An ecological perspective on early educator well-being at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Early educator well-being is increasingly understood as a critical ingredient of high-quality early education and care. The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened educator well-being by exacerbating existing stressors and introducing novel stressors to all aspects of early educators' lives, and early educators have had differential access to resources to cope with these new circumstances. Using survey data collected between April and June 2020 with a sample of 666 early educators in community-based center, family child care, Head Start, and public school prekindergarten programs across Massachusetts, we document the pandemic's initial influence on educators' sense of well-being. Adopting an ecological perspective, we consider educator-, program-, and community-level factors that may be associate

SUBMITTER: Hanno EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841165 | biostudies-literature | 2022 3rd Quarter

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature