Disparities In Childcare

from high school?” This is one shocking statistic from Teach for America among many that show how poverty is related to education inequality. According to WKNO front line, “The average dropout can expect to earn an annual income of $20,241, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s a full $10,386 less than the typical high school graduate, and $36,424 less than someone with a bachelor’s degree.” So just looking at those numbers alone, it is obvious how poverty and education relate and it is obvious we need to do something to keep these kids in school and make sure they are getting the best education available to reduce their likelihood of being in poverty.

When choosing a professional career, it is important to get a clear and precise understanding of what is required and expected of you in the chosen profession. Requirements and expectations include everything from education to work performance. By gaining this clear and precise understanding you will be able to do two things, operate effectively in the professional career and determine if the professional career is a suitable fit for you. In this paper we will explore the educational requirements as they relate to the profession of a Child Care Center Director. We will also discuss the results of an interview and observation conducted on a person who is currently employed in this professional career.

The state of early childhood profession has rapidly been changing because of the current trends, policies and movements in the rapidly changing 21st century world. This report articulates the key issues of diversity of the early childhood settings, a number of models of early childhood education and care, diversity among people, the status of early childhood profession, the belief that the profession suits female than male, the poor status of the profession and less pay than other professions associate with the early childhood profession The study consisted of analysing the strengths and challenges of the early childhood profession. The study methods of analyses include the National Quality Framework, The National Quality Standards, Assessments

Being a parent transformed me in unexpected ways. I found myself wanting to provide for my daughter and later my son the same security and benefits my parents had provided for me. I found a job at University Children’s Center. UCC provides care for children from the ages of 6 weeks to 6 years and I wanted to be close to my children. I worked with all the age groups but found my niche in the infant program. I enjoyed the close bonds I was able to form with both the babies and their families. I took great pride in creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. I took classes to become Infant Nursery Room Supervisor. Once again, I excelled in my studies and enjoyed the learning process. Bringing the information I learned into the classroom was

I have been a preschool teacher, teaching mixed age children from 18 months to 5 years, for over 10 years. I started as a work study employee, while attending the Community College of Philadelphia in 2006, to a part-time teaching assistant while attending Temple University in 2010. This led me to a lead-teacher position after graduation and then to a program coordinator. I have developed effective working relationships with children in the past years. This position has helped me improve my teamwork and interpersonal skills by cooperating with other teachers in planning teaching materials according to the Reggio Emilia approach and by sharing teaching resources. I decided that working with children, understanding and assisting in their education,

In general, the first operational year of any business can be stressful and a bit perplexing. In most circumstances, the first year for any new daycare center will be a period of low enrollment. This means we may be facing insufficient income to meet your expenses. Yet, the budget had not taken into consideration any potential loss in the income that might happen. Nevertheless, according to the loss scenario, we face a significant loss in the income about 44,740$ less than the anticipated income, which causing a shortage in the budget about 18,452$ less than the anticipated spending. Eventually, this shortage in the income would certainly has a significant effect on the cash flow for the rest of the year. Indeed, if the administrator does not

Racial disproportionality and disparity in child welfare represents a multifaceted phenomenon originating from historical, theoretical socioeconomic and policy trends that has shaped this service over the past decades. There are many theories that have been proposed to explain why racial disproportionality and disparity exists in child welfare. It has been recognized the underlying roots of racial disproportionality and disparity are intricate and often coincides. Racial disproportionate in child welfare will be the focus of this research. I will focus on Racial Bias and Discrimination of the child welfare agencies, particularly the child protective services. The research suggests the one of the reasons for the over representation of minority(colored) children in child welfare come from the different treatment of race or due to racial biases (Chung, 1998). This theory also suggests this treatment can be external or internal in the welfare system; however I will focus only on the implication of internal welfare agencies (i.e. child protective specialist). Child protective specialists’ culture and policies may lead to unbalanced treatment of families of color. CPS workers may have biases towards families of color which could affect the decision making at any point of the investigation. This may not have occurred intentionally by the worker, however, due to institutional racism, which may stem from policies and practices has posited to contribute to

Continuing my professional growth in Early Childhood is very important to me. The way I could do that would be to learn more things about that area. Talk to different people that have knowledge in this type of expertise. Learn all of the qualifications that it takes to

I recently left a position at a small Early Childhood Education center in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school consisted of children ranging in age of 6 weeks to 6 years. I worked there for eleven years in a variety of age groups. Most of my experience was in Preschool, with children who were three and four years old. The school was located in Point Park University located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, in one of the University’s dorm buildings and took up two floors. Each classroom was between three and four dorm rooms combined in size. The rooms were long and narrow with partial walls knocked down and converted into doorways between the rooms. Because of the classrooms

Racial disproportionality and disparity in child welfare represents a complex phenomenon emanating from historical theoretical socioeconomic and policy trends that has shaped this service over the past several decades. There are many theories that have been proposed explain why racial disproportionality and disparity exists in child welfare. It has been recognized the underlying roots of racial disproportionality and disparity are complex and often coexists. Racial disproportionate in child welfare will be the focus of this research. I will focus on is Racial Bias and Discrimination of child welfare agencies, particularly the child protective services.

There are many issues that need attention in the field of early childhood, for instance, role of early educator in our society, benefits of quality care, staff wages. Particularly, early childcare staff wage is an inequity issue for me and numerous other stakeholders. Yet, those efforts are not enough to have made any real changes to bridge the equity. My dissertation research topic was, “The impact of wages on childcare staff job satisfaction, program quality, and job commitment.” I would like to continue a policy regarding the same topic. I made contribution of my topic to the current pool of research in Olivet Nazarene University library.

The two topics I have chosen to advocate for are equal access childcare for all children and providing children and families with adequate resources to help them in any way they need.

In your book Unequal Childhoods, you try to explain the differences between the working and middle class. By performing a naturalistic observation of 12 families from different backgrounds (white, black, poor, working class), you exposed differences in child rearing from these groups. When applying them to my life and some of the others I know around me, I can agree with most, but some could be considered a mixture of the parenting styles.

Two types of child care programs are Intergenerational Child Care which integrate children and elderly in an early childhood and adult care facility. (Morrison, 2013).The elderly find pleasure and feeling of competence from them interacting with the children. The children receive attention and the love from older adults (Morrison, 2013). The program gets the best of both worlds and they both receive the care and the attention in a nurturing environment. The other program is the Center-Based Child Care which is a provided group of children and families in constructed and renovated places. It is a facility where staff and administrators provide the children and their families with affordable, quality and accessible child care. (Morrison, 2013).

As discussed in other chapters Georgia puts a lot importance in family, and the utility that it offers them. For example, childcare, until kindergarten young children are surrounded by adults, usually relatives who care for them or nannies and caretakers. This is uncommon in the US where it is common-knowledge amongst the adults, mainly women, how expensive childcare is and how hard it is to find good childcare. Not only are adults expected to get back to work, but we also want to acclimate kinds to being around other kids. Their affinity for fashionable clothing is appreciated and I think that differs in the US. I think people find different ways to show their wealth or status, and for many Georgians it may be in their dress and appearance