Thank you

To everyone,

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and experiences.

I am glad to learn with such friendly and experienced professionals.

I wish you success in your educational and professional goals!

Aya

codes of ethics

These are the three that are meaningful to me.  I chose them since I want children from every culture feel comfortable in my class and I want to keep learning and cooperate with my coworkers to serve better quality education.

I-1.10

To ensure that each child’s culture, language, ethnicity, and family structure are recognized and valued in the program.

I want to make sure that I am great at this because of my background and experience.  This can be my strength as a teacher.

I-2.1

To be familiar with the knowledge base related to working effectively with families and to stay informed through continuing education and training.

I want to be a “professional” with knowledge so that I can help families with children

I-3A.2 

To share resources with co-workers, collaborating to ensure that the best possible early childhood care and education program is provided.

I want to be a great teacher and want to work with great teaches so I would like share resources with co-workers.

Course resources

Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
  
  Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al.  (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title. 

  
Global Support for Children’s Rights and Well-Being

• 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 video 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/about/
  Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

Selected 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/main/about.cfm
• 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//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
• 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.preknow.org/
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
     

Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to “How Do I...?”, select “Tips for Specific Formats and Resources,” and then “e-journals” to find this search interface.) 

• 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

Resources that I found by own are these three books.

1.“The First Days Of SCHOOL” by Harry K. Wong & Rosemary T. Wong

This is a book to teach teachers “How to be an effective teacher” and it gives you practical and concrete ideas for the classroom based on research and classroom experience.

2.“Educational Psychology” by Anita Woolfolk

It looks useful for learning about cognitive and behavioral issues.

3.“Enji to Okaasan no Uta” 2 Aki fuyu hen  zenongakuhu shuppansha

(Songs for preschoolers and mothers)

園児とおかあさんの歌　　２．秋冬編　全音楽譜出版社

I borrowed this from my daughter’s preschool.  Piano scores for teachers to sing along with children.

quotes from early childhood specialists

This is a quote from “Divinity and Discipline” written by Janet Gonzalez-Mena who is an educator, a consultant in early childhood education and a writer of child education and parenting books. “When two groups or two people have different ways of guiding children’s behavior, instead of judging right or wrong, early childhood educators must first try to understand those differences and where they come from. Are they cultural, familial, individual, or do they come from something else?”

Stanley Greenspan, M.D. was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who specialized in developmental and learning disorders. This is a citation from Dr.Stanley’s speech at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXGh9bT0Sw.  "…With children at risk for autism spectrum disorders, the missing piece was the connection between affect or emotion or desire or intent...  intentionality, the will to do something, and the motor plan to carry it out, and later the language or words to give it meaning."

  "[I]t's not all about you. You got to take your ego out of it and think about what's best for this child." This is what Renatta M. Cooper says in the video program: “The Passion for Early Childhood” and it is the wisdom which stays in mind.  I think her motivation is from learning everyday by working in early childhood field because she says " I found during the time I was in charge of that program that working intently with children and families was almost like earning a doctorate, because every year, there was always a specific challenge of, that I was in charge, I had to meet it."

One of my favorite parts of the interview of Raymond Hernandez MS Ed is when he is talking about his passion.  His passion "comes from wanting to make a difference... I'm not here to save the world. I'm here just to make a difference in the community that I'm working."