Creating an Effective System of Teacher Preparation and Professional Development: Conversations With Stakeholders
Carrie Lobman Dr.*
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Sharon Ryan
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: lobman{at}rci.rutgers.edu.
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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.
