Welcome to the Center for Child Care Workforce (CCW)
Our mission is to improve the quality of early care and education for all children by promoting policy, research and organizing that ensure the early care and education workforce is well-educated, receives better compensation and a voice in their workplace.
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Tips
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The American Federation of Teachers has issued Helping Students with Autism, Tips for Educators. The report offers classroom suggestions for addressing challenging behavior, the encouragement of social skill development and building relationships with parents and families for professionals working with children with autism.
Visit the CDC’s Web site for more information about early identification and healthy developmental milestones in children birth to age 5. |
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U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced on July 15 the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which includes the Early Learning Challenge Fund. This new competitive state grant program will be available for states to improve their systems of early childhood education for children birth to five, with the goal of increasing the number of low income and disadvantaged children infants, toddlers, preschoolers in high quality programs.
The National Institute for Early Education Education Research has released The State of Preschool 2008. It is the sixth in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. The latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2007-2008 school year. Key findings included: enrollment increased by more than 108,000 children; thirty-three of the 38 states with state-funded programs increased enrollment; based on NIEER's Quality Standards Checklist, 11 states improved the quality of their preschool programs and state funding for pre-K rose to almost $4.6 billion.
This month's newsletter features information about Early Intervention, President Obama's proposed 2010 budget, legislation that has been introduced dealing with early childhood education, as well as many resources and helpful up to date research topics.
