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NC Early Childhood Professional Development
Research
2008 The North Carolina Institute
For Early Childhood Professional Development
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Research Overview
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Early Childhood Professional Development: How It Matters to Child
Care QualityDeborah J. Cassidy, Ph.D.,
Joanna K. Lower, M.S., & Victoria L. Kintner, M.S.
www.uncg.edu/hdf
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Overview of Presentation• Defining Professional Development• National and State Education and
Training Requirements• What Research Tells Us about
Education, and Training • Why the Contradictory Findings?• Education an Important of the
Quality Puzzle
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Defining Professional Development
• Education – within the formal education system– Level of education– Content of education
• Major• Coursework
• Training – outside the formal education system– Type– Content– Amount of time Maxwell, Field, & Clifford, 2006
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Professional Development Requirements
• Good Smart, Grow Smart Initiative – requires states to have a professional development plan (training and education) to increase child care teacher qualifications
• 37 states do not require center-based teachers to have pre-service training– North Carolina
• Private ECE centers - no preservice requirements but must enroll in NC Early Childhood Credential classes within 6 months of employment
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Professional Development Requirements
• Title I and IDEA — all teachers must be highly qualified
• Early Head Start — CDA by 2010
• Even Start — majority of staff must have AA degree
• State Funded Pre-K — 86% of teachers have BS; 13 states require BS & ECE training
• Head Start reauthorization requires 50% of Head Start teachers to have BS degree by 2013; assistant teachers must have AA degree
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Does Education Matter?
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Arnett (1989)• Bermuda College Training Program
Study– 4-year degree related to higher quality
interactions compared to teachers with some college;
– BUT even teachers with some college courses (2 courses) had more positive interactions
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National Child Care Staffing Study (1990)
• BA teachers more sensitive, less harsh, less detached & provided more appropriate caregiving than teachers with AA, some college, or high school diploma
• However, no difference by the content of the degree
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Helburn (1995)• Cost, Quality, & Child Outcomes
Study– Teachers with 4-year degrees more
sensitive, more responsive, & had children who had higher level skills
– Teachers with 2-year degrees more sensitive than those with less education
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NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (2002)
• NICHD Early Child Care Study– Positive relationship between education
of teachers and children’s cognitive skills
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Saracho & Spodek (2007)• Critically examined (qualitatively) 40 studies
on relationship between education and quality
• Teachers with more education provided high or moderate quality, more appropriate practices, better instructional activities, and positive responses to families
• Teachers with BS degree were more responsive, provided more activities that promoted language and emergent literacy that teachers without BS
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Early, et al., (2007)• Early, et al., (2007) argue that in
several studies when other variables are entered into the analyses positive teacher education findings disappear; that is, other factors are accounting for the positive outcomes
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Early, et al., (2007)• Secondary Data Analysis
– Re-examined data from 7 major studies using common analyses and found that neither teachers’ level of education nor their major predicted differences in quality of classroom or child outcomes
– 8 of 27 analyses resulted in associations, but 2 were negative
– Early HS & NICHD—more educated teachers had higher quality & significantly higher with BS degree
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Early, et al., (2007)• NICHD—No difference between AA & BS
degree• Head Start Evaluation teachers with BS
lower in quality (FACES study).• No study found association between
highest degree & receptive language; few reported association with reading or math
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Kelley & Camilli (2007), National Institute for Early Education
Research• Study examined 32 studies of
education and quality in a meta-analysis & found that higher levels of education related to higher quality in interactions, classroom quality, etc.
• Teachers with degrees yielded largest effect sizes
• Outcomes approximately .15 SD higher in classrooms with teachers with BS degrees
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North Carolina Rated License Assessment Education Findings
(2007)• Positive correlations found for
directors and teachers between education level and quality assessment scores
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Continual Education
• An increase in program’s quality score over time was associated with director’s enrollment in a college course – Directors in programs with lower scores
at first assessment more likely to take course.
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ECERS-R Scores by Education Level
(2008) (7-point Scale; n=2825)
High School 4.68Some College 4.932-Year Degree 5.144-Year Degree in Other Field
5.26
4-Year Degree in ECE/CD
5.30
Graduate Work 5.32
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• Bachelors degree in field significantly higher than high school, some college, or an Associates degree
• Associates degree significantly higher than some college (credential)
• Some college significantly higher than high school (however, only 22 in this group; so not very meaningful)
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Relationship Between Formal Education and Quality (Tout, Zaslow, & Berry, 2002)
Supporting Evidence?
