On the NAEYC website, I looked up the publication Young
Children. I also subscribed to the Teaching Young Children. The past article in
July 2013 I perused in Young Children was “Appropriate and Meaningful
Assessment in Family-Centered Programs.” The article was very informative. From
the Young Children link, I entered equity and excellence in early care and
education. The site pulled up the article “A Call for Excellence in Early
Childhood Education.” This article was part of the NAEYC Public Policy page.
Other links on the NAEYC Public Policy page were: “Whole
Child, Whole Budget;” “Strong Start for Children Coalition;” “See our delivery
of 30,000 letters and artwork in support of the White House’s early learning
proposal;” “Federal Funding Debates – Learn More, Take Action! “ On the web
page it states, “NAEYC’s public policy work at the federal, state and local
levels reflects the Association’s position statements, standards for programs,
standards for teacher preparation programs, and other resources as well as
research and evidence from the field (NAEYC, n.d.).”
I also signed up for the Children’s Champions E-Mail List to
receive regular updates and action alerts on federal and state early childhood
policy issues. From this web page, I followed the link for “Strong Start for
Children.” Another link led to NAEYC’s recommendations for the budget
conference and support for the bipartisan Strong Start for America’s Children
Act, as well as, “NAEYC Update on the President’s Proposal,” “Administration
for Children and Families,” and “Department of Education.”
Another link I perused was the “Strong Start for Children:
building America’s Future.” This web page has a trove of information, such as
perusing the bill as well as the cosponsors of the bill and you can endorse the
bill on behalf of your organization. Other links on this page are: Resources;
Take Action; About the Campaign; Coalition Actions; Fact Sheets; Press
Statements; Press Clips; and Blog Posts. I had until this time heard and read a
little of President Obama’s new initiative but the information I found on
NAEYC’s web site was more in depth than what I had previously read.
NAEYC. (n.d.). Home. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/
Shelley,
ReplyDeleteI love that you are having such an educationally great time with the NAEYC website! I too find it to be full of really great appropriate and interesting material! I have been a member of NAEYC for probably 9 years now and I always look forward to receiving my copy of the Young Children, it never disappoints. Maybe I have asked before-but have you ever attended a NAEYC conference? It is one of the greatest oppertunities in Early Childhood to attend a National NAEYC conference-there is more information than you can soak in and you get to meet so many wonderful detacated people! I enjoyed your synopsis of the website.
Jenn Pore`
Hi Shelley, To answer your question... I hope so! If New York can accomplish a universal preschool, the other states would then have a model to follow. President Obama is really wanting the implementation of public preschool. Hopefully there will be a funding stream from the Feds. We may be at the beginning of a really exciting time for the early childhood field.
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see that there is so much support for Early Childhood Education. I can only hope, as we all do, that there will be more funding for our young learners.
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