A comparison of educators' and providers' rankings of the important competencies for day care professionals

The most important competencies for directors and teachers were identified from educators' and providers' rankings. Personal qualities and staff relations were important for directors, while promoting children's emotional development and the teacher's personal qualities were important for teachers. Educators and providers agreed more about the competencies important for teachers than for directors.The data analyzed in this paper were collected as part of the second author's master's thesis submitted to Colorado State University.