Description:
In 2012, a baseline Kentucky Early Care and Education Workforce Study was conducted, with continuation of the study every two years to provide longitudinal data to the Division of Child Care. This report presents data from the biannual Kentucky Early Care and Education Workforce Study conducted in Fall of 2013, with data collection through February 2014. The three target populations for the study included Directors of Licensed Type I and II child care centers, Family Child Care Home (FCC) providers, and teachers and teaching assistants, later exclusively referred to as teachers. The Division of Regulated Child Care (DRCC) coordinates licensure of child-caring facilities across the Commonwealth. DRCC maintains an electronic list of currently licensed child care facilities and certified child care homes. This list is available online at http://chfs.ky.gov/os/oig/drcc.htm. ECE-TRIS (Early Care and Education Training Records Information System) is a database to store and maintain professional development and training records for early care and education professionals in Kentucky. Data collected includes personnel information for licensed and certified homes. At the time of this report, ECE-TRIS maintained active records for 2796 licensed or certified facilities and 43,200 Early Care and Education (ECE) professionals. The survey was emailed to directors, teachers and family certified homes via email addresses provided by the Early Care and Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS). A total of 1477 responses were received. An anonymous link to complete the online survey was also available on the Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services website (www.kentuckypartnership.org/workforce) and participation was solicited by regional Child Care Aware staff. This link resulted in an additional 230 responses. (author abstract)
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Reports & Papers
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Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Kentucky