Career Opportunities & Job Links

Illinois Links

• Careers at Chicago Public Schools
• Center for the Child Care Workforce: 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
• The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Illinois
• Illinois Association of School Administrators Job Bank
• Illinois Early Childhood Program Matrix
• Illinois Preschool Teacher Study
  Assessment of Illinois Early Care and Education Data and Research Reports
• Illinois Salary and Staffing Survey of Licensed Child Care Facilities: FY 2005 (1.87 MB)
• Illinois Workforce Information Center
• Staff Qualifications of Lead Teachers in Early Childhood Classrooms: Making the Case for a Differentiated Staffing Pattern
• Teach Illinois
• 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, June 2001

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 (U.S. Department of Labor)
• Current Data on the Salaries and Benefits of the U.S. Early Childhood Education Workforce (2004) (861 KB)
• Low Salaries for Staff, High Costs to Children: State-by-State Wage Data for the Early Childhood Education Workforce (2.11 MB)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children Career Forum
• Starting a Child Care Center
• Starting a Family Child Care Program

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 providers in Illinois. The "links" section of the Illinois Gateways to Opportunity Web site points to sites that contain information or resources useful to those who work with young children. 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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