The North Carolina Child Care Corps: The role of national service in child care

Description:

A study of North Carolina?s efforts to improve existing teacher-child ratios through a four-week intensive training program in child development and early childhood education for AmeriCorps volunteers and subsequent assignment as assistant teachers in child care classrooms in counties receiving Smart Start funding

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Cassidy Deborah J.; Hicks Susan A.; Hall Alice H.; Farran Dale Clark; Gray Jackie

Publisher(s):

Elsevier Science (Firm)

Country:

United States

State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):

North Carolina

Date Issued:

1998

Source:

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 13(4), 589-602

Journal Title:

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

589-602

Topics:

5. Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce > 5.3. Training, Mentoring, & Apprenticeships

4. Child Care & Early Education Providers/Organizations > 4.1. Provider Type/Setting > 4.1.1. Center-Based Child Care & Early Education

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality > 11.2. Structural Quality

ISSN:

1873-7706

Online

0885-2006

Paper

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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