Thursday, December 22, 2011

Thank You to My Early Childhood Colleagues!

I wanted to thank my new colleagues in the field of early childhood.  This semester has been very enlightening.  I enjoyed learning from everyone experiences.  I was concerned that I would not be able to use my chemistry background to become a early childhood educator.  Your experiences encouraged me to apply my background to techniques that will help my families and their children.   Thank you again for making me more aware of different situations plaguing our families and their young children.

Please do not let the end of the semester end our professional relationship.  

Thank you and continued good fortune throughout the program. 

"It takes a village to raise a child." -African Proverb-
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Examining Codes of Ethics

NAEYC ideals

  • To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and stay informed through continuing education and training.

It is necessary to have foundational information with respect to early childhood.  More research is being done to enhance techniques used by educators.  We need to provide our families the most up to date practices for their child reach their full potential.  Each child is unique.  The more information we have as early childhood educators, the more children we can serve effectively.

  •  To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.
Many families do not understand why their child may need to transition to another program.  We need to make sure the family and the child have as many opportunities to be comfortable with the new program.  Early childhood educator know when one of their students will enter a new program.  We need to use all of the time preparing the child and family for the new program.

  •  To listen to families acknowledge and build upon their strengths and competencies, and learn from families as we support them in their task of nurturing children.

Families need to understand that they are a very important person in their child's education.  The families support will encourage their child to reach their child's potential.  Early childhood educators need to listen to the family and incorporate some of their ideas into the classroom.  The parents are the expert when it comes to their child.  Early childhood educators foster additional learning opportunities.


DEC ideals

  •   We shall serve as advocates for children with disabilities and their families and for the professionals who serve them by supporting both policy and programmatic decisions that enhance the quality of their lives.

Early Childhood educators need to be understanding to the unique demands of having a child with a disability.  We, as early childhood educators, must assist families find the necessary resources.  Many families do not understand what techniques they can use to help their children.  It is imperative to explain to parents how they can practice foundational skills in their daily routines.

  •   We shall honor and respect our responsibilities while upholding the dignity and autonomy of colleagues and maintaining collegial interpersonal and intraprofessional relationships.
Early childhood educators need to work as a team by exchanging ideas without being critical.  We should not focus on receiving awards for our work but uplifting each other to continue with the journey of informing our society about early childhood education.  It is a wonderful opportunity to attend conferences and meet other early childhood educators from different districts can observe what techniques worked to engage the children an their families.

  •   We shall demonstrate our respect and concern for children, families, colleagues, and others with whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values customs, languages and culture.

People an their situations are unique.  Whether we believe or practice certain traditions, it must not interfere with our professional relationships with the children, their families and our colleagues.  Our responsibility is to provide our students with necessary skills to reach their full potential.  We must focus our energy on serving our communities by preparing our students with knowledge they can build on through their entire life.


Additional Resources

Rigby, E & Neuman, M. (2005, January).  Making a difference:  leadership in early care and education policy.  Beyond the Journal:  Young Children on the Web.  Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200501/Rigby.pdf


This is a wonderful article which encourages early childhood educators that there are opportunities where early childhood educators are needed.  It provided me with the more confidence to use my chemistry background in the classroom and my experience can take me to different sectors in society.



It is an organization that helps children in the United States not to go hungry.  I was watching the Hallmark channel when I saw the commercial on Feed the Children.  It was stated that one in five children go hungry in the United States.  I was alarmed.  This website provides opportunities to help these children not to go hungry.
"It takes a village to raise a child." -African Proverb-
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Growing Your Collection of Resources

Below are links from Foundations: Early Childhood Studies Week 5

  • NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap




    • NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf



    NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf



  • NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf






  • NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf






  • NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf





  • Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller





  • FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

    Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.






  • Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.
    Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title.






  • Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf






  • Websites:
     


    • Below are links to understanding developmental milestones, transitioning to preschool, suggested books for preschoolers, early intervention support for military families, early intervention in the state of Maryland and early childhood research.
    http://www.firstsigns.org/treatment/EI.htm

    http://www.education.com/magazine/article/preschool-transition/

    http://www.education.com/magazine/article/50-books-child-read-kindergarten/

    http://ei.mdecgateway.org/

    http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=MHF:HOME1:0::::SID:20.40.500.565.0.0.0.0.0

    http://nieer.org/




    "It takes a villiage to raise a child." -African Proverb-
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