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What’s causing the shortage of qualified early care and education teachers? [1]

There’s a hole in the bucket.
Author: 
Mclean, C.
Source: 
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Format: 
Fact sheet
Publication Date: 
11 Feb 2020
AVAILABILITY
Access online [2]
Access infographic [PDF] [3]

Excerpts from infographic

Teaching in early care and education is one of the lowest-paid occupations in the United States. But we know that a qualified, stable workforce is key to expanding access to quality early education for all children. Policymakers are trying to get there by prioritizing workforce training.

This new infographic shows how professional development investments are lost as long as poverty-level wages drive qualified teachers out of the field, and how to fix the leak. Increased compensation through public investment can keep early educators in the field:

Region: 
United States [4]
Tags: 
wages [5]
workforce [6]
working conditions [7]
women [8]

Source URL (modified on 6 Apr 2021):https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/04/what%E2%80%99s-causing-shortage-qualified-early-care-and-education

Links
[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/21/04/what%E2%80%99s-causing-shortage-qualified-early-care-and-education [2] https://cscce.berkeley.edu/hole-in-the-bucket/ [3] https://cscce.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CSCCE_Infographic-FINAL-1.pdf [4] https://childcarecanada.org/taxonomy/term/7865 [5] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/wages [6] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/workforce [7] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/working-conditions [8] https://childcarecanada.org/category/tags/women