According to a recent economic study, the early care and education industry generates more than $1.7 billion annually and supports 47,000 jobs; the majority of which work directly with children ages birth to twelve.
Workforce Data (North Carolina)
- Working in Early Care and Education in North Carolina (CCSA, 2011)
- Working in Child Care in Durham County (CCSA, 2009)
- Who’s Caring for Our Babies Now? (NC infant/toddler workforce study (2008 update on 2005 study)
- Working in Child Care in North Carolina (2003, CCSA)
- Working in Child Care in North Carolina (NC infant/toddler workforce study 2003, CCSA)
Workforce Certification & Endorsement
Workforce Compensation
- Child Care WAGE$(R) (salary supplements & impact) Annual Report (FY12)
- Child Care WAGE$(R) (salary supplements & impact) Annual Report (FY11)
- Child Care WAGE$(R) (salary supplements & impact) Annual Report (FY10)
- NC Socioeconomic Data (including wages)
Workforce Education Systems
- NC Community College Early Childhood Programs (Student & Faculty Highlights (2011 – in process)
- NC Community College Early Childhood Programs May 2010 (summary under development)
- NC Community College Early Childhood Programs (Student & & Faculty Highlights – May 2009)
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood (R) Annual Report (2010-11)
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood(R) Annual Report (2009-10)
Technical Assistance Specialists for Programs
- NC Professional Development & TA Specialists Survey (2012)
- NC Professional Development & TA Specialists Survey (2011)
- NC Professional Development & TA Specialists Survey (2010)
Smart Start Workforce Standards
National Early Care & Education Workforce Data
- Building from Within (data on Early Head Start, Head Start & Migrant Head Start Teacher Credentials)
- Child Care: National Data Overview (including workforce qualifications)
- Early Care and Education Workforce Data Systems
- Early Care & Education Teaching Workforce: At the Fulcrum
- Head Start by the Numbers (CLASP summaries from PIR data)
- Institute of Education Sciences (USDOE) Fast Facts: Early Childhood
- Infant/Toddler Workforce (Zero to Three data summary & PD systems recommendations)
- NACCRRA Workforce Data
- QRIS Analysis re: Workforce Compensation, Benefits and Working Conditions
- Regulatory Requirements & Regulatory Staff Education, State by State
- State by State Workforce Registries
- T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood(R) (national data,comprehensive scholarship recipients) Annual Report (2009-10)
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Child Care Outlook 2010-2011
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wages
- US Department of Labor, Women Working (2009, including child care)
National School-Age Workforce Data
- The Case for Investing in America’s Youth Workers
- Who is the Schoolage Workforce? Harvard Family Project
Child Care Data
- 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education (underway Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago)
- 2012 Foundation for Child Development State by State Child and Youth Well-Being Index (Investing in Public Programs Matters: How State Policies Impact Children’s Lives)
- 2011 Child Care in North Carolina & County Fact Sheets (CCSA, 2011)
- The State of Child Care in the Triangle (CCSA, 2011)
- 2011 Child Care in America (State by State Fact Sheets NACCRRA)
- Children served by Workforce in Regulated Settings
- Head Start