Yes Blau (2000);De Kruif, McWilliam, Ridley, & Wakely (2000);Honig & Hirallal (1998);Howes, Whitebook, & Phillips (1992);Phillipsen, Burchinal, Howes, & Cryer (1997);NICHD ECCRN (2000) (quality at 24 & 36 mos but not 6 or 15)
No Phillips, Mekos, Scarr, McCartney, & Abbot-Shim (2000);NICHD ECCRN (1996—quality at 6 months)
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Relationship Between Formal Education with ECE Content and Quality (Tout, Zaslow, &
Berry, 2002)
Supporting Evidence?
Yes Blau (2000);Honig & Hirallal (1998);Howes, Whitebook, & Phillips (1992);Phillipsen, Burchinal, Cryer, Clifford, & Howes, (2002);Phillips, Mekos, Scarr, McCartney, & Abbot-Shim (2000);Howes, (1997)
No
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• In K-12 teacher education teacher qualifications (education, experience, & measure of knowledge) account for larger share of variance than any other factors
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Content of Education and Quality: Snider and Fu (1990)
• Snider and Fu (1990) examined CD/ECE degree, content, and practicum experience in relation to understanding of DAP practices by rating vignettes
• CD/ECE degree with 10 or more content course in CD/ECE scored best
• Those with 10 or more content courses in CD/ECE AND practicum experience scored better than students with fewer courses and practicum experience.
• Some vocational training in CD scored better than no training
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Snider and Fu (1990)• Participants that scored best had
been in classes that covered: – Planning, implementing, and evaluating
developmentally appropriate content– Creating, evaluating and selecting
materials– Creating learning environments– Curriculum models– Observing and recording behaviors
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Does Training Matter?
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Norris (2001)• 70 family child care providers • Providers who participated in
continual training (as opposed to intermittent) had higher FDCRS scores– Learning and Activities– Basic Care
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Burchinal, Howes, & Kontos (2002)
• Secondary data analysis • Included only family child care
homes• Providers who participated in
workshops:– had higher overall FDCRS scores– lower detachment scores on CIS
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Burchinal, Cryer, Clifford, & Howes (2002)
• Re-examined Cost, Quality, and Outcomes study
• Training included in-service workshops, community workshops, and workshops at professional association meetings
• Higher ERS scores (ITERS and ECERS-R) and CIS
• Training contributed to quality even after controlling for education
• Training alone was not equivalent to BA
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Fukkink & Lont (2007)• Meta-analysis of 17 studies from 1980
to 2005• Training increased caregiver
competency in terms of “knowledge, attitude, and skills”
• Positive outcomes for children– Secure attachment– Language development
• Still, not all training is effective– Depends upon course curriculum
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Possible reasons for null findings (Early, et al., 2007)
• Why no associations?– Teacher preparation programs– Lack of support for teachers to
implement what they know– Best teachers w/o degree may be
attracted to these programs because they pay more
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Are the Quality Gains of the BS over the AAS worth the cost?
• Fuller and others would argue that our money could be spent in better ways in the early childhood field
• Are we adequately measuring what we get with a BS degree?
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Measurement• Education, training, and credential
– Common definitions across studies needed
– Amount/Content– How is it reported?
• Child Care Quality – Most commonly used measures include
the Environment Rating Scales and the Caregiver Interaction Scale.
– NICHD uses the HOME and ORCE
Maxwell, Field, & Clifford, 2006
Tout, Zaslow, & Berry, 2006
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How do education and training interact with other
classroom factors?
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LoCasale-Crouch et al., 2007• Study of 692 Pre-K classrooms indicate
variable quality with the best profile below “good” quality
• Majority of teachers had BA degrees• Cluster analysis indicates multiple factors
may work in tandem to produce high quality emotional and learning environments (e.g. ratio, wages, teacher supports).
• Children of color and children in poverty are the least likely to be in the best quality
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Other Supports Needed• Teacher Preparation Programs (e.g.
Snider & Fu, 1990)
• Mentoring/Supervision (e.g. Howes, James, & Ritchie, 2003)
• Work Environments (e.g. Lower & Cassidy, 2007)
• Salary and Benefits (e.g. Helburn, 1995; Phillips, et al., 2000)
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Challenges• Teacher Personal Challenges (Ackerman, 2004)
– Cultural relevance– Nontraditional learners– Salary constraints
• Institutional Issues– Articulation of credits from community colleges– Capacity of teacher education programs
• Needs– Scholarships– Special advisors– Child care/on-line classes?
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