Overview
The following studies from the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Research and Evaluation Division (DFPM-RED) examine the state of the child care and early childhood education workforce in Arkansas.
Instructional Staff in Child Care and Early Childhood Education
The linked reports focus on the pay, benefits, wellbeing, professional development access, and reasons for turnover among instructional staff.
Executive Summary, 2022 (PDF)
Full Report, 2022 (PDF)
Executive Summary, 2017 (PDF)
Full Report, 2017 (PDF)
Program Administrators in Early Childhood Care & Education
The linked report asks administrators similar questions about themselves/their staff as individuals while adding questions about the fiscal health of their program.
Full Report (PDF)
The Impact of COVID-19 on AR’s Early Childhood Care & Education Workforce: A Summary of Surveys
The linked report summarizes multiple studies conducted throughout the pandemic that focus on the ways COVID-19 impacted administrators and instructional staff, as well as the children in their care.
Full Report, 2020 (PDF)