~THREE CONSEQUENCES~

***Three consequences while making contacts with others; I had to search sites and listen to global podcast....


1. The effects of Changing Demographics and Diversity on Children, Families and the EC professionals ~ Impact on Schools- Children of immigrants have lower rates of preschool enrollment at younger ages.

2. The Harlem Children's Zone, The Baby College and the amazing number of people that graduate form this college. Awesome programs they offer for parents and expectant parents.

3.The quality or equity~ New information related to the early childhood field. The many things that are going on across the nation and other countries.


*** My goal is to continue the master's program and being the best educator I know how to be, I will continue researching, reading, and learning more about NAEYC.

~ Internatinal Contacts Part 3~

Issues regarding quality and early childhood professional where I live and work will be getting the proper education and state issued license. In the state of Mississippi the standards for Literacy: Reading-Language Arts/ Early and Middle Childhood the core mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to create field specific standards for accomplished teaching that are in the Five Core Propositions and that articulate the actions that accomplished teachers employ to advance student learning. With the National Board Certification a teacher must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution, have a minimum of three years teaching experience and where it is required, hold a state teaching license.
My professional goal is to complete my master's degree in Early Childhood Education. Then some day become a director of an Early Childhood Center or Head Start.

~SHARING WEB RESOURCES~

I chose to follow Harlem Children's Zone. According to the article back in April, Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families changed their name to The Harlem Children's Zone  changing their name made them better by the place they were in life and what they do as well as who they are. After, looking at The Harlem Children's Zone and seeing they services approximately 450 full and part time employees. The name only changed because they are still big at heart. They continue to improve the lives of poor children which lives in the most devastated community in America. Another interesting program they offer that I found was amazing is The Baby College. This college offers a nine week parenting workshop to expectant parents and those raising a child up to three years old. I'm amazed because not all city, states, nor communities offers baby colleges. It would indeed help young mothers to become more responsible and would really slow down or stop the large number of teen pregnancy in the world. This college provides workshops which promote reading to the children and verbal discipline over corporal punishment. Harlem's Baby College has a large number of people to graduate from this college.
By age three, children from families on welfare have cumulative vocabulary of 525 words; (Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children, Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co., 1995).

My insight as a professional is that positive things can happen in a city, state, or community while living in a devastated area.

http://www.hcz.org