This week, I took the time to explore the Global
Alliance of NAEYC website, of early childhood professionals from around the
world. I took the time to email, one contact from each country. One
professional, I’m unable to connect with because their email is no longer in
use. I have send emails to other professionals around the world and I waiting
for them to respond back to my email. I have spoken with my supervisor and
manager of early childhood and asked them if they knew any professionals within
the early childhood education field that I could correspond with during my
class for my Master’s Program. I explained to my supervisor and manager the
goals of the class and how often I’m encouraged to communicate with the
professionals. I showed them my
assignment and they were going to contact their professional from around the
world. They will let me know if I will be able to contact them for my class, if
I’m unable to make contact with any of the professionals I have at least tried
to make contact with; I will be using the alternate assignment for Part 1 of
the blog assignments.
This week, I took the time to observe the early
childhood related websites within the United States. I looked at the majority
of websites and I make a decision to study the Zero to Three: National Center
for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. I felt this website offers many resources
for professionals, teachers, and families. They have simple and easy tabs for
quick search, depending on the subject and topic a person is interested in
finding more information on to help support the children and families. It
shares resources for child development and the topic concerns and challenges
families and teachers experience with child. They have resources to help
support and overcome the struggles of aggressive behavior/challenging behavior,
biting, routines, transitions, and separation anxiety. The site offers many
articles and other websites for professionals, teachers, and families to
explore and learn more about the topics listed above. I will be going back to
the website to sign up for their newsletters and more information to help my
guide of studying issues and trends within the early childhood education field.
If any of my colleagues have any questions or want to discuss a certain topic,
I’m willing to share my thoughts, suggestions, and new techniques or resources
to help with any issues and trends they deal with on a regular basis.
Erin,
ReplyDeleteIt is GREAT you have such support from your supervisors and managers! I pretty sure they have a wealth of information and resources that they can give you! I tried to do the alternative assignment but received an error code. I found a contact page but unable to email someone specifically. I ended up going to naeyc.org and the Global Alliance page and found 3 early childhood professionals to contact. I am excited to see what information they can offer about their policies, procedures, rules, and regulations in regards to the early childhood field! Great post...it was very detailed!
Erin,
ReplyDeleteI am currently in the waiting process as well. I am hoping to get a response this week or I will have to do the alternative assignment of Part 1. I wish you the best of luck and hope you are able to connect with others and learn more about their programs and services.