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Critical issues in early childhood professional development / Early childhood professional development edited by Martha Zaslow and Ivelisse Martinez-Beck - xix, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"Foreword by Natasha J. Cabrera"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: the context for critical issues in early childhood professional development -- Toward better definition and measurement of early childhood professional development -- Defining and measuring professional development in early childhood research -- Estimating the size and characteristics of the United States early care and education workforce -- Quality and qualifications: links between professional development and quality in early care and education settings -- Studying the culture of quality early education and care: a cumulative approach to measuring characteristics of the worfkforce and relations to quality in four Midwestern states -- Completing the model: connecting early child care worker professional development with child outcomes -- Toward effective support for language and literacy through professional development -- Helping early childhood educators to teach mathematics -- Self-regulation as a key to school readiness: how early childhood teachers can promote this critical competency -- Designing models for professional development at the local, state, and national levels -- Standardized observation and professional development: a focus on individualized implementation and practices -- Alignment in educator preparation for early and beginning literacy instruction: a state-level case example -- NAEYC's standards for early childhood professional preparation: getting from here to there -- Economic perspectives on early care and education -- A framework for cost-benefit analysis of professional development in early care and education -- Early childhood professional development programs: accounting for spillover effects and market intervention -- A course for improved professional development across various programs and policies -- Creating and sustaining a high-quality workforce in child care, early intervention, and school readiness programs -- Improving connections between professional development research and early childhood policies / Ivelisse Martinez-Beck and Martha Zaslow / Stephanie M. Curenton / Kelly L. Maxwell, Cathie C. Feild, and Richard M. Clifford / Richard N. Brandon and Ivelisse Martinez-Beck / Kathryn Tout, Martha Zaslow, and Daniel Berry / Helen Raikes, Julia Torquati, Susan Hegland, H. Abigail Raikes, Jacqueline Scott, Lana Messner, Carla Peterson, Kathy Thornburg, Becky Houf, and Sandra Scott / Kyle L. Snow / David K. Dickinson and Joanne P. Brady / Herbert P. Ginsburg, Rochelle Goldberg Kaplan, Joanna Cannon, Maria I. Cordero, Janet G. Eisenband, Michelle Galanter, and Melissa Morgenlander / Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong / Naomi Karp / Robert C. Pianta / Kathleen Roskos, Catherine A. Rosemary, and M. Heidi Varner / Marilou Hyson and Heather Biggar / V. Jeffrey Evans / W. Steven Barnett and Pamela J. Kelley / H. Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Bristow / Martha Zaslow / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey / Melissa Welch-Ross, Anne Wolf, Martha Moorehouse, and Colleen Rathgeb

ISBN: 1557668256 9781557668257

LCCN: 2005024239

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Early childhood teachers--Training of--United States
Early childhood educators--United States

LC Class. No.: LB1775.6 / .C745 2006