Diana Schaack

Yes They Can: Supporting Bachelor Degree Attainment for Early Childhood Practitioners

January 1, 2014 • Report • By Laura Sakai, Fran Kipnis, Marcy Whitebook and Diana Schaack

This article, published in Early Childhood Research and Practice, examines the challenges experienced and supports received of early care and education practitioners who return to…

Supporting Teachers as Learners: A Guide for Mentors and Coaches in Early Care and Education

July 15, 2013 • Book • By Marcy Whitebook, Dan Bellm and Diana Schaack

This book describes the ways in which the mentoring terrain in early care and education has changed over the last two decades, and the multiple contexts in which mentoring now…

From Aspiration to Attainment: Practices That Support Early Childhood Degree Attainment, Los Angeles Universal Preschool's Child Development Workforce Initiative

January 1, 2013 • Report • By Marcy Whitebook, Diana Schaack, Fran Kipnis, Lea J.E. Austin and Laura Sakai

This study sought to understand what distinguishes students who are successful at earning degrees or transferring to four-year institutions from those who are stalled in their progress or who dis-enroll…