Growing Your Collections Of Resources

Early childhood education professionals understand the importance to having resources at hand. This field involves constant change. Whether it be new teaching styles and techniques or new laws, it is necessary to have resources that help us to effectively care for children.

This week's course resources included:

Part 1: 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://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.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.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Part 2: 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 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.

Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week's Application assignment.

Part 3: 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/

• 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/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

Tip: Use the Journal option under Search & Find on the library website to find journals by title.

• 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

Additional resources that I have chosen:

Bloom, P.J. 2005.

Blueprint for action: Achieving center-based change through staff development.

2nd ed. Lake Forest: IL: New Horizons.

PBS Teachers

provides early chilhood educators with professional development resources as well as curriculum tools and ideas.

www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood

Ray, A., B. Bowman, & J. Robbins. 2006.

Preparing early childhood teachers to successfully educate all children: The contribution of four-year undergraduate teacher preparation programs.

A project of the Initiative on Race, Class and Culture in Early Childhood. Final Report to the Foundation for Child Development. Chicago: Erikson

Institute. Online: www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/TeacherPreparation Programs.pdf.