What factors are associated with changes in CCEE workforce members’ qualifications?

Answering this question can help identify opportunities to support CCEE workforce members in advancing their education and career. Practitioner level information can be used to answer this question. Practitioner level information can be linked to site level information to include data on workplace conditions and resources in the analysis.

A number of education and training variables can be used to examine what factors are associated with changes in practitioners’ qualifications over time. Below are some examples of analyses that could be performed to determine how certain factors are associated with practitioners’ changes in qualifications.

Example 1. Do early childhood Bachelor’s degree holders earn a higher hourly wage than those who completed a Bachelor’s degree in a field other than early childhood? First, create two groups: 1) those with a “Yes” response for the data element Early Childhood Degree Holder and a “Yes” to the category “Bachelor’s degree” for the data element Degree or Certificate Type and 2) those with a “No” response for the data element Early Childhood Degree Holder and a “Yes” to the category “Bachelor’s degree” for the data element Degree or Certificate Type. Compare the average Hourly Wage and the range of wages between the two groups.

Example 2. Do practitioners who receive financial supports participate in more training opportunities? For each practitioner, create a code “1” for each type of Financial Supports they are receiving to participate in training and sum the codes. Practitioners’ receipt of financial support can be categorized in a number of ways: receiving no financial support versus having any type of financial support; receiving no financial support, 1 or 2 types of financial supports, or 3 or more types of financial support; or continuously from 0 to 9 types of financial supports. Use the data elements Number of Training Hours or Early Childhood Training Hours to see if practitioners with more or any financial supports have completed more training hours (generally or specific to early childhood training).