Patching the Pathway and Widening the Pipeline: Models for Developing a Diverse Early Childhood Workforce in Chicago

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 459-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Zinsser ◽  
Catherine Main ◽  
Luz Torres ◽  
Kate Connor
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Workforce

scholarly journals Early childhood educators’ experiences in their work environments: Shaping (im)possible ways of being an educator?

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Limited Success ◽  
Early Childhood Workforce ◽  
Thinking Differently ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Policy Attention

Efforts to support early childhood workforce stability over many years, and across many national contexts have had limited success. Research and policy attention appears to be shifting to ways of supporting the sustainability of the early childhood workforce, and, ways that educators’ experiences in their work environments might be implicated in these issues. The purpose of this paper is to explore the complex interrelations between educators’ work environments and their experiences, as an entryway for thinking differently about workforce sustainability. A rhizoanalytic approach is used to explore one educator’s experiences in her work environment, through readings of visual, textual and affective data. The readings of (im)possible ways of being an educator shaped by this work environment,  are then used as prompts for thinking differently about workforce stability and sustainability. The paper concludes with calls for an approach to supporting workforce stability and sustainability, that is based on the recognition of the interrelatedness and mutual interests of children, educators, families and governments.

Strengthening the Early Childhood Workforce: How Wage Incentives May Boost Training and Job Stability

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1009-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Bridges ◽  
Bruce Fuller ◽  
Danny S. Huang ◽  
Bridget K. Hamre
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Job Stability ◽  
Early Childhood Workforce
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