Issue of quality I believe should be a concern of all centers. At my center, our biggest focusing on being able to relate and communicate with our Hispanic students. We have a lot of Spanish speaking students with only two Spanish speaking teachers. So sometimes it is hard for us to effectively communicate. However, we know that in order for our center to be one of quality we must work on this issue.
As for as professional development, training is offered once a month through our agency. For the teachers that have not obtain a degree, the agency will pay for their schooling.
My ultimate professional goal is to open my own learning care facility for at-risk students. I want to be able to help my students see that they are bigger than any circumstance that they may encounter. This is important to me, because often times at-risk students fall between the cracks and I want to ensure that all students have the same opportunity to achieve greatness.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Exploring Zero to Three
This week as I explored through the website www.zerotothree.org, I decided to click on the Parent Resource Link. I have noticed this icon several times before, and figure this is the perfect opportunity to take a look at the resources that are made available to parents.
A lot of the articles are intended to help parents with everyday encounters such as supporting your child, aiding with literacy development, and tips for child develop assessments. All articles are aged based from birth to 36 months. A select few articles are targeting birth-12 months.
This would be a great resource for new parents in my opinion. This will allow the parent to become more familiar with things their child should be able to do, and how to help their child reach these milestones. I am a new parent, and I absolutely love reading articles on the development of my child. I hope someone else finds this information useful!
Reference
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/areas-of-expertise/free-parent-brochures-and-guides/
A lot of the articles are intended to help parents with everyday encounters such as supporting your child, aiding with literacy development, and tips for child develop assessments. All articles are aged based from birth to 36 months. A select few articles are targeting birth-12 months.
This would be a great resource for new parents in my opinion. This will allow the parent to become more familiar with things their child should be able to do, and how to help their child reach these milestones. I am a new parent, and I absolutely love reading articles on the development of my child. I hope someone else finds this information useful!
Reference
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/areas-of-expertise/free-parent-brochures-and-guides/
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Global Children Initiative
I chose the alternative which was reviewing the Global Children Initiative website. I noticed that they still allowed viewing of their previous newsletters, so I decided to see what were some of the topics that were made available.
In March of this year, there was a featured newsletter on brain science and how it could be used as an outlet to poverty. This struck my interest because the finding by Elizabeth Babcock could be used around the world. Her main thesis is that the skill set in the brain that includes multi-tasking, self-control, and setting goals; these skills and abilities can be damaged by adverse experiences, including those associated with poverty (Babcock, 2014) . By teaching children early how to control, and strengthen these skills as he gets older may better his chances to get out of poverty.
I also became aware that significant neglect, which is the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver responsiveness, can cause more harm to a young child’s development than overt physical abuse. This can lead to many problems for the child such as, disruption of stress responses, cognitive delays, etc.
The last thing that struck my attention was one of their key concepts, toxic stress response. Stress at any age can be harmful to the brain and the overall body. It is important that we ensure young children avoid as much stress as possible, but in some cases it is inevitable. Toxic stress response can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, and/or prolonged adversity. It is extremely important to act quickly to try and prevent the child from having any long last effects.
This site has many other articles, videos, and newsletters that are available as well.
Here is the link to the site if anyone is interested (:
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/
In March of this year, there was a featured newsletter on brain science and how it could be used as an outlet to poverty. This struck my interest because the finding by Elizabeth Babcock could be used around the world. Her main thesis is that the skill set in the brain that includes multi-tasking, self-control, and setting goals; these skills and abilities can be damaged by adverse experiences, including those associated with poverty (Babcock, 2014) . By teaching children early how to control, and strengthen these skills as he gets older may better his chances to get out of poverty.
I also became aware that significant neglect, which is the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver responsiveness, can cause more harm to a young child’s development than overt physical abuse. This can lead to many problems for the child such as, disruption of stress responses, cognitive delays, etc.
The last thing that struck my attention was one of their key concepts, toxic stress response. Stress at any age can be harmful to the brain and the overall body. It is important that we ensure young children avoid as much stress as possible, but in some cases it is inevitable. Toxic stress response can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, and/or prolonged adversity. It is extremely important to act quickly to try and prevent the child from having any long last effects.
This site has many other articles, videos, and newsletters that are available as well.
Here is the link to the site if anyone is interested (:
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Zero To Three Continued
This week as I viewed the website, I decided to focus on one topic and see what information the site had listed. I noticed that there was a school readiness online tool available to both parents and caregivers to help aid children in their early learning. I like this tool because it is available to the parents as well.
This tool can be used for ages birth through 36 months. Also, there is an opportunity for others to share their feedback on some of the items that are discussed during the online tool. This tool is funded by the MetLife Foundation, which is an a foundation that help fund and support programs. This is a great way to see how businesses are aiding in the development of early childhood learning.
