The Florida Child Care Quality Improvement Study. Interim Report.

Autor/inn/en	Howes, Carollee; und weitere
Institution	Families and Work Inst., New York, NY.
Titel	The Florida Child Care Quality Improvement Study. Interim Report.
Quelle	(1995), (46 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Caregiver Role; Child Care Occupations; Child Caregivers; Community Coordination; Day Care; Day Care Centers; Early Childhood Education; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Human Services; Partnerships in Education; Policy Formation; Preschool Education; Public Policy; Social Planning; Social Problems; Standards; State Legislation; Statewide Planning; Teacher Salaries; Young Children; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Tagespflege; Day care centres; Hort; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Humanitäre Hilfe; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Politische Betätigung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Sozialplanung; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Standard; Landesrecht; Planwirtschaft; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	An ongoing child care improvement study is being conducted of approximately 150 licensed child care providers in 4 Florida counties. The study is assessing the impact of state legislation, which mandated lower caregiver-to-child ratios and increased credentialing. Thus far, the study has found the following effects: (1) children's emotional and intellectual development is improving; (2) teachers are more responsive and receptive since the increase in ratios; (3) negative management styles have become less frequently used; (4) global quality improved significantly from 1992-1994; (5) the number of children in child care has remained constant, but the number of staff has increased slightly; (6) teachers' salaries and parent fees have increased slightly; and (7) teacher turnover increased slightly. (Includes 15 tables, some of which are appended; and contains 46 references.) (JW)
Anmerkungen	Families and Work Institute, 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 ($9, plus $2.50 shipping and handling. Discount on orders of 5 or more copies).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC