Oregon Early Learners Facts & Findings

The Early Learning Division COVID-19 Early Educator Survey was conducted in March 2021. Licensed early childhood educators in publicly-funded and private programs across the state answered questions about: the types of services (if any) that they provided during the COVID-19 pandemic; the extent of program closures and job loss; whether closures and unemployment had disproportionately affected different types of programs, job positions, and educators from traditionally under-represented groups; the extent to which they had utilized various sources of relief funding; and potential supports and barriers to pandemic recovery.