This tool can be used for ages birth through 36 months. Also, there is an opportunity for others to share their feedback on some of the items that are discussed during the online tool. This tool is funded by the MetLife Foundation, which is an a foundation that help fund and support programs. This is a great way to see how businesses are aiding in the development of early childhood learning.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Zero To Three
I chose Zero to Three website, because I find this site to be very beneficial. It was one of my first go to resource sites when I began teaching headstart. This site does have a monthly newsletter, but I am not subscribe to it. ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and know-how to nurture early development. Their mission is to ensure that all toddlers and babies get a good start in life.
This site also offers a podcast series, Little Kids, Big Questions; this podcast series deals with common challenges that parents may face with their baby or their toddler. This site is available to all parents and educators around the world. As far as this site being an aid to teaching a diverse classroom, they have several articles on the importance of diversity in the classroom, all which are available in a PDF format.
Overall, this site is amazing. As I stated before it is my-go-to site for anything. Whether it is behavior management, or offering suggestive tips to my parents, this is a great resource.
Referencewww.zerotothree.org
This site also offers a podcast series, Little Kids, Big Questions; this podcast series deals with common challenges that parents may face with their baby or their toddler. This site is available to all parents and educators around the world. As far as this site being an aid to teaching a diverse classroom, they have several articles on the importance of diversity in the classroom, all which are available in a PDF format.
Overall, this site is amazing. As I stated before it is my-go-to site for anything. Whether it is behavior management, or offering suggestive tips to my parents, this is a great resource.
Referencewww.zerotothree.org
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Global Connections
I was unable to establish a connection with someone, so I chose to review a newsletter from the World Word Forum website. The article I reviewed was entitled "Honoring the Child's Voice and Design". This newsletter gave a brief overview in allowing the children to share the responsibility with how they learn. Allowing the child's voice not only to be heard, but putting action with the child's opinion will show the child that we care about them and their thoughts.
I really do like the website Zero to Three. I always find very useful information on this site, and most definitely encourage my colleagues to take a look at this site. They have topics that cover behavior and development, maltreatment, care and education just to name a few.
References
Newsletter-http://ccie-media.s3.amazonaws.com/nacc/wonder-210.pdf
http://www.zerotothree.org/
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Daily Supports
To me support means being there and aiding someone when they need help, just need an extra push, or someone to confide in. Support can come from many different levels such as friendships, from family members, mental, and even religious. I get daily support from one of my new closest friends. We met each other when I became pregnant with my son, and now we have a bond that no one can break. We are pretty much exactly alike that it is scary. If I am having a bad day, I will text her and she always sends me inspirational quotes, memes, or bible verses. She also supports me through this program. Whenever I am feeling overwhelm, she offers to babysit so that I can get my assignments done. Most importantly, she is the friend that I can call no matter what the situation may be and she will listen. I am blessed to have a friendship like ours, she is like the sister I never had.
Having a daily support system can make you make it through even the most difficult of days. A challenge that I imagined is not being able to provide for my son. I know that if this was ever the case I could find support from his father, my cousin, and my sorority sisters. As far as my mental state of mind, I would have to lean on the church, and ask for their prayers to help give me the strength that I need. To me this is a scary thought, but if this ever came to pass then I know that I would have people in my corner helping me every step of the way. Whether it would be to help me buy diapers, or help me find a job, I know that the people in my circle have my best interest at heart and they would do all they could to help me.
I cannot imagine what it would be like if I didn't have such a strong support system. I get stressed out easily, and I am a very emotional person. So without my circle, I would probably be super stressed out on a day to day basis worrying myself, until I have nothing else to worry about. I like to keep my feelings bottled up, but the people who know me always finds a way to make me discuss my problems, and this in returns helps me a lot. I am thankful for my supporters, and I wouldn't change them for the world!
Having a daily support system can make you make it through even the most difficult of days. A challenge that I imagined is not being able to provide for my son. I know that if this was ever the case I could find support from his father, my cousin, and my sorority sisters. As far as my mental state of mind, I would have to lean on the church, and ask for their prayers to help give me the strength that I need. To me this is a scary thought, but if this ever came to pass then I know that I would have people in my corner helping me every step of the way. Whether it would be to help me buy diapers, or help me find a job, I know that the people in my circle have my best interest at heart and they would do all they could to help me.
I cannot imagine what it would be like if I didn't have such a strong support system. I get stressed out easily, and I am a very emotional person. So without my circle, I would probably be super stressed out on a day to day basis worrying myself, until I have nothing else to worry about. I like to keep my feelings bottled up, but the people who know me always finds a way to make me discuss my problems, and this in returns helps me a lot. I am thankful for my supporters, and I wouldn't change them for the world!
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