to program quality and the linchpin for an array of program functions that impact staff satisfaction and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Development, Beginning Principals, Labor Turnover
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2021
Most professional development opportunities for early childhood teachers are offered as face-to-face sessions (in various formats, including workshops, coaching, and college courses), tailored for teachers in traditional school- or center-based child care, offered during a traditional academic year, or during summer, or on professional development…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2016
Administrators' qualifications often differ across sectors of the early childhood field--school-based pre-K programs, centerbased child care, and Head Start. School principals overseeing school-based programs typically have a minimum of a master's degree in educational leadership with administrative certification. Currently, Head Start Performance…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Administrator Qualifications, Coordinators