A Note of Thanks and Support

I want to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" for the positive feedback you have supplied me with; the times when you listened, encouraged me and shared your personal favorite quotes have been invaluable. I hope that I have provide information that you can possibly use later in you profession. My wish for your future is that you accomplish everything you have set in your heart. I look forward to collaborating with you as we continue to grow our profession. God Bless You!

EXAMINING CODES OF ETHICS

CODE OF ETHICS: Professional Practice
This ideal embodies the standards I have abided by for the last thirty years which is to strive for highest level of personal integrity, truthfulness, and honesty in all professional activities to inspire trust and confidence in the children and families. I never wanted any family to feel as if I would hide any information from them in reference to the growth and development of their child. In this field, parents must be able to trust you they leave us with their most important possession the well being of their child. It is important to me for families to know I care about their child. I reassure them of this daily by informing them if anything occurs out of the ordinary I would certainly call them this usually my initial step toward building trust.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO FAMILIES: PRINCIPLES
This ideal is significant in my professional life because I am currently the person who maintains the files of the families by ensuring registrations, immunization and activity fees are updated yearly. I must keep all information confidential respecting the privacy of each family; currently we have a family in a dispute over the child and a court order has been place in the child's file for father not to pick up the child. I am also responsible for checking the identification of any person other than the parent picking up a child.

NAEYC: ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CHILDREN
Providing an environment where children can be safe, play, explore and learn is what I aspired to be apart of as a child. Entering a classroom space observing the many facets of the children play fills my heart. The significance of providing that space to children is an amazing feeling. Hearing the laughter, and the chatter emanating from the classrooms makes me look forward to going to work each day.

Early Chilhood Resource

Supporting the Rights of Children

•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://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment on this webpage

◦World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP's mission.

◦Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/
Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements.


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/

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/

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

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.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

http://earlychildhoodnewsupdate.wordpress.com/about/

http://heckmanequation.org/


QRIS National Learning Network
http://www.qrisnetwork.org



Professional Early Childhood Journals


YC Young Children Childhood

Journal of Child & Family Studies

Child Study Journal

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Journal of Early Childhood Research

International Journal of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Developmental Psychology

Social Studies

Maternal & Child Health Journal

International Journal of Early Years Education

Webinars

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/?
utm_source=Early+Childhood+Investigations+Email+News+and+Announcements&utm_campaign=40d89a09c3-
Summer_and_Fall_Lineup7_6_2011&utm_medium=email


Challenging Behavior Resources

http://www.challengingbehavior.org/


http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/

Teacher/Parent Partnerships

http://www.parentsasteachers.org/.




Best Books for Preschool Teachers

1.      Mind in the Making by Ellen Galinsky

2.      The Intentional Teacher by Ann S. Epstein

3.      Engaging Children's Minds by Lilian G. Katz, Sylvia C. Chard, and Yvonne Kogan

4.      Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 — Carol Copple and Sue Bredekamp, eds.

5.      Learning Together with Young Children by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis

6.      Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman Sparks

7.      The Hundred Languages of Children by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman

8.      The Play's the Thing — Teachers' Roles in Children's Play by Elizabeth Jones and Gretchen Reynolds

9.      Natural Playscapes by Rusty Keeler

10.   Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to

    Extend Their Learning by Amy Laura Dombro, Judy R. Jablon,

    and Charlotte Stetson

11.   You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Gussin Paley”

(Exchange Everyday, June 27, 2014)

I recommend these books as well as they represent the most up to date and current research and best practices. Happy Reading! mm

 

Course Resource

Early Childhood Organization

NAREA North American Reggio Emilia Alliance
Read Mission Statement and Goal

http://www.reggioalliance.org/narea/background/goals_and_mission.php



Early Childhood Research and Practice
A scholarly publication that is bilingual (English and Spanish) it is peer-reviewed offered online and its free.

www.ecrp.uiuc.edu


U. S. Department of Education
Offering  parents information on promoting effective early childhood education; reading and preparing young children academically and emotionally for preschool.  Info also available for teachers and others interested in educations.

www2.ed.gov


QRIS National Learning Network
http://www.qrisnetwork.org

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

I want to be able to shape programs... I am not here to save the world....I want to make a difference in the community.  Helping one child to be successful in the classroom would make me happy."

Raymond Hernandez MS Ed
Executive Director
School of Early Childhood Ed
University of Southern CA

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

"I guess I have a built in passion... important to make a real contribution to the world to correct all the injustice that exist.  I could do that through teaching."

Louise Derman Sparks
Professor Emeritus Pacific Oak College CA

Words of Inspiration and Motivation Marian Edelman Wright

"If we don't stand for children we don't stand for much."

Words Of Inspiration and Motivation

"Kids are natural learners.  They are sponges."

