Career Opportunities and Job Links
These links are intended to provide you with current information on career opportunities in Illinois in the early care and education and school-age care fields, as well as national information.
Illinois Links
Careers at Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCCW): What’s Happening in Illinois?
Chicago Association for the Education of Young Children Resume Web site
Directors’ Perceptions About Male Involvement in Early Childhood Programs (PDF)
The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Illinois (PDF)
Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) Job Bank
Illinois Early Childhood Program Matrix
Illinois Preschool Teacher Study: Assessment of Illinois Early Care and Education Data and Research Reports (PDF)
Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey of Licensed Child Care Facilities: FY 2009
Illinois Workforce Information Center
Market Rate Survey of Licensed Child Care Programs in Illinois: FY 2008
Staff Qualifications of Lead Teachers in Early Childhood Classrooms: Making the Case for a Differentiated Staffing Pattern (PDF)
What's Involved in Starting a Family Child Care Business in Illinois?
Who's Caring for the Kids?: The Status of the Early Childhood Workforce in Illinois—2008 (PDF)
General Links
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Child Care Workers
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Teachers—Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Career Voyages
Child Day Care Services (US Department of Labor)
Early Childhood Workforce Hourly Wage Data
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Career Forum
Starting a Child Care Center
Starting a Family Child Care Program
State Compensation Initiatives for Early Childhood Educators
Criteria for Inclusion
Links are chosen that are consistent with the mission of this Web site, which is to increase the educational and training opportunities for early care and education, school-age, and youth development providers in Illinois. The "links" section of the Gateways to Opportunity Web site connects to sites that contain information or resources useful to those who work with young children and youth. Links are checked monthly for accuracy and reviewed by at least two people before being added to this list. This Web site does not generally link to sites that are primarily intended for the sale of products or services.
Disclaimer
Links are provided for information purposes only. A link to a Web site does not necessarily imply an endorsement of any product, resource, or service on that Web site.
Submitting Resource Links
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