Childcare Landscape Study - Flipbook - Page 25
Davidson County Child Care Landscape Study Results
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Because certificate data were collected only for full-time enrollment, analyses of certificate
use are limited to full-time slots.
Provider-level counts of certificate-supported full-time enrollment were aggregated across
age groups (i.e., infants, toddlers, and preschoolers) and weighted using the same poststratification weights to estimate the total number and share of full-day slots supported by
certificates across the population of certificate-accepting center-based child care programs.
Home-Based Program Analyses
Because of small population and sample sizes, estimates for home-based programs are
limited to descriptive analyses of survey respondents. Full-day equivalent occupied and
open slots were summed within the analytic sample to estimate full-day actual capacity
among survey respondents. Population-level extrapolation was not conducted.
Estimates of ECE Workforce Size
Estimates of early educator workforce size, specifically the number of educators currently
employed by role (lead educator or assistant/rotating assistant), are derived from directorreported survey data.
Center-Based Program Analyses
Provider-level educator counts were aggregated across educator roles (i.e., lead or
assistant/rotating floater) and weighted with the same post-stratification weights to estimate
the total number of educators by role for the population of center-based child care programs.
Home-Based Program Analyses
Workforce size was not analyzed for home-based programs. Directors in home-based
settings frequently serve both program owners and primary educators, which limits the
application of the role-based workforce analyses used for center-based programs. The small
population and sample size of home-based providers further limited analytic comparisons.
Estimates of ECE Workforce Characteristics
Estimates of early educator workforce characteristics are derived from director-reported
survey data describing the composition of the workforce at each responding program.
Specifically, directors reported on:
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The number of educators within predefined categories of the highest educational
attainment
The number of educators within predefined categories of years of experience in
early childhood education
The number of educators holding a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential
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