Pathways for Success: Supporting Diversity in the Early Childhood Workforce through Higher Education
This session was presented during the BUILD 2021 National Conference.
How can early childhood teacher preparation programs partner with the funding community to create a more stable and supportive student experience? The EDvance in California has created a network of partnerships that has resulted in unprecedented four-year graduation rates for ECE BA candidates. In this presentation, faculty, students, and a community partner will share perspectives on the structure of the program and its exceptional impact on participants.
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Home-Based Child Care: Embedding Wellness in HBCC Systems through Strengthening HBCC Networks: An Evidence-Based Framework for High Quality (Benchmarks)
Archived Webinar September 21, 2023
This recording and slide deck are from the September 19, 2023 Home-Based Child Care Webinar.
Workforce Compensation
Report August 29, 2023
A robust early childhood care and education workforce is at the heart of any solution to stabilize the child care sector, and adequate compensation is pivotal to that end. That reality comes through in the PDG B-5 grant applications; many states demonstrate a keen focus on supporting workforce compensation. This brief explores and synthesizes the strategies to increase compensation that states proposed in their PDG B-5 grant applications.
Supporting Multilingual Learners
Report August 17, 2023
As the number of young multilingual learners— children who speak language(s) other than English—increases throughout the country, the focus on supporting language development, rooted in diverse cultural, linguistic, and developmentally appropriate practices, becomes a critical component of the early childhood care and education (ECCE) system.