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Searched on Exact phrase of COMMUNITY COLLEGES in the index terms;.
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- Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs: Highlights
By U.S. Government Accountability Office; May 2008
Description: This document presents highlights from a study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concerning how community colleges meet the workforce training needs of their communities and what they do to...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35580 (100.00%)
- Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs
By U.S. Government Accountability Office; May 2008
Description: This report presents findings from a study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concerning how community colleges meet the workforce training needs of their communities and what they do to integrate...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35579 (100.00%)
- A Guide to Distance Learning For Early Childhood Students in North Carolina
By Suzanne Pace, Debra A Torrence; 2004
Description: This guide is designed to help students find and successfully complete an Internet-based early childhood or education course. The guide includes the following information: (1) the basics of distance learning,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35457 (100.00%)
- Community Colleges and Teacher Preparation: Roles, Issues and Opportunities
By Tricia Coulter, Bruce Vandal; May 2007
Description: This report indicates that community colleges are becoming critical leaders in efforts to develop a pool of highly effective teachers for States and regions in which demand far exceeds supply. Teacher...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35369 (100.00%)
- Helping Low-Wage Workers Persist in Education Programs: Lessons from Research on Welfare Training Programs and Two Promising Community College Strategies
By Lashawn Richburg-Hayes; February 2008
Description: This 2008 paper summarizes what is known from welfare reform evaluations about the effectiveness of education acquisition to advance the earnings and careers of low-wage workers. Contains 42 references....
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=35276 (100.00%)
- Education Options for Early Childhood Careers: Guide to Early Childhood Programs in Mississippi
By Mississippi Head Start Association and the Early Childhood Institute at Mississippi State University; 2006
Description: This guide is intended to assist individuals who would like to obtain a degree in Early Childhood Education by giving them an opportunity to see what is available within Mississippi. The Mississippi Professional...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=34825 (100.00%)
- The Role of the Community College in Early Childhood Teacher Preparation
By Barbara Nilsen, Broome Community College; 2006
Description: These documents were included in a session at the 2006 Child Care Bureau National Conference on the role of community colleges in early childhood teacher preparation. A handout provides community college...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=33503 (100.00%)
- Scholars for Excellence in Child Care
By Sherri Gosney, Deborah Norris; 2005
Description: This brochure describes the Scholars for Excellence in Child Care (SECC) program in Oklahoma. The SECC program ensures that child care employees in Oklahoma have the opportunity to attend an Oklahoma community...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31704 (100.00%)
- Inventory of Early Childhood Higher Education in Metropolitan Kansas City
By Early Childhood Higher Education Consortium of the Fern Webster Early Childhood Professional Development Initiative; Summer 2000
Description: This guide presents information on the array of professional preparation opportunities in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area related to the early education field. The report includes: (1) a listing...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=31009 (100.00%)
- HB 5018: Creation of the Post-Secondary Early Childhood Education Articulation Act
By William B Black, William Davis, Kevin A McCarthy, Susana Mendoza; February 5, 2004
Description: This document by the State of Illinois creates the Post-Secondary Early Childhood Education Articulation Act. It establishes the Higher Education Early Childhood Commission to develop a plan to ensure...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29976 (100.00%)
- Early Childhood Higher Education: How Can It Work for Me? A Tip Sheet from the Montana Child Care Resource an Referral Network
By Montana Child Care Resource and Referral Network; 2004
Description: This brochure from the Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network describes the higher education options that are available to Montana early care practitioners. A college degree provides practitioners...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29713 (100.00%)
- Teacher Preparation Policy Toolkit: Helping State Leaders Shape Education Policy
By Education Commission of the States; 2004
Description: This document introduces a toolkit that was designed to provide policy-makers and practitioners with the information, tools, and guidance necessary to develop informed policies to increase community colleges’...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29564 (100.00%)
- The Community College Role in Teacher Education: A Case for Collaboration
By Ana Maria Schuhmann; June 2002
Description: This report suggests that 2-year colleges can play a role in the preparation of early childhood professionals and school paraprofessionals in nontransfer education programs. One of the most significant...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=29025 (100.00%)
- A Guide to Distance Learning: For Early Childhood Students
By Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Project CONTACT; May 2002
Description: This guide is designed to help students find and successfully complete an Internet-based early childhood or education course offered through several colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY)...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=28740 (100.00%)
- Training the Next Generation of Teachers: A Preliminary Survey of California’s Higher Education Programs in Early Childhood Education and Child Development
By Dan Bellm, Erika Cruz, Michelle Munn, Marcy Whitebook; April 2004
Description: This paper presents 2003 data concerning the state of early childhood education and child development programs in California’s higher education system. Contains 22 references. STCA0646 Training 2004 April...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=28588 (100.00%)
- NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation: Associate Degree Programs
By National Association for the Education of Young Children; July 2003
Description: This document presents the defining characteristics of associate degree programs within a continuum of early childhood professional preparation, from community-based training through baccalaureate and...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27864 (100.00%)
- Developing a Diverse Faculty Team: Eliminating the Barriers
By Cecelia Alvarado, Debra Sullivan; October 2002
Description: This document addresses the critical need to diversify college Early Childhood Education (ECE) departments and work with the current faculty to make the personal and institutional changes necessary to...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=27862 (100.00%)
- Assembling the Pieces of the Early Care and Education Professional Preparation Puzzle: Three Discussion Papers.
By Joan B. Costley; January 01, 1996
Description: This series of three papers explores current and emerging issues in professional preparation for the early care and education field. The papers examine a set of interrelated issues: the design and supply...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=16318 (100.00%)
- Working Toward Making a Career of it: A Profile of Career Development Initiatives in 1996
By Sheri Azer, Karen L. Capraro, Kimberly A Elliott; January 01, 1996
Description: This 1996 national survey tracked state efforts to create comprehensive career development and training systems for practitioners working in early care and education settings. Mail surveys were sent to...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=16319 (100.00%)
- The Child Care and Development Block Grant and Training and Career Development: A Report on the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
By Bettina McGimsey; January 01, 1995
Description: In 1990, the federal government passed the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), setting aside a percentage for "quality" expenses, including licensing, compensation, resource and referral, training,...
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/library/index.cfm?do=oll.viewitem&itemid=16338 (100.00%)