November 12, 2018
South Carolina 2018 Early Childhood Education Workforce Study
Understanding the South Carolina Early Childhood Education (ECE) workforce is essential to understanding the impact of ECE initiatives, policies, and practices on children and child outcomes. Through funding from the Division of Early Care and Education at South Carolina Department of Social Services, the administrator for the federal Child Care Development Fund, SC Endeavors (formerly the South Carolina Center for Child Care Career Development), and the Yvonne & Schuyler Moore Child Development Research Center at the University of South Carolina conducted a statewide survey of the early care and education workforce.
This is the largest, most comprehensive survey of the state's early childhood workforce, representing feedback from over 4,000 practitioners across the state. The results of the study are the voice of our diverse early childhood workforce encompassing a varied field of professionals including leaders and staff who work directly with young children in center-, school-, and home-based settings, as administrators, teaching staff or family child care educators.
