A Plunder of Resources

Apart from expected resources such as books, magazines, journals and articles, movies and documentaries, I intend to use Louise Derman-Sparks’ suggestion to “listen to everyone in the environment to avoid being blinded by just one aspect of the spectrum” (Course Media). My concept of resources has expanded to include paying close attention to my surroundings where I might find clues and information on how to solve certain issues.

Three New Resource Ideas:

Children develop better and learn better if they are nutritiously fed. I want to keep an eye on:

Healthy Hunger Free Kids Meals Act 2010 http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/legislation/cnr_2010.htm

Australia is very present in education and takes a pioneer role:

Early Childhood Australia

Subscription to ECA Web Watch - webwatch@earlychildhood.org.au

An offshoot blog of “Parenting” magazine: The Parenting Post

http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http://feeds.feedburner.com/parenting-post?source=ignitionfork#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fparenting-post

A Plunder of Resources

Five Professionals

Below is a list of some of the resources used by five professionals in the field of early childhood. It was enlightening and refreshing to hear that these professionals dig everywhere to find information and stay current in their job. They gather information from scholarly papers to simply what they hear in their environment because it might be indicative of societal changes (Renatta M. Cooper Program Specialist Office of Child Care LA County Chief Administrative Office – Raymond Hernandez MS Ed Executive Director School of Early Childhood Education University of Southern California – Leticia Lara LCSW Regional Manager Outreach and Professional Development ZERO TO THREE – Sandy Escobido Deputy Director Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative California Foundation – Louise Derman-Sparks Professor Emeritus Pacific Oak College, CA)

Books, magazines, articles, partnerships with neighborhood organizations, state organizations, network of organizations that might be interested in a project, the community

Internal resources – family, friends, inspirational people, foster collaborative skills, critical thinking skills, education, our own growing and learning to be used as the starting for a reflection

External resources - universities, parents, hearing children experience as a resource in the classroom, media, childcare resource centers, medical professionals, libraries, ecosystem what we draw from, people from all over the world

References

Course Media. Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted resources. Walden University

Organizations Specialized in the Field of Early Childhood

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

•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

•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/

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/

•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

•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