System Supports

Essential tools for leaders building all aspects of the infant-toddler career pathway including a Professional Development System Cost Analysis Tool, with a PD System Cost Analysis Tool Guide and Case Studies; model articulation agreements with an explanation of different approaches to articulation, templates, state examples, and practical advice; and information on financing high quality infant-toddler programs.

Resources

Early Educator Central offers these resources from guest authors:

Council for Professional Recognition

The Council for Professional Recognition is a leader in the credentialing of early childhood educators worldwide. They ensure that candidates who earn the Child Development Associate® (CDA) credential are well prepared to foster the social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth of young children. Having a CDA® doesn’t just help educators bring out the best in children. It also advances their careers and contributes to the status of our profession.

Research Connections

Research Connections provides free, searchable, on-line access to over 33,000 research publications and research documents related to early care and education. These include journal articles, research reviews, government and think tank reports, fact sheets, and briefs.

Early Childhood Education Institute Technical Report: A Compendium of Current Infant-Toddler Measures

The Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI) at the University of Oklahoma includes an Infant-Toddler Workgroup that focuses on research in this field. In the Spring of 2020 the group examined measuers available in their work to assess infants and toddlers with an eye to learning about measures new to them and the field. This compendium is a report of their findings and may be useful to researchers, trainers, and others focused on the science of infant toddler learning and development.

Financing High-Quality Infant-Toddler Care: Options and Opportunities, Louise Stoney, Co-Founder, Alliance for Early Childhood Finance and Opportunities Exchange

A review of options and opportunities for financing high quality infant-toddler programming.

Addressing Infant-Toddler Teacher Compensation, Marcy Whitebook, Lea Austin and Filippa Amanta, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley

Learn about infant-toddler program financing and teacher compensation.

NSECE Summary Briefs

The National Survey of Early Care and Education reached 12,000 families and large numbers of home-based and center-based programs (6,000 home-based providers, 5,600 classroom staff, and 8,200 program directors). The six briefs provide practical, useable information to inform state and local planning and implementation.

Challenges and Opportunities for Including Coursework on Infants and Toddlers in Higher Education Degree Programs, Lea J.E. Austin, Marcy Whitebook, Felippa Amanta, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley

Identification of challenges, opportunities and strategies to ensure that infant-toddler needs are addressed in higher education coursework.

Successful Inclusion of Family Child Care Providers in Higher Education Degree Programs and Courses: A Research-to-Practice Guide, Anne Douglass, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Susan Benson, M.Ed., Family Child Care Provider, Diane Hodges-Hunter, Ed.M., Family Child Care Provider, Diane Wiles, Ed.M., Family Child Care Provider, and Ruby Stardrum, M.S.Ed., Graduate Research Assistant

The latest in research to practice strategies for higher education to include family child care providers and strategies for family child care providers to succeed in higher education.