Oregon Early Learning Workforce: Five Years Beyond Baseline, Comparison of 2012 and 2017
Abstract
This brief, the sixth annual, describes Oregon’s early learning workforce in 2017. As of 2012, Oregon has had in place a system that allows it to answer policy-relevant questions about the early learning workforce employed in regulated child care and education facilities. This brief captures key characteristics of the 2017 workforce and compares them with those of the 2012 workforce. Annual reports enable the State to measure workforce turnover and provide decision makers with information critical for designing the training system. With access to six years of data, this study provides a new look at turnover and stability of the workforce.