Sunday, December 26, 2010

Thank You- My Colleagues

I would like to take this time to thank my wonderful colleagues for their support throughout this course.  It has been a great pleasure collaborating with each and everyone of you.  I enjoyed the wonderful comments and different ideas posted to my blog.  I hope we will all have other enjoyable experiences as this one in our future classes.  Good Luck Everyone!!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Code of Ethics

Ethical Responsibilities to Children

P-1.2  We shall care for and educate children in positive, emotional and social environments that are cognitively stimulating and that support each child's culture, language, ethnicity and family structure.

Working with children is our first priority.  The ultimate goal is to provide children with a safe and nurturing learning environment.  We must provide activities that will help children learn and grow socially, emotionally, and cognitively. We must make sure all children are treated fairly without being discriminated because of who they are.

Ethical Responsibilities to families

1.-2.2
To develop relationships of mutual trust and create partnership with the families we serve. 
We must acknowledge that each family is unique, and establishing a partnership is vital in the Early Childhood Profession.  Creating a partnership will make learning much easier for young children with the support of their family. We must let our families know they can trust Early Childhood Professionals to teach and care for their children.

Ethical Responsibilities to Employers
1.3B.1

To assist the program in providing the highest quality of services.

We must uphold the integrity of the Early Childhood Profession.  We must support and adhere to guidelines and policies, and speak positive about our profession.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Additional Resources

Earlychildhood.org
http://www.earlychildhood.org/

Early Childhood Development Resource
http://pamschiller.com/


NACCRIA (National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies)
http://www.naccrra.org/

Resources

Resources from class

Resources

  • World Forum Foundation
    http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php




  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/about_OMEP/




  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/about/
  • Resources

  • 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/