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Workshop Agenda and Participant List
The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: A Workshop
February 28 and March 1, 2011
Georgetown University Conference Center
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center
Salons D & E
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Day 1
8:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks
Shannon Rudisill, Administration for Children and Families,
HHS
Aletha Huston, University of Texas–Austin
Session 1: Defining and Describing the ECCE Workforce
9:00 a.m. Introduction
A conceptual definition and description of the early
childhood care and education workforce
Richard Brandon, RNB Consulting
9:30 a.m. A framework for ECCE data systems: Current federal data
systems and building a federal–state partnership
Richard Brandon, RNB Consulting
9:55 a.m. Learning from NCES and K–12 data systems
Jerry West, Mathematica Policy Research
Learning from the state-level experience
Harriet Dichter, First Five Years Fund
Discussion
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10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Economic issues in early care and education
The economics of early childhood care and education
David Blau, The Ohio State University
Short- and long-term costs and benefits of investing in
ECCE
Lynn Karoly, RAND Corporation
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Session 2: Efficacy: How the ECCE Workforce Affects Children and
Families
1:00 p.m. Key characteristics of the workforce linked to child and
family outcomes
Results from the NICHD Study of Early Childcare
Aletha Huston, University of Texas–Austin
Key workforce issues around cultural diversity
Ellen Frede, National Institute for Early Education Research
2:00 p.m. The importance of teacher/caregiver qualifications
Margaret Burchinal, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
W. Steven Barnett, National Institute for Early Education
Research
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Research on the nature of working conditions, its impact
on teacher well-being, and the relationship with child
outcomes
Marcy Whitebook, Center for the Study of Child Care
Employment, UC–Berkeley
Deborah Phillips, Georgetown University
4:30 p.m. Joan Lombardi, Administration for Children and Families, HHS
5:00 p.m. Discussion
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
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Day 2
Session 3: Building the Workforce and the Profession
8:30 a.m. Opening remarks
A template for evaluating emerging professions
Catherine Dower, Center for the Health Professions,
UC–San Francisco
8:40 a.m. Discussion regarding the conceptual definition of the
workforce
Richard Brandon, RNB Consulting and Sharon Lynn Kagan,
Columbia University
9:05 a.m. Framing the issues: Where are we today?
Marcy Whitebook, Center for the Study of Child Care
Employment, UC–Berkeley
9:20 a.m. Education and training
Overview of key issues and systems in education and
training
Pamela Winton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant panel:
Tammy Mann, United Negro College Fund
Sharon Ramey, Virginia Tech and Georgetown University
Martha Zaslow, Society for Research in Child Development
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. “Recognition” of the ECCE workforce: Career ladders,
finance and regulation, overview of the system of
compensation and program funding, and their links with
workforce support and development
Sue Russell, Child Care Services Association
Discussant panel:
Ellen Frede, National Institute for Early Education Research
Jana Martella, National Association of Early Childhood
Specialists in State Departments of Education
Shannon Rudisill, Office of Child Care
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11:30 a.m. Proactive practice and viability of ECCE as a profession:
Next steps
Learning from the health care field
Catherine Dower, Center for the Health Professions,
UC–San Francisco
Discussant panel:
Jerlean Daniel, National Association for the Education of Young
Children
Walter Gilliam, Yale University
Linda Smith, National Association of Child Care Resource and
Referral Agencies
12:30 p.m. Workshop adjourns
PARTICIPANT LIST
Committee Members
Aletha C. Huston, Ph.D. (Chair), Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor
of Child Development, Human Development and Family Sciences,
The University of Texas
David M. Blau, Ph.D., SBS Distinguished Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics, The Ohio State University
Richard N. Brandon, Ph.D., Director, Human Services Policy Center,
Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of
Child Development, Teachers College and College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Columbia University
Virginia Buysse, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deborah J. Cassidy, Ph.D., Director, Division of Child Development,
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Catherine Dower, J.D., Associate Director–Research, Center for the
Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco
Yolanda Garcia, M.S., Director, E3 Institute Advancing Excellence in
Early Education, WestEd
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Ph.D., Professor of Early Childhood and Family
Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University
Robert G. Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Interim Chair,
Department of Economics, Washington College
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Dixie Sommers, M.A., Assistant Commissioner, Occupational Statistics
and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor
Marcy Whitebook, Ph.D., Director and Senior Researcher, Center for
the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California,
Berkeley
Speakers and Discussants
W. Steven Barnett, Ph.D., Director, National Institute for Early
Education Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Margaret R. Burchinal, Ph.D., Research Professor and Director, Design
and Statistical Computing Unit, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Jerlean E. Daniel, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of the
Education of Young Children
Harriet Dichter, J.D., National Director, First Five Years Fund
Ellen Frede, Ph.D., Codirector, National Institute for Early Education
Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Walter Gilliam, Ph.D., Director, The Edward Zigler Center in Child
Development and Social Policy, Yale University
Lynn A. Karoly, Ph.D., Senior Economist, RAND Corporation
Joan Lombardi, Ph.D., Office of the Assistant Secretary, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS
Tammy Mann, Ph.D., Executive Director, Frederick D. Patterson
Research Institute, United Negro College Fund
Jana Martella, M.S., Executive Director, National Association of Early
Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education and
National Association for Regulatory Administration
Deborah A. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology,
Georgetown University
Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., Director, Susan H. Mayer Professor for Child and
Family Studies, School of Nursing, Georgetown University
Shannon Rudisill, M.S.W., Associate Director, Child Care Bureau,
Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families,
HHS
Susan D. Russell, President, Child Care Services Association
Linda K. Smith, Executive Director, National Association of Child Care
Resource & Referral Agencies
Jerry West, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research
Pamela J. Winton, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Director of Outreach, FPG
Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
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Martha Zaslow, Ph.D., Director, Office for Policy and Communications,
Society for Research in Child Development
Guests
Patrick Aaby, Policy Advisor to the Executive Director, Committee for
Children
Jane Banister, Director, Hoya Kids Learning Center
Stacie Beland, Professional Advancement Project Director, Edward
Street Child Services
Paula Bendl Smith, Child Care Specialist, Office of Child Care,
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Soumya Bhat, Senior Program Associate, The Finance Project
Natacha Blain, Associate Director, Grantmakers for Children, Youth &
Families
Carole Brown, Research Associate Professor, Catholic University
Sherry Burke, Director of Programs and Research, Committee for
Children
Kelly Burnes, Project Associate, NYC Early Childhood Professional
Development Institute, City University of New York
Beth Caron, Education Program Specialist, U.S. Department of
Education
Rita Catalano, Executive Director, Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent
College
Jamie Colvard, State Policy Analyst, Zero to Three
Theresa Cosca, Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department
of Labor
Elise Crane, Senior Program & Policy Analyst, San Francisco Human
Services Agency
Bethlehem Dammlash, Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
Karen Davis Platt, Quality Improvement Manager, National Association
of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Kathy Edler, Head Start Fellow, Office of Child Care, Administration for
Children and Families, HHS
Sarah Friedman, Research Director, CNA Corporation
Sara Gable, Associate Professor, University of Missouri
Dorothy Gibson, Consultant, American Federation of Teachers
Linda Gillespie, TA Specialist, Zero to Three
Stacie Goffin, Principal, Goffin Strategy Group
Tamara Halle, Senior Research Scientist, Child Trends
Karen Heying, Project Director, National Infant & Toddler Child Care
Initiative, Zero to Three
Steven Hicks, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
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Mimi Howard, Head Start Fellow, Office of Head Start, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS
Inette Hunter, Implementation Associate, Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Joanne Hurt, Executive Director, Wonders Child Care
Alicia Jaramillo-Underwood, Board on the Health of Select
Populations, Institute of Medicine
Shelby Kain, Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Eric Karolak, Executive Director, Early Care and Education Consortium
Eugenia Kemble, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
Fran Kipnis, Research Specialist, Center for the Study of Child Care
Employment, University of California, Berkeley
Rose Kor, Wyoming Children’s Action Alliance
Sarah Lacey, Director of Provider Support Services, Indiana Association
for Child Care Resource and Referral
Beth Ann Lang, Project Coordinator, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood
Missouri Scholarship
Sarah LeMoine, Director, State Workforce Systems Policy, National
Association for the Education of Young Children
Morgan Ludlow, Economist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Elizabeth Manlove, Associate Professor, Lock Haven University
Laura Martinez, Senior Program Associate, The Finance Project
Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, Office
of Planning, Research & Evaluation, Administration for Children
and Families, HHS
Janet Mascia, Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Caitlin McLaughlin, National Association of Child Care Resource &
Referral Agencies
Kimberly Means, Head Start Fellow, Office of Head Start,
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Mary Mueggenborg, Social Science Research Analyst, Office of
Planning, Research & Evaluation, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS
Carol Nolan, National Head Start Fellow, Office of Head Start,
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Sue Offutt, Executive Director, McCormick Center for Early Childhood
Leadership
Ngozi Onunaku, Senior Policy Analyst, Administration for Children
and Families, HHS
Cassandra Piper, Quality Improvement Manager, National Association
of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
Michele Plutro, Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS
Esther Quintero, Albert Shanker Institute
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Darlene Ragozzine, Executive Director, Connecticut Charts-A-Course
Craig Ramey, Distinguished Scientist and Professor, Virginia Tech
Carilion Research Institute
Carla Rojas, Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Pattie Ryan, Deputy Director, Indiana Association for Child Care
Resource and Referral
Jessica Sabol, Associate, American Federation of Teachers
Mary Beth Salomone Testa, Policy Director, Early Care and Education
Consortium
Roberta Schomburg, Associate Dean, School of Education, Carlow
University
Oman Shamind, National Head Start Fellow
Julie Shuell, Director, National Child Care Information and Technical
Assistance Center
Jill Soto, The National Registry Alliance
Lauren Supplee, Senior Social Science Research Analyst, Administration
for Children and Families, HHS
Maria Taylor, CEO, ChildCare Education Institute
Suzanne Thouvenelle, Subject Matter Specialist, Head Start Knowledge
Information Management
Melodie Vega, Project Manager, Hawaii Careers with Young Children
Jere Wallden, The National Registry Alliance
Mary Bruce Webb, Director, Division of Child and Family
Development, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation,
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Jennifer Weber, Manager of Policy, Nemours
Emily Wengrovius, Policy Specialist, National Conference of State
Legislatures
T’Pring R. Westbrook, Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation,
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Greg Yorker, Director, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Ohio, Ohio Child
Care Resource & Referral Association
Marcy Young, Pew Center on the States
Project Staff
Rosemary Chalk, Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Holly Rhodes, Study Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Alexandra Beatty, Rapporteur
Reine Homawoo, Senior Program Assistant, Board on Children, Youth,
and Families
Wendy Keenan, Program Associate, Board on Children, Youth, and
Families
