The Early Childhood Workforce

11/11/2013

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
Jorge Luis Borges

An insightful new study about the ECE workforce, Number and Characteristics of Early Care and Education Teachers and Caregivers, was recently released by the federal Administration for Children and Families. Here are just a few of the interesting findings of this report:

There are about 1 million teachers and caregivers in center-based programs for children 0 - 5 years, and another one million individuals serving the same age group in home-based settings.
A majority (59%) of teachers and caregivers work in settings with no sponsorship from Head Start or public schools.
A majority (53%) of center-based and about a third (30%) of home-based teachers and caregivers reported having a college degree, with almost a third of all teachers and caregivers having a BA or graduate degree.
The median income for a full-time center-based teacher or caregiver is $22,000 per year.
Teachers or caregivers in center-based settings have an average of 10 years experience and those in regulated home-based programs have an average of 13.7 years of experience.

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