I want to thank all my fellow colleagues in Group 2. All of my fellow colleagues helped me to grow as a person, and gained new knowledge in the early childhood field. I enjoyed the eight weeks we spent together, and I am looking forward to working together again in future classes. Continue Sucess!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Ideals in the NAEYC and the DEC Codes of Ethics
Ideals
1-1.9 - To advocate for and ensure that all children, including those with special needs, have access to the support services needed to be successful.
This is important to me because all children need someone to protect them and offer support as they began their education journey. All children are vulnerable and expects teachers and parents to make the right decisions that will lead them to become successful adults.
1-1.12 - To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.
This is important to me because developing a open relationship with parents and teachers is a positive step in creating a healthy learning environment for children to learn. When parents and teachers are working together, children will be able to move from one program to the next. Parental involvement is important for all children to become good learners.
1-3A. 1 - To establish and maintain relationships of respect, trust, confidentiality, collaboration, and cooperation with co-workers.
This is important to me because when co-workers are not happy, our children can sense the turmoil. This will cause a lot of conflict in the work place. From personal experience, the teacher and me are not on the same page, and our children can sense the turmoil. When I say a child will give me five minutes of their recess time, the child will ask the teacher and she will say you can go play. This type of environment is not a healthy learning environment for children to learn.
Professional and Interpersonal Behavior
3. 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.
Working in the field of early childhood education, it our duties to make sure all children and their families receive support that will help them to live successful lives, regardless of their disabilities.
1-1.9 - To advocate for and ensure that all children, including those with special needs, have access to the support services needed to be successful.
This is important to me because all children need someone to protect them and offer support as they began their education journey. All children are vulnerable and expects teachers and parents to make the right decisions that will lead them to become successful adults.
1-1.12 - To work with families to provide a safe and smooth transition as children and families move from one program to the next.
This is important to me because developing a open relationship with parents and teachers is a positive step in creating a healthy learning environment for children to learn. When parents and teachers are working together, children will be able to move from one program to the next. Parental involvement is important for all children to become good learners.
1-3A. 1 - To establish and maintain relationships of respect, trust, confidentiality, collaboration, and cooperation with co-workers.
This is important to me because when co-workers are not happy, our children can sense the turmoil. This will cause a lot of conflict in the work place. From personal experience, the teacher and me are not on the same page, and our children can sense the turmoil. When I say a child will give me five minutes of their recess time, the child will ask the teacher and she will say you can go play. This type of environment is not a healthy learning environment for children to learn.
Professional and Interpersonal Behavior
3. 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.
Working in the field of early childhood education, it our duties to make sure all children and their families receive support that will help them to live successful lives, regardless of their disabilities.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Course Resources/Additional Resources
Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices
The National Association for Family Child Care: http://www.nafcc.org/
The National Association for Family Child Care is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality care by strengthening the profession of a family child care.
The National Association of Child Care Resources & Referral Agencies: http://www.naccrra.org/
The NACCRA is our nation's leading voice for child care. This program provide training and technical assistance to local and state CCR&R's that support high quality, accountable services. Early Childhood Focus, a Web site featuring daily news, clippings about child care and child welfare issues around the country.
Early Childhood News: http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/
Early childhood News is an online resource for Teachers and Parents of children, from infants to age 8 years. Also, the latest topics in early childhood education discussed by experts, state licensing requirements, and a free newsletter Earlychildhood Newslink.
- NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/53036/CRS-CW-4603357/educ6005_readings/naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
- 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://www.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/~images/pdfs/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:
- World Forum Foundation
http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage
- World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/about_OMEP/
Read about OMEP’s mission.
- Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/about/
Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.
- World Forum Foundation
Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week’s Application assignment.
Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations - National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/
- The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/
- Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/
- WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
- Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
- FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
- Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
- HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/
- Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
- Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/
- Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
- National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
- National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/
- National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/
- Pre[K]Now
http://www.preknow.org/
- Voices for America’s Children
http://www.voices.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=22807
- The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/
The National Association for Family Child Care: http://www.nafcc.org/
The National Association for Family Child Care is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality care by strengthening the profession of a family child care.
The National Association of Child Care Resources & Referral Agencies: http://www.naccrra.org/
The NACCRA is our nation's leading voice for child care. This program provide training and technical assistance to local and state CCR&R's that support high quality, accountable services. Early Childhood Focus, a Web site featuring daily news, clippings about child care and child welfare issues around the country.
