Children are a vital component of our country. As the current working class becomes older and retires, these children are the ones who will replace and care for those individuals. Children, as a whole, are a group of individuals who are unable to care for themselves. Since they can and will play a significant role in the way our world will be shaped, it is imperative to look out and care for them. While not everyone has the best interest of children at heart, many programs have been implemented, especially in the United States, to do just that. Molding, shaping, and educating our country’s youth will only benefit the rest of us later on. Throughout class this semester, we have explored a wide array of children’s programs. More specifically, we have discussed home visiting programs, early childhood education programs, and teacher performance pay programs. Throughout this paper, I will explore the efficacy of these programs and draw a conclusion regarding which type of program is the most and least effective. The most intriguing of these programs, for me, is teacher performance pay. As education is vital to provide to our youth and is imperative for their development and overall success, making sure that the quality of education is high, as well as the resources of staff given to children remains is of utmost importance. In Dee and Wycoff’s article, “Incentives, Selection, and Teacher Performance Evidence from IMPACT”, they explore whether or not IMPACT, an evaluation system
* Baby social worker visited. Plan is to initiate care proceedings ASAP reasons; history of substance misuse, concealed pregnancy, poor engagement with treatment and services
Child care is incredibly important for the youth because has been proven to improve children's development. Early childhood education has a countless number of benefits, including more equitable long-term outcomes for children of diverse economic backgrounds. Additionally, investing in these benefits early on helps create future workforce, secure long-term
Children are human too, do they or should all of the rights of humans apply to children in canada or only select few. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, children should have equal rights and some additional ones to protect them and take care of them in their young age.
streamline the whole picture of the child but it also uncovered aspects of the individual’s life that may have otherwise been overlooked both in school and at home. Ultimately this was an instance in which various other adults were involved in supporting the whole child; allowing the teacher to adjust the assessment and pedagogy of subjects to better suit the students’ needs at that time.
The Toronto Star published an article reporting that Toronto currently has the highest rate of children living in households that are considered low income in Canada (Monsebraaten, 2015). The article reports that in Toronto the child poverty rate is higher than the poverty rate of any other age group. This paper will discuss child poverty, how this is a challenge to public health practices and policies, and finally, discuss potential solutions for public policy that address this issue.
When children that live in poverty are in the school, the school system automatically labels these
One of the main issues with merit pay for teachers is found in the manner in which it is measured. Most of the new performances pay laws and union contracts measure “effectiveness,” at least in part, by looking at the students’ test scores from one year to the next. One test score cannot paint a full picture of a student's accomplishment. Teachers unions have historically opposed merit pay, arguing that test scores are not an accurate measure of student achievement (Turner, 2010, para 15). Most teachers will report that a test will only show part of the picture. Standardized tests do not reflect life lessons, effective citizen traits, or character building traits that were taught that year. All of these traits thrive in an effective teacher’s curriculum.
The thought was by working with children at an early age it would provide them with the tools and encouragement to embrace life and find meaning for their own lives. This is a worthy challenge, however now I see the need to seek an active role on the macro level. Assisting people in embracing and cultivating their personal skills and qualities is exciting but without equal access and fair opportunity these same children could be doomed to an inevitable fate of being stuck in the system. There must be a change in people’s mindset regarding genuine poverty and the true struggle of American citizens, from the forsaken Native American reservations to the old mining towns in rural areas of American to the impoverished citizens in both urban and suburban America. These changes will not manifest until policies and laws are changed. It can only happen when people unite with a solid strategy to dismantle the personal kingdoms created by corporate America and the government, replacing them with a commitment to implementing programs and services that eliminate some of the inequities of the
1- Know about the legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people including e-safety.
6. Contact details, medical information and child’s records should all be treated with confidentially and information shared with only people that need to know in order to carry out there roles in the work setting. If a child shares information with you that they have a best friend and they ask you to keep a secret then that can be kept. But if a child shares information with you that could be affecting there safety or well- being then this information cannot be kept to your self and would have to be shared with the named person within the work setting that deals with safeguarding. The information must not be shared with others unless asked to by the named person. If the child asked you to keep the secret you should advised them that you may have to share the information as its would be breaking
Nelson Mandela once said, "Children are our greatest treasure. They are our future." (Nepaul). Yet, in 2014, 31.4 million American children lived in low-income households and 15.4 million lived in poor families (phys.org). By 2016, the number of children living in poverty still stay the same. In fact, it even shows sign of increasing when nearly half of children in America are living dangerously close to the poverty line, where their families barely make enough to afford the most basic needs (phys.org). Looking at these statistics, it is clear that we need to these children and their families. And in order to do so, we first need to change our attitudes towards the poor and create more effective plans, such as...
The three states that I used to investigate the current child find efforts were, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Lewiston Maine. The people who were doing the outreach for child find were clinics, doctors, educators, family resource centers, health department, head starts, daycare and preschool centers, even early interventionist. These are the sources that works with the the school to find children who need special support with disabilities. Although every states have to follow the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), there are many programs that provide child find services for parents. When it comes to finding child outreach, usually, the school focus on all the students, in order to school who need screening and what they can
One of the leading controversial topics of all time is whether it is appropriate to breastfeed in public. Women all around the world practice breastfeeding regularly, and for various reasons such as the vitamins, and nutrients colostrum provides for their child to grow, and flourish with little to no complications. It raises suspicion as to why people are offended, and tend to get overly squeamish when it comes to breastfeeding, given that it is so pure, and natural. Thus, dating back as far as humans have roamed earth. However, those who are opposed to publicly nursing mothers, should open their minds significantly, and perhaps, with all due respect, close their mouths.
Children are our future society. The question is “How to prepare these generation to think critical, invent something extraordinary or maybe be the next president of The United States?” Piaget said “Teaching means creating situations where structures can be discovered” (Piaget). Educators, during their careers, develop many strategies to teach and nurture a child in an excellent school environment that promotes learning. The class design is a key for the strategies work with precision. Parents and teachers will collect positive results when they work together. All these thoughts come up in my mind when I was observing the classroom of Pre-k4 in the Good Shepherd Day Care, which is the place I work as a Teacher Assistant, as well. The Day Care follow strategies of a positive enforcement, which give the opportunity to the children have a successful academic year.
Let children be children, is not only a popular phrase heard in education, but it is also my motto. Yes, it is true, today’s children are tomorrow’s future; but how we choose to raise our children determines the outcome of our future. Many believe academics should be stressed more in schools, taking away from children’s playtime. I feel that play is what molds a child. Play allows not only a child’s imagination to run freely, but builds and strengthens children’s motor, language, cognitive, and social emotional development skills. I believe that play; along with parental involvement forms a child’s identity. Play is what makes children: tomorrow’s future.