Shaping the Employer Role in Child Care. Preconference Workshop Papers Prepared for 1982 Annual Convention, National Association for the Education of Young Children (Washington, D.C., November 11, 1982).

Included in this document are 24 preconference workshop papers prepared for the 1982 annual convention of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), entitled "Shaping the Employer Role in Child Care." The purposes of the workshop were (1) to provide NAEYC members with a realistic picture of current employer involvement in child care, describing both various models as well as the implications of their adoption; (2) to identify the primary mechanisms for establishing linkages with other community-based organizations in an effort to stimulate corporate interest; and (3) to impart skills for working with the business community. Corresponding to the above purposes, individual papers are grouped into the following four major topic classifications: the current state-of-the-art of employer involvement in child care, employer options for supporting child care, building skills (needs assessment, marketing, taxation, fund raising, and so on), and working as a community. A list of related reading materials are appended along with a list of conference speakers. (MP)