Early Childhood News: http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/
Early childhood News is an online resource for Teachers and Parents of children, from infants to age 8 years. Also, the latest topics in early childhood education discussed by experts, state licensing requirements, and a free newsletter Earlychildhood Newslink.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Additional Quotes
Teachers who cannot keep students involved and excited for several hours in the classroom should not be there. John Roueche
Teaching is the highest form of understanding. Aristotle
The secret of education is respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You learn something every day if you pay attention. Ray LeBlond
Teaching is the highest form of understanding. Aristotle
The secret of education is respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You learn something every day if you pay attention. Ray LeBlond
Favorite Quotes: Lilian Katz and Edward Zigler, Ph.D
"Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, some else's child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good secured for all other people's children." Lilian Katz
"Experts generally agree that taking all opportunties to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their learning to read. The pleasures of being read to are far more likely to strengthen a child's desire to learn to read than are repetitions of sounds, alphabet drills, and deciphering uninteresting word". Lilian Katz
I have long believed that the development of a child does not begin the day he is born -or at age three - but much earlier, during the formative years of his parents. Edward Zigler, Ph.D
It is import to help children as much as possible about parenting to help prevent social problems like premature child bearing, and child neglect and abuse. Now that we know more about brain development in the very young, it is critical that we teach our future parents the important role that parents can play in stimulating and nuturing their children, and in preparing them to reach their full potential in school and in later life. Edward Zigler, Ph.D
Quotes from Educational Professionals in Wk 2 video segement
I want to fix all the injustices in the world. I want to make sure children are taught in an environment to grow and develop to their fullest abilities, and to create a save world. Louise Derman-Sparks
I bring child resources to parents that help them to go to school, and this helps parents and children to see their is more to life than just what is in their neighborhood. I am proud to know that I helped make a difference in a child life. Raymond Hernandez MSED
Its helps me to put my ego aside and help these children to succeed. Renatta M. Cooper
Growing up with my parents being involved in my education made me interested in working in the field of Early Childhood Education. Sandy Escobido
"Experts generally agree that taking all opportunties to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their learning to read. The pleasures of being read to are far more likely to strengthen a child's desire to learn to read than are repetitions of sounds, alphabet drills, and deciphering uninteresting word". Lilian Katz
I have long believed that the development of a child does not begin the day he is born -or at age three - but much earlier, during the formative years of his parents. Edward Zigler, Ph.D
It is import to help children as much as possible about parenting to help prevent social problems like premature child bearing, and child neglect and abuse. Now that we know more about brain development in the very young, it is critical that we teach our future parents the important role that parents can play in stimulating and nuturing their children, and in preparing them to reach their full potential in school and in later life. Edward Zigler, Ph.D
Quotes from Educational Professionals in Wk 2 video segement
I want to fix all the injustices in the world. I want to make sure children are taught in an environment to grow and develop to their fullest abilities, and to create a save world. Louise Derman-Sparks
I bring child resources to parents that help them to go to school, and this helps parents and children to see their is more to life than just what is in their neighborhood. I am proud to know that I helped make a difference in a child life. Raymond Hernandez MSED
Its helps me to put my ego aside and help these children to succeed. Renatta M. Cooper
Growing up with my parents being involved in my education made me interested in working in the field of Early Childhood Education. Sandy Escobido
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Personal Childhood Web
My mother was the most important person who cared about me throughout my childhood. She was not only my mother but my friend, and supporter. Although, I grew up in a home both my parents and three sisters and one brother. It was my mother who made sure that my sisters, brother, and me did not misbehave and stay in school. Education was important to my mother because she only recieved a ninth grader education. I remember my mother made sure that when birthdays came around, she would bake each one of my sisters, brother, and me birthday cakes for our speical day. On Februrary 6, 2004, my mother passed away. I miss her a lot, but I thank her each day for raising me to be a respectful, caring, person. I know that she is watching, cheering, and smiling from heaven everyday because, I am pursuing and achieving my goals. Thanks, mom.