                       Yale  professor Edward Zigler

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

"We should not needlessly deprive families of valuable time they could spend together ... for whenever the family situation permits it, the best place for a preschool child is often at home. Research has demonstrated that the conversations children carry on at home may be the richest source of linguistic and cognitive enrichment for children from all but the most deprived backgrounds."

-- Yale professor Edward F. Zigler, one of the fathers of Head Start

Personal Childhood Web

The people who were most influential in my life are:

My grandmother
mother
father
Mrs. Haggins

My grandmother was the most influential person in my life. She was the person who provided us with Maslow's hierarchy of needs that include psychological need, safety need, belonging need, and love need. The clothes we wore, the food we ate, and the home lived in was provided by her. She influenced my life by encourage me and sibling to always remain close, get and education and own your own business. My grandmother was not a hugger but we knew without a doubt she loved and cared fro us because she gave spent time with us playing volley ball and other games. Friday night's she would bring us a pizza from Pizza Hut on her way home from work. She did things often that made us feel special. My siblings and I still remain close checking on each other regularly; continuing my education was one of reasons I am pushing forward with this program. It has taken me awhile getting here but I want to finish because it was one of things my grandmother wanted for us.


My mother spend what time she was allowed by my grandmother which included weekends every few months in Washington D.C. We would go shopping for clothes and shoes at one our favorite malls in Maryland called White Flint Mall; the times she spent with us were always special because it was just my mom and my sibling. My mother still loves to go shopping with my sister and I her impact continues by the time we spend together.


My dad like my mom saw us for a weekend every few months and on holiday's. I remember my dad being a great cook; he would allow me to help him cook by cutting up vegetables for him. This time we spent together was meaningful. I also like riding with him when ran errands for my mom; I loved his driving anyone who has visited D.C. knows driving there is not for the faint at heart. I do not remember him sharing any meaningful words of encouragement. I guess he did not feel as though he could since we were not his responsibility full time and he did not want to anger my grandmother. His influence continues to impact me by my driving. I love driving; my sister has commented on several occasions that "you drive like my daddy". To me he was fearless behind the wheel.


Mrs. Haggins was my third grade teacher; she seem to take a special interest in me because I was very quiet and non-sociable during this time. I always felt she was tough on me. But, I realize she saw something in me that I was not aware of; during a parent-teacher conference with my grandmother she told her flat out I was lazy and not applying myself to the school work. Mrs. Haggins would tell me "you can do it anything you want because you are capable". Mrs. Haggins comment resonates with me everyday I know I am capable of accomplishing. There have been times in this program when I though I could not do it it has not been that long ago. But her comment to my grandmother is still fresh in mind; I believe I can do whatever I want.

Here is my picture as a child

I tried to add a photo of myself as a child during Christmas 1970. I am on the right; we received a easy bake oven that year. I was nine years old when the photo was taken my sister is seven and our brother is five. When I thought about the forms of play I engaged in, teaching was there for me early on. My sister, brother and I remain very close. My sister and I live together our brother is married with two boys. We are all in the field in teaching at different levels; I teach young children, my sister nursing professor, and our brother teaches machine shop to high school students. I added it to my home page for viewing .

Five buggy friends

A few years ago, there were a group of children assigned to my class at the time who were avid about books and reading. Every day at random times they would gather books and “Five Buggy Friends” was one book in particular I remember reading to them every day. It was about five bug friends that could all fly, and they buzzed around a garden “zipping, zooming and fluttering about looking for a place they could call home” I enjoyed this book because the illustrations are bright, vivid and a good learning tool for counting. The words are large enough for all the children to see from a distance. I think the children liked that the bugs were raised and made for an excellent tactile experience for the children. When you turned each page a bug disappeared because they found a home they like; with each bug I entertained the children with a different voice to make it fun and exciting. I have not read this book for some time, yet I still recall the phase stated earlier. I consider it one of my favorite children's books.

Her brown eyes

The story that touched my heart was about two years ago. A little girl named Ana moved to my classroom from our Junior Toddler age group. She is a dual language child with English as her second language; at home she spoke Serbian well from the conversations I had with her mother. I was aware she could speak English because I had observed her talking with her friends during play time. During our meal times, she was always seated next to me at the table it was then she would talk to me in Serbian. Looking up at me with those big eyes she initiated conversation with me as though I could understand what she was saying. This was a small challenge for me in the beginning, but I overcame it in a short period. I figured out she was asking me for a couple of things more of her favorite food, or she was telling me she all done eating and wanted to go to sleep. When I began asking her questions in reference to what I thought she asked me I found I was right. This went on for weeks until one day she looked up at me she said "I am done Cynthia". I loved hearing her speak Serbian but for her tell me in English what she needed was music to my ears. It was then I realized speaking to me in her own language was comforting to her, and we were building trust. When she felt she could trust me, she spoke to me in English.