Resource Library

This series presents theories of change for and research on three types of workforce development strategies: wage supplements, apprenticeship models, and scholarships.

Data tables and study design for nationally representative findings about Disability Service Coordinators in Head Start and Early Head Start in Regions I-XII.

This brief describes information about coaching that we gathered in 2021—about 18 months into the pandemic—from surveys and qualitative interviews with coaches, FCC providers, and center directors. We focus on understanding remote coaching and various coaching strategies, such as modeling and observation, during this time frame.

This brief draws on data from the 2021—2022 Study to examine the strategies programs used to improve staff retention and well-being.

This brief explores Head Start teachers’ health, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, stress, and job satisfaction; the supports programs offered and the ones teachers used; and the associations between teachers’ well-being and those supports. It draws on data collected in fall 2021 and spring 2022 from the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs (the 2021-2022 Study), after nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Building and Sustaining the Child Care and Early Education Workforce (BASE) knowledge review series provides an overview of the existing literature and data on CCEE workforce dynamics and offers recommendations for future research and data collection.

The Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) measure administration and scoring guide provides information to support users in administering and scoring the ExCELS measure.

This brief summarizes the research evidence on how high-quality ECE benefits all young children, as well as key subgroups, such as children from families experiencing low household income, children who are dual language learners, and children with disabilities.

This OPRE-funded snapshot describes the most common data sources cited by Head Start grant recipients to demonstrate availability of early care and education services and need for infant, toddler, and preschool-age services in applications to convert enrollment slots from Head Start to center-based Early Head Start.

Explore this OPRE-funded brief which describes the motivations Head Start grant recipients cite in applications to covert enrollment slots from Head Start to Early Head to supply infant-and-toddler care.