25 Publications
2024
Family child care Educators’ experiences and Decision-Making related to serving children during COVID-19 and implications for supporting educators after the pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review
. | Journal Article
 
Social and emotional competencies predict pre-service teachers’ occupational health and personal well-being. Teaching and Teacher Education
. | Journal Article
 
Teachers’ social competencies, occupational health, and personal well-being are associated with their use of snark in the classroom. Social Psychology of Education
. | Journal Article
2023
Family Child Care Program Closure in Alabama During the COVID-19 Pandemic. AERA Open
. | Journal Article
 
Perspectives on quality and supporting quality improvement from early childhood technical assistants working with family child care educators. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education
. | Journal Article
2022
Ease of restroom access influences fluid consumption habits and health in classroom teachers
Winchester, Lee J.⋅Hooper, Alison L. and Kerch, Cailin J.
(pp. 1–6). Informa UK Limited
 
Linking early head start children’s social–emotional functioning with profiles of family functioning and stress. Journal of Family Psychology
Hooper, Alison⋅Hustedt, Jason T⋅Slicker, Gerilyn⋅Hallam, Rena A and Gaviria-Loaiza, Juana
 
Novice early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their professional development experiences: an interpretive phenomenological approach. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education
 
Sing and Play Your Way to Reading: Building Emergent Literacy Skills in Infants and Toddlers Through Music. The Reading Teacher
. | Journal Article
 
Social support in a parenting Facebook group during the COVID ‐19 pandemic. Family Relations
. | Journal Article
2021
An in-depth examination of family child care providers and their engagement with outside systems using a mixed methods case study approach
Hooper, Alison and Hallam, Rena
(pp. 105959). Elsevier BV
 
An intensive professional development in family child care: a promising approach
Han, Myae⋅Buell, Martha⋅Hallam, Rena and Hooper, Alison
(pp. 1–17). Informa UK Limited
 
Identifying a Typology of Unlisted Paid Home-Based Child Care Providers Using Latent Profile Analysis
Hooper, Alison⋅Slicker, Gerilyn and Riser, Danielle
(pp. 1–14). Informa UK Limited
 
“Our quality is a little bit different”: How family childcare providers who participate in a Quality Rating and Improvement System and receive childcare subsidy define quality
Hooper, Alison⋅Hallam, Rena and Skrobot, Christine
(pp. 146394911985898). SAGE Publications
 
Prevalence and Characteristics of Home-Based Child Care Providers Serving Children With Provider-Reported Disabilities. Journal of Early Intervention
2020
“I’m a Teacher, Unofficially”: How Home-Based Providers Perceive and Navigate Their Roles
Hooper, Alison
(pp. 223–237). Informa UK Limited
 
Prevalence and predictors of expulsion in home-based child care settings
Hooper, Alison and Schweiker, Claire
Wiley
2019
Boosting family child care success in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Hallam, Rena A.⋅Hooper, Alison⋅Buell, Martha⋅Ziegler, Melissa and Han, Myae
(pp. 239–247). Elsevier BV
 
Classifying Home-Based Child Care Providers: Validating a Typology of Providers’ Beliefs and Self-Reported Practices
Hooper, Alison
(pp. 275–285). Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Identifying profiles of listed home-based child care providers based on their beliefs and self-reported practices
Hooper, Alison and Hallam, Rena
(pp. 194–205). Elsevier BV
2018
A Descriptive Study of the Relationship Between Literacy Quality and Global Quality in Family Child Care Programs Engaged in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems
Buell, Martha J.⋅Buell, Martha J⋅Hooper, Alison⋅Hooper, Alison⋅Hallam, Rena A.⋅Hallam, Rena A⋅Han, Myae and Han, Myae
(pp. 725–745). Springer Nature America, Inc
 
Predictors of Instructional Practices Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Home-Based Child Care Providers
Hooper, Alison
(pp. 747–768). Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
The influence of early childhood teacher certification on kindergarten and first-grade students’ academic outcomes
Hooper, Alison
(pp. 1–12). Informa UK Limited
2017
A Two-State Study of Family Child Care Engagement in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Hallam, Rena⋅Hooper, Alison⋅Bargreen, Kaitlin⋅Buell, Martha and Han, Myae
(pp. 669–683). Informa UK Limited
 
Exploring the Relationship Between Global Quality and Group Engagement in Toddler Child Care Classrooms
Hooper, A. and Hallam, R.
(pp. 215-226)