Recent Publications
- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR COMPETENCIES:
A LITERATURE REVIEW OF CURRENT BEST PRACTICES, AND A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS ON NEXT STEPS FOR CALIFORNIA
,Editor, Dan Bellm (2008) - PARTNERING FOR PRESCHOOL: A STUDY OF CENTER DIRECTORS IN NEW JERSEY'S MIXED-DELIVERY ABBOTT PROGRAM
,by Marcy Whitebook, Sharon Ryan, Fran Kipnis, and Laura Sakai (2008)
Full Report Executive Summary Reseach Highlights - Chutes or Ladders? Creating Support Services to Help Early Childhood Students Succeed in Higher Education
,by Kara Dukakis, Dan Bellm, Natalie Seer, and Yuna Lee (2007)
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Through research, policy analysis and policy development, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) focuses on issues relating to the several million teachers and providers currently working in center-based and home-based early care and education settings in the United States. CSCCE currently receives support for its work from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, the National Institute for Early Education Research, and the Schumann Fund for New Jersey.
Our work explores such questions as:
- Who comprises the early care and education (ECE) workforce in California, and in the U.S. as a whole? Who comprises its leadership?
- How does California’s ECE workforce vary across the state in terms of professional preparation, race and ethnicity, language, and age?
- What is the skill and knowledge needed in order to be an effective ECE teacher?
- What are the best strategies for expanding and revamping higher education programming to ensure that a linguistically and culturally diverse ECE workforce can gain access to relevant opportunities for professional development?
- How can public policy support building a skilled and stable ECE workforce?
- What workforce policies and investments are necessary to create publicly funded preschool services for California’s four-year-old children?
CSCCE staff work closely with policy makers, practitioners, and labor and advocacy organizations on strategies to improve early care and education jobs in California and nationally. Director Marcy Whitebook was also instrumental in developing the California CARES model, a program now operating in most counties of the state, awarding stipends to early care and education teachers and providers who stay on the job and pursue professional development.
In 2006, CSCCE in partnership with the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network released the groundbreaking California Early Care and Education Workforce Study.
CSCCE staff have also been instrumental in developing a new Undergraduate Minor program in Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Childhood, housed in U.C. Berkeley's School of Education.
California Early Care and Education Workforce Study
This study, covering four regions throughout California, identified the number of home-based and center-based staff working in licensed child care positions; the educational qualifications of this workforce, analyzed by age, languages spoken, and ethnic background; and wages and tenure of those working in licensed facilities.
Building California’s Preschool Workforce: Policy Briefs
Establishing Teacher Competencies in Early Care and Education: A Review of Current Models and Options for California 
by Dan Bellm (2005)
Compensation and Comparable Worth: What Lies Ahead for California's Preschool Teachers?
by Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook (2004)
State Registries of the Early Care and Education Workforce: A Review of Current Models and Options for California
by Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook (2004)
Undergraduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Childhood
The Undergraduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Childhood (ISEC) at the University of California, Berkeley, provides students interested in pursuing the field of early care and education with an opportunity to become well versed in the varied contributions of such disciplines as public health, mental health, social welfare and public policy.