The Costs of Being a Child Care Teacher

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Early Childhood Professional Well-Being as a Predictor of the Risk of Turnover in Child Care: A Matter of Quality (2020, background): “Each time this happens, a program’s efforts to create and maintain long-term trusting, supportive relationships – considered necessary to optimize child- and family- centered practices in quality settings – is compromised (Ackerman, 2006; Hale-Jinks et al., 2006; Whitebook & Sakai, 2003).”
Low pay but still we stay: Retention in early childhood education and care (2018, background): “In a market-driven environment, educator pay is affected by the need for services to keep the cost of care affordable to compete for customers in a limited geographical area (Ackerman, 2006).”
Retaining Early Childhood Education Workers: A Review of the Empirical Literature (2016, background): “…low wages make it difficult for child care centers to hire and retain well-educated staff, particularly as child care workers may be able to earn more in alternative positions (e.g., K-12 public schools; Ackerman, 2006; Barnett, 2003; French, 2010; Hale-Jinks et al., 2006; Whitebook et al., 2004).”