Week1 Getting Ready!!!

Week 1 Blog Assignment

 

Getting Ready - Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources.

 

Joanne .E. Lynch

 

Saturday 9th March, 2013

 

 Part 1

          Broadening my networking and experience as an educator in the early childhood field, is of great importance to me. For this reason, the field and services are evolving and changing as we acquire more about the significance of the early years, and the contexts in which we can best support children's development.

          However, I took the opportunity to peruse at least all the early childhood related websites outside the United States. About five websites were chosen by me to submit emails, and two gave me failure notices, while I have not received responses from the others. Nonetheless, the two websites I am very much interesting in are:  Association for Children's Educations International

http://acei.org/

(Review also these online resources at: http://acei.org/knowledge/) and International Step by Step Associations

http://www.issa.nl/

(Review also the databases at: http://www.issa.nl/issadatabases.html.). Undoubtedly, these two websites have a sustained vision for the early childhood field, and specifically for the programs that will prepare professionals working in the field.

  

Part 2

          After scrutinizing the various early childhood organizations' website in the United States, I have decided to choose National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies.

htt://www.naccrra.org/

(Newsletter: http://capwiz.com/naccrra/mim/signup/). The reason for choosing this website is that it meets the requirements necessary for the early childhood field. Likewise, it ensures that families in every local community have access to quality, affordable childcare, and to accomplish their mission, and availability of childcare; offer comprehensive training to child care professionals; undertake ground breaking research; and advocate for childcare policies that improves the lives of children and families.

          The organization is a nonprofit one that helps parents to find the best information on locating quality childcare resources in their community. Moreover, it understands that all parents and families have a variety of needs and interests, and it has decided to supporting parents. In addition to that, for more information about the organization, one has to click on the home tabs, then on each dropdown tabs/links. The organization has a Newsletter: http://capwiz.com/naccrra/mim/signup/.

  

References

Association for Childhood Education International

http://ace/.org/

(Review also these online resources at: http:acei.org/knowledge/)

 

International Step by Step Association

http://www.issa.nl/

(Review also the database at: http:www.issa.nl/issadatabases.html)

 

National Association of Childcare Resources & Referral Agencies

http://www.naccra.org/

(Newsletter: http://capwiz.com/naccrra/mim/signup/)