Through funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education, a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) has conducted statewide surveys of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina. These studies prove comprehensive data on teachers, assistant teachers and directors in early care and education centers and on the licensed early care and education programs in which they work. Information gathered in later studies is compared to data in earlier studies to show change over time.
Working in Early Care and Education: Statewide Workforce Studies
2019 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
In 2019, with funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Services Association (CCSA) conducted the North Carolina Early Childhood Workforce Study. Data were collected from programs in every county across the state. This report summarizes key findings from directors, teachers, assistant teachers and family child care providers who participated. Additionally, information gathered from this study is compared to similar studies conducted by CCSA in 2015, 2014, 2011 and 2003. The data for this study were collected prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2015 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
Through funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education, a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina. This study provides comprehensive data on teachers, assistant teachers and directors in early care and education centers and on the licensed early care and education programs in which they work. Additionally, information gathered from this study is compared to similar studies conducted by CCSA in 2014, 2011 and 2003.
2014 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
Through funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education and a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina. This study provides comprehensive data on teachers, assistant teachers and directors in early care and education centers and on the licensed early care and education programs in which they work. Additionally, information gathered from this study is compared to similar studies conducted by CCSA in 2011 and 2003.
2013 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
Through funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education, through a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina from January 2013 through December 2013. This study provides comprehensive data on teachers, assistant teachers and directors in early care and education centers and on the licensed early care and education programs in which they work. Additionally, information gathered from this study is compared to similar studies conducted by CCSA in 2011 and 2003.
2012 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
Through funding from the Division of Child Development and Early Education, through a Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Care Services Association (CCSA) conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina from September 2012 through February 2013. This study provides comprehensive data on teachers, assistant teachers and directors in early care and education centers and family child care providers and on the licensed early care and education programs in which they work.
2011 North Carolina Child Care Workforce Study
Through funding from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Child Care Services Association conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce in North Carolina beginning in the spring and ending in early winter 2011. This study provides comprehensive data on teachers and directors and on the licensed early care and education facilities in which they work and is compared to a similar study conducted by CCSA in 2003.