Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Stage: ECE, the Teacher Workforce, and Head Start -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction: ECE Education in the US -- Preschool: A Mix of Fragmented Services -- Study Context: Head Start -- The Question of Value -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Life History, Life Course, and the Problem of Family/Work Balance -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Life-lines and Choosing Sample Life Histories -- Teacher Portraits and Analyses -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. The Intensification of Teaching: What Is Good Teaching? -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Work Organization and Structure -- Specialists' Views of Good Teaching -- Teachers' Experience of the Work -- Discussion -- References -- 4. Teaming and Teacher Identity -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Challenges of Team Teaching -- The Cases -- Teaching Context and Participants -- Teaming Episodes -- Discussion Across the Cases: TCM, SDT, and Psychological Safety -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Chronic Homelessness and Teaching at Hawthorne House -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Neoliberalism and Homelessness -- Children, Poverty and Chronic Homelessness -- Hawthorne House -- A Portrait, in Broad Strokes -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Building Family-School Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter Overview -- Introduction -- Supporting Children and Families: the Head Start Model -- Community Action Programs -- The Role of Head Start Family Advocates -- The Role of Head Start Teachers -- Examples of Family Support and Partnership Building -- Parents' Perspectives: Parent Involvement and Teacher Relationships -- A Deeper Look: the Torres Family -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. A Woman's World: Gender and ECE Teaching