Mentoring and Facilitating Professional Engagement as Quality Enhancement Strategies: An Overview and Evaluation of the Family Child Care Partnerships Program

Abell, Ellen; Arsiwalla, Dilbur D.; Putnam, Robin I.; Miller, Ellaine B.

doi:10.1007/s10566-014-9254-1

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“…Family childcare is routinely excluded from the research, leading to a lack of knowledge about how to best support family childcare educators in offering high-quality childcare (Bromer & Korfmacher, 2017;Bromer & Pick, 2012;Figuero & Wiley, 2016;Schaack et al, 2017). Few specialists working with family childcare educators have any experience in family childcare themselves, yet this is a unique population requiring specialized training and support (Abell et al, 2014;Bromer & Weaver, 2016;Lowenberg, 2016).…”

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Out of the shadows: An epistemological examination of family childcare in Canada

Woodman

2023

J Child Edu Soc

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This paper critically examines the current knowledge base of family childcare through an epistemological lens. A brief literature review highlights what is known about family childcare, and standpoint theory is used to illustrate how I first became aware of the issues in the current system as a former family childcare educator. Then, an examination of the gaps in knowledge resulting from the current approach to knowledge creation in family childcare is outlined, with human ecology and social constructionism proposed as ideal paradigms for more holistic knowledge creation. Finally, a brief proposal for research designed to create a more informed path to understanding family childcare is offered to answer the question: What are the experiences of family childcare educators in Canada, and which supports and services are required to meet their unique needs?

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Out of the shadows: An epistemological examination of family childcare in Canada

Woodman

2023

J Child Edu Soc

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“…While day home agencies in Alberta are required to offer regular continuing education sessions that often include opportunities for networking (Government of Alberta, 2022b), timing or travel requirements may prevent some educators from regularly attending (Cella, 2020). In addition, these sessions typically take place once a month, for about 2 hours, which is likely not frequent enough to significantly impact FCC educator experiences or abilities (Abell et al, 2014). Finally, continuing education is routinely offered in a one-size-fits-all approach, which does not meet the need of FCC educators to receive individualized continuing education and support, or the ability to self-customize their continuing education Tonyan et al, 2017).…”

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Overcoming the Challenges of Family Day Home Educators: A Family Ecological Theory Approach

Woodman

2022

in education

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This paper explores a framework of family ecological theory for overcoming the challenges facing family childcare educators (FCC educators), who care for small groups of children in their own home. Pathways to overcoming these barriers through an ecological approach will be outlined by critically examining current research on these challenges. In this way, I justify using ecological theory as an effective tool for conceptualizing the challenges of FCC educators. Ecological theory describes how people’s growth and change is influenced by the contexts around them (Bronfenbrenner, 1986). For isolated FCC educators working alone with young children, the limited interactions, supports, and environments they encounter offer incredible meaning and possibility. Examining how the challenges they face can be overcome with a family ecological theory approach illuminates many avenues for success in this unique population. In this paper, the four main challenges of lack of respect, low wages and funding, isolation, and lack of training currently facing FCC educators are examined with an ecological lens to highlight opportunities for positive change. Final thoughts of how this benefits others using an ecological theory framework conclude this paper. Keywords: family day home, family childcare, early childhood education, ecological theory

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“…28 It has been used synonymously with fulfillment, 29 and similarly to professional identity formation. 30 It has been measured using various indicators, such as number of: professional development activities and professional collaborations, 31 professional memberships and contacts, 32 and within-school interactions, outside of own school interactions, and involvement in leadership activities. 33 Other measures have included planned effort, planned persistence, professional development aspirations, and professional leadership aspirations.…”

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Rules of Engagement: The Why, What, and How of Professional Engagement for Pharmacy

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Janke²

2015

Innov Pharm

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The development of student pharmacists must include inspiring within them a sense of engagement in their profession. This paper provides the rationale for and the potential implications of this concept, as well as an overview of experiences with professional engagement in student pharmacists at one college of pharmacy. Curricular-based experiences and research will be discussed, including the insights gained and suggestions for developing and encouraging professional engagement. Lastly, this article provides future direction for furthering professional engagement on both the conceptual and curricular level. Type: Idea Paper

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Mentoring and Facilitating Professional Engagement as Quality Enhancement Strategies: An Overview and Evaluation of the Family Child Care Partnerships Program

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Out of the shadows: An epistemological examination of family childcare in Canada

Out of the shadows: An epistemological examination of family childcare in Canada

Overcoming the Challenges of Family Day Home Educators: A Family Ecological Theory Approach

Rules of Engagement: The Why, What, and How of Professional Engagement for Pharmacy

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