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The Current State of Scientific Knowledge on Pre-Kindergarten Effects
Skill Levels Remain Issue in Pre-K Staffing
Washington Post: The famous ‘word gap’ doesn’t hurt only the young. It affects many educators, too.
Children's Cabinet
Multilingual Paraprofessionals - An Untapped Resource
Job-Embedded Professional Learning Essential to Improving Teaching and Learning in Early Education
Reimagining Instructional Leadership and Organizational Conditions for Improvement: Applied Research Transforming Early Education
Seal of Biliteracy
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
New Head Start Performance Standards (fall 2016)
The Early Childhood Workforce Index
Companion Report: 50-State Comparison: K-3 Quality
50-State Comparison: K-3 Quality
Early Childhood Career Pathways
Early Educator Central
Early Learning Career Pathways Initiative: Credentialing in the Early Care and Education Field
Report: Early Childhood Work Undervalued
High-Quality Early Learning Settings Depend on a High-Quality Workforce
Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: A Review of the Literature
Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom
Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards (IELDS) Tools for Teachers Kit
Achieving Compensation Parity: Illinois Goal for the Field of Early Childhood Care and Education - SUMMARY
Town Square IL
Illinois Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth through Age 8, Part 6
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth through Age 8, Part 5
The secret sauce: the right way to teach the teachers
Lead Learn Excel Library
Transforming the Workforce for Chidren Birth Through Age 8, Part 4
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8, Part 3
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8, Webinar 2
ExcleRate Illinois
Early Childhood Center of Professional Development Calendar
Early Intervention Training Program
EC Teacher Preparation Standards (compiled by GRA at UIUC)
First Five Years Fund
Transforming the Workforce Birth through Age 8. Recorded webinar and discussion on Chapters 1 and 2
Infant and Toddler Messaging Guide
Edutopia - what works in education
Defending the Early Years
Center on the Developing Child - Harvard University
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
The 25 college majors that will lead to the lowest-paying jobs
CEC/DEC Recommended Practices in Early Intervention Early Childhood Special Education
Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct - Supplement for Adult Educators
Check this out! ec.thecenterweb.org
TED TALKS "THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR PRESCHOOL"
TEACH TRAIN LOVE
Shared Services: Powerful Alliances for ECE Program Sustainability and Resource Efficiency
EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTIGATION WEBINARS
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH QUARTERLY
MANUAL - ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ChicagoNow - Where Chicago Blogs
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH & PRACTICE
FRED ROGERS CENTER For Early Learning and Children’s Media
JOHNS HOPKINS School of Education New Horizons for Learning
PBS TEACHERLINE
Earlychildhood News
ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES A Foundation for Learning POWER POINT PRESENTATION
HOW EFFECTIVE SUPERVISORS GUIDE TEACHERS BY GIVING FEEDBACK WITH EASE
NEEYC + NACCRRA Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary
Education Writers Association (EWA)
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
National Education Association
NAEYC 2014 Communication Webinar Series
