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Creating an Effective System of Teacher Preparation and Professional Development

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Sharon Ryan

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

With the expansion in publicly funded prekindergarten programs across the country, a number of policy initiatives are aiming to bring these various providers of preschool services together to create coordinated systems of early care and education. This article reports the findings of a focus group study with stakeholders at all levels of the preschool teacher development system in New Jersey after it had been in operation for 4 years. The reported experiences of these early childhood stakeholders offer insights into what is needed for such a system to work and the barriers preventing coordination of services and how they might be addressed in other states.

Key Words: teacher education • preschool • focus groups

This version was published on July 1, 2008

Educational Policy, Vol. 22, No. 4, 515-540 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807307064


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