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What are the characteristics of CCEE workforce members who received a CDA credential in the past year?

Description

Understanding the CCEE workforce can help identify disparities and opportunities regarding the CCEE workforce member wages, benefits and professional development. It can also provide valuable information about the characteristics of workforce members in relation to their wages and professional experience. This question can be answered by using practitioner level information. In addition, site level characteristics such as early childhood setting or professional development funding availability can be linked to practitioner level information.

General Analysis Recommendation

Identify CCEE Workforce Members who Received a CDA Credential

CCEE workforce members can obtain several types of credentials. A commonly recognized one is the . To identify CCEE workforce members who have obtained a CDA in the last year, the Early Childhood Credential data element can be used. CCEE Workforce members who have a CDA are identified with a “Yes” value in the option set for the CDA field of this data element.

Identify CCEE Workforce Members who Received a CDA Credential in the Past Year

The date value in the Credential Issuance Date data element will determine if the CDA was obtained within the last 12 months.

Identify and Analyze Workforce Member Characteristics of Those Identified as Having Received a CDA in the Past Year

Examples of data elements pertaining to provider characteristics include Child Care Years of Experience in the early childhood field, Practitioner Race, and others. A list of Practitioner Level data elements that could be used to examine the characteristics of these workforce members can be found in the data dictionary of this Toolkit.

Example: What is the average hourly wage of a CCEE workforce member who received a CDA credential in the past year? To answer this question, first limit the data to only CCEE workforce members who received a CDA credential in the past year. Select only those with a “Yes” value in the option set for the CDA field of the Early Childhood Credential data element and select those with a value for Credential Issuance Date data element within the past year. Once the data set is limited, take the average of the values of the Hourly Wage data element.

Example: Was a CCEE workforce member more likely to obtain a CDA credential in the past year if they were a part of a professional organization or association? To answer this question, split workforce data into two groups based on the option set value of the data element Professional Association Membership Status. CCEE workforce members that are members of a Professional Association are indicated with a “Yes” value. Note the count of Practitioner ID for individuals in each group. Next, find the number of CCEE workforce members who received a CDA credential in the past year as suggested in the analysis recommendation above. Divide the number of practitioners who obtained a CDA in the past year by the total number of practitioners for each professional association group and compare the results.

Related QPR-Specific Questions and Analysis Recommendations

2.3 Please report on the number of staff by qualification level as of the end of the fiscal year. Count only the highest level attained by staff (CDA, Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, State child care credential, State infant toddler credential, Other). The QPR requires that this information be stratified by provider type (Licensed child care center and Licensed family child care) and provider classification (Licensed child care center directors, Licensed child care center teachers, Licensed family child care providers). First, split practitioners into two groups based on the setting in which they work, family child care or center-based. Use the Practitioner Level data element Type of Setting to assign a code (“1”) for practitioners working in settings that are indicated with a “Yes” for the category “Family Child Care” and a code (“2”) to practitioners at settings that are “Center-based (including a school setting).” The Practitioner Level data element Staff Classification can be used to further stratify data by staff role. The option set for the Staff Classification data element includes “Administrator,” “Early learning assistant teacher,” and “Early learning teacher.” Each of these categories can by assigned a code to facilitate analysis. For the purposes of QPR reporting, both assistant teachers and teachers fall into the teacher category for child care centers. The Licensed family child care provider category includes assistant teachers, teachers, and/or administrators employed in a family child care home.

For each of these groups, complete the calculations described below.

To ascertain the number of practitioners that have a CDA or State/Territory Credential, total the number of practitioners (Practitioner ID) with a “Yes” for the data element Early Childhood Credential for each of the categories (Child Development Associate, State-Administration/Director Credential, State-Infant/toddler Credential, State-Preschool Credential, State-School-age Credential, State-Teacher Certification/Licensure, State-Special Education Credential). Add all State credentials for the total number of State/Territory credentials. Next, use the data element Degree or Certificate Type and sum the number of practitioners with a “Yes” response for the categories Associate’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, and Graduate/Advanced Degree. Perform this calculation for each of the setting types.

2.4 Please report on the number of staff by qualification level (CCDF providers) as of the end of the fiscal year. Count only the highest level attained by staff (CDA, Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, State child care credential, State infant toddler credential, Other). To answer this question, repeat the analysis described above for QPR question 2.3. The Site Level data element Type of Funding can be used to filter the dataset to only select those providers employed at program sites that receive CCDF funding. This can be accomplished by selecting only the program sites that have a “Yes” indicated in the option set for the “CCDF” field.