• Adult Educator Endorsement Application
• Adult Educator Endorsement Reference Form

Advocates Tools to Engage Public By Category or Organization

• A Dozen Ways to Advocate for Young Children and Families
• Business & Industry-Mobilizing Business Champions For Children: A Guide For Advocates
• Children’s Defense Fund
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Docs for Tots
• Grandparents And Family Members Caring For Children – Fact Sheets
• Investing in Kids: Early Childhood Programs and Local Economic Development by Timothy Bartik + Investing in Kids Blog
• Moms Rising
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Black Child Development Institute
• National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse
• Ounce of Prevention
• Parent Advocacy Network – Steps to Creating (NACCRRA)
• Parents/Families with Children with Special Needs
• Spark Action
• Zero to Three

Afterschool

• School-Age Resources
• Wallace Foundation’s Lessons from 5 Cities on Building After-School Systems

Approaches to Working with Children

• Approved Early Childhood Curricula for Quality Point &/or NCPreK Settings (2011)
• Center on the Social & Emotional Foundations of Early Learning
• NC Foundations for Early Learning
• NC Infant/Toddler Foundations
• Professional Education Priorities Serving NC’s Young Children (0-5) 2007-2009 (NCICC)

Banking

• Before You Open a Bank Account

Certification & Licensure

• Early Educator Certification Application
• Early Educator Certification Forms
• EEC Renewal Requirements
• EEC Renewal Information

Business & Industry Engagement in Child Care

• It’s My Business
• Mobilizing Business Champions For Children: A Guide For Advocates
• Why Business Shoud Support Early Childhood
• Mobilizing Business Champions for Smart Investment in Young Children
• Pew Center Brief on Linking Business Incentives & EC Programs

Child Care Data – NC

• Child Care in NC Snapshot (NC DCDEE)

Child Data

• Children In The States Fact Sheets
• Children’s Health Coverage Fact Sheets
• Data On Immigrant Children & Their Rights
• 2010 Kids Count +  NC report
• State Child Poverty Fact Sheets
• State by State Data On Children

Child Care Research Sampling

• Research on Child & Youth Outcomes & Quality, in Variety of Settings) Child Care Quality: Does It Matter and Does It Need to be Improved? (2000)
• Defining and Measuring Quality in Home-based Settings (2010)
• Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes (2009)
• Effectiveness of Early Educational Interventions (2011)
• Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Programs on Cognitive and School Outcomes (2001)
• Lifetime Effects: The HighScope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40(2005)
• Making the Case: Quality Afterschool Programs Matter (2007)
• Quality in Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care Settings (2011)
• The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (up to age 4 ½) (2006)
• The Quality of School-Age Child Care in After-School Settings (2007)
• Research on Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers (2005)

Child Development Services Agency (CDSA) Directory

Coaching/Technical Assistance Glossary of Terms

College Courses & Aid + Financial Aid for Early Educators Going to College

College Education Opportunities and Supports

• Attainment Rates for Education
• Better Together: Realigning Pre-College Skills Development Programs to Achieve Greater Academic Success for Adult Learners
• Breaking Through:Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and Careers
• Measuring Success: Motheread Review of Research & Evaluation
• Three Critical Outcomes:Why Better Preparation for College, Improved Completion Rates, and Increased Higher Education Productivity are Essential to the Nation
• Who’s in School?

Compensation

Competencies

• Competencies for Early Educators in the Context of Inclusion
• Great Early Childhood Teachers
• Workforce Standards & Guidelines

Continuing Education

• CEU development
• CEU options for Early Educators in North Carolina
• Continuing Education/Non- Credit-bearing Opportunities
• Continuing Education Library for Developers
• Financial Aid for CEUs offered by NC Community College Foundations

Diversity Resource List (resources, tools, standards & policies used in QRIS)

Early Educator Certification

• Early Educator Certification Application
• Early Educator Certification Forms
• EEC Renewal Requirements
• EEC Renewal Information

Early Care and Education Profession(including school age)

Employment/Workforce (Early Educators working with, on the behalf of or intending to work with children birth to 12)

Entrepreneur/Start Up Resources

Evidence Based or Informed Models & Strategies

Family Inclusion — Supporting Families Participating in Statewide Meetings

Grant Writing Resources

• Capacity Building Grant Writing Tips
• Common Types of Grants
• Fundraising in Cyberspace
• Grant Writing Tips
• Tax Deductions for Volunteers

Health Resources for Early Educators

Infant Toddler

• Infant Toddler Early Care and Education Workforce Professional Development
• Infant Toddler Caregiver-Child Interaction Literature Review

Internet Access (no cost/low cost)

• http://www.e-nc.org/ and see map in upper right corner and county search feature.
• http://www.all-free-isp.com/north-carolina-providers.php
• http://isp1.us/free-internet/north-carolina/
• http://www.wififreespot.com/
• http://isp1.us/satellite/north-carolina/