5 Facets In Child Care

A population was a group of potential participants to whom a researcher wanted to generalize the results of a study (Leedy & Ormod, 2013). The population for the study was licensed early childhood centers in Illinois. The research population for the study was early childcare staff from childcare centers, home based programs in Illinois. The sample consisted of early childcare staff from a major Midwestern town in Illinois. The childcare staff included teachers, aids, home visitors, directors, executive directors, family service specialists, and coordinators.
A sample was a subset of that population. Samples should be selected from populations in ways that it matched the characteristics of the population. The goal was to have the sample much
The five facets are: co-worker relations, supervisor relations, the nature of the work itself, working conditions, and pay and promotion opportunities. Co-worker relations describe the degree of mutual trust and respect by forming close relationships with colleagues. A supervisor relation is childcare staff’s assessment of supervisor’s overall competence through the perceived quality and quantity of feedback, encouragement, and helpful support from a supervisor. The nature of work itself includes different aspects of the work experience, the perceived importance of the work, and the extend ton which it provides innate joy and fulfills the need for recognition, creativity, and skill building. Working conditions include both the structure of the work experience as well as the context. Pay and promotion opportunities are concerned with the adequacy of pay as well as the perceived equity and fairness of compensation policies, fringe benefits, and opportunities for advancement. It also includes childcare staff’s perceived job security (Bloom, 2010). Part I described the perceived climate and Part II measured the importance attached to dimensions in Part I. Part III had provision for two unstructured responses each for the satisfactions and frustrations. The score obtained from five facets provided the job satisfaction score for this study. The researcher obtained wage and program quality measure from Supplemental Information Sheet (SIS), created by the researcher (Appendix B). Two levels of quality, a lower level corresponded to state licensing only. Level 2 the higher level indicated that early childhood center had achieved national accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The quality meant higher if the NAEYC accredited check box was selected “yes” in SIS (Appendix B). NAEYC is a national