Innovations for High Quality, Aligned Early Childhood Educator Preparation Full Report

Full report. November 2016
Early Childhood Educator Preparation Program Innovation (EPPI) grants were awarded to twenty partnerships of two- and four-year institutions to develop new models and innovations for early childhood educator preparation. This qualitative implementation study provides a systematic review of the innovations and strategies EPPI grant recipients utilized in addressing common barriers and practice-oriented issues experienced in early childhood educator preparation. 

Bradford R. White, Debra Mayconich Baron, Brenda K. Klostermann, and Daniel Q. Duffy Illinois Education Research Council