In Pursuit of Pre-K Parity: A Proposed Framework for Understanding and Advancing Policy and Practice. Brief. Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity Series

Autor/inn/en	Whitebook, Marcy; McLean, Caitlin
Institution	University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment; National Institute for Early Education Research
Titel	In Pursuit of Pre-K Parity: A Proposed Framework for Understanding and Advancing Policy and Practice. Brief. Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity Series
Quelle	(2017), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Preschool Teachers; Compensation (Remuneration); Child Caregivers; Teacher Salaries; Salary Wage Differentials; State Policy; Teacher Employment Benefits; Teacher Qualifications; Elementary School Teachers; Public Schools; Educational Attainment; Teaching Experience; Early Childhood Teachers; Faculty Mobility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Lehrqualifikation; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Frühe Kindheit; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	Many pre-K teachers across the nation are expected to earn a bachelor's degree, similar to their peers teaching older children. Yet salaries and benefits remain consistently lower for pre-K teachers than for elementary school teachers. Increasingly, compensation parity is perceived as an achievable policy goal rather than a lofty ideal, yet there is confusion across the field about what parity means. This brief develops a framework for understanding compensation parity in contrast to other forms of compensation improvement. Applying this framework to current state efforts to move toward compensation parity reveals a great deal of variability across states. While some states approach compensation parity, at least for some pre-K teachers, and several states have pursued parity in salaries only, the majority of states do not have any explicit policies intended to move toward parity for pre-K teachers. This brief is the first in a series of materials on pre-K compensation. [For the other reports in this series, see "Teacher Compensation Parity Policies and State-Funded Pre-K Programs" (ED591987) and "Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons from Seven States and Cities" (ED591985).] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute for Early Education Research. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 73 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Tel: 848-932-4350; Fax: 732-932-4360; e-mail: info@nieer.org; Web site: https://nieer.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01