My grandmother and grandfather were the next caregivers who nutured and cared for me when I was a child. They were my mother's parents. My grandmother provided me with my cooking skills because she was a great cook. One of the things, I am proud she taught me how to cook was a family favorite "homemade caramel frosting cake." I am proud to say, I am the only one in the family today that can cook this cake. When my mother would not buy me something, my grandmother would. My grandfather were my father figure because my dad and me never got along well. My grandfather prepared with a lot of life skills that I use in today's society. He told, I should work for what I need and do not depend on people to give me anything, and remember thank God for my blessings, and I should put family first over materials things. I am thankful to have had my grandparents throughout my childhood. Although, my grandmother passed away three months after my mother died in 2004. Their memories will live forever in my heart.
My sisters and brother are special to me because we grew up to together and we are friends. I am proud to say that we are still a very close family. In today's society, this is special. The media is always reporting family members fighting and killing each other. Although, we have our disagreements, we still love and support each other. My sisters and brother are proud of me because I am the first one in the family to recieve a college degree. They are supporting and cheering me on while I am studying for my Master degree. This helps me to know that they are there for me.
In the sixth grade, my home ex. teacher Mrs. Mildred Johnson taught me how to sew and how young girls suppose to be seen not heard. This statement is something that I always remembered when other girls would be loud and disrespectful in a crowd. Our young girls, in today's society would learn a lot on behaviour by using this statement, "young girls suppose to be seen not heard." Although, I do not care for sewing; when I graduated from high school. My first job was working at a sewing factory. My teacher, Mrs. Mildred Johnson taught me a skill that I could use to help me earn a living to support myself.
My childhood friend, Wendy Johnson. Wendy and I did so much together growing up. We had each other back no matter what. We were best friends throughout elementary and high school together, and throughout her death in 2008. I can still remember; the time we were in the fifth grade math class, and I did not know how to complete a math problem. Wendy helped me to understand how to complete this particular problem. I was proud she was my friend. It was the little things that she did out the goodness of her heart. I miss her a lot because; I could pick up the telephone and talk about nothing and she would listen. I know that she is looking down from heaven saying, " I still got your back."
My grandmother and grandfather were the next caregivers who nutured and cared for me when I was a child. They were my mother's parents. My grandmother provided me with my cooking skills because she was a great cook. One of the things, I am proud she taught me how to cook was a family favorite "homemade caramel frosting cake." I am proud to say, I am the only one in the family today that can cook this cake. When my mother would not buy me something, my grandmother would. My grandfather were my father figure because my dad and me never got along well. My grandfather prepared with a lot of life skills that I use in today's society. He told, I should work for what I need and do not depend on people to give me anything, and remember thank God for my blessings, and I should put family first over materials things. I am thankful to have had my grandparents throughout my childhood. Although, my grandmother passed away three months after my mother died in 2004. Their memories will live forever in my heart.
My sisters and brother are special to me because we grew up to together and we are friends. I am proud to say that we are still a very close family. In today's society, this is special. The media is always reporting family members fighting and killing each other. Although, we have our disagreements, we still love and support each other. My sisters and brother are proud of me because I am the first one in the family to recieve a college degree. They are supporting and cheering me on while I am studying for my Master degree. This helps me to know that they are there for me.
In the sixth grade, my home ex. teacher Mrs. Mildred Johnson taught me how to sew and how young girls suppose to be seen not heard. This statement is something that I always remembered when other girls would be loud and disrespectful in a crowd. Our young girls, in today's society would learn a lot on behaviour by using this statement, "young girls suppose to be seen not heard." Although, I do not care for sewing; when I graduated from high school. My first job was working at a sewing factory. My teacher, Mrs. Mildred Johnson taught me a skill that I could use to help me earn a living to support myself.
My childhood friend, Wendy Johnson. Wendy and I did so much together growing up. We had each other back no matter what. We were best friends throughout elementary and high school together, and throughout her death in 2008. I can still remember; the time we were in the fifth grade math class, and I did not know how to complete a math problem. Wendy helped me to understand how to complete this particular problem. I was proud she was my friend. It was the little things that she did out the goodness of her heart. I miss her a lot because; I could pick up the telephone and talk about nothing and she would listen. I know that she is looking down from heaven saying, " I still got your back."
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Welcome to my Blog page
Greeting Everyone,
This is my first time using a blog. I hope I sit it up correctly. I just want to say welcome and please sent comments.
This is my first time using a blog. I hope I sit it up correctly. I just want to say welcome and please sent comments.
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