Early Childhood Professionals: Article Analysis

A professional educator will actively view the child’s in association with their family and environment. They need to be viewed in context with their family as this will make the educator aware and respect the values and culture of each family and student. Principle 2 of the EYLF mentions ‘Learning outcomes are most likely to be achieved when Early Childhood Educators work in partnership with families’ (EYLF, 2009, p12). This is mostly effective when a successful educator uses strategies that actively involves the family, by introducing families to the classroom through plan programs that invites parent input.

All members of the staff must act as professionals while at work, especially with young children. The administrative and teaching staff must work together to ensure their practices are developmentally appropriate, and share new and/or creative ideas with one another. It is also the responsibility of a teacher to establish an open, trusting relationship with the parents of each children in their care. Thus, parents can freely communicate their thoughts, concerns, and/or suggestions about their child or the program. Parent satisfaction is something that every child care or development center should strive for.

From my experience with teaching preschool, my parents valued knowing what was going on at the center, what their child was learning, and how well their child was doing. They liked the fact that I was a hands-on and caring teacher. They understood the fact that I was not only working with the child, I was there to assist the family with their needs also.

Page, Clare and Nutbrown (2013) suggest that skills, knowledge, understanding, and capabilities are central to the quality of provision in early childcare settings. Research has established the connection between staff qualifications and the quality of the early years provision, alongside the differences in quality between maintained and private, voluntary and independent (PVI) settings (Robert-Holmes, 2012). It is understood that maintained nursery education was originally staffed by early years teachers, supported by nursery nurses with a level two qualification, and have since been replaced by graduates with qualified teacher status (QTS). Meanwhile, in the PVI sector, nursery nurses holding a level two qualification were considered

The Early Development and Learning program follows the Early Childhood Education program with the exception of the student teaching experience. Early development and learning majors take part in an internship. Students of this major are not eligible for teaching certification.

For the children’s learning to be successful, parent involvement is critical. An orientation will occur prior to the children attending. Parents will be updated with the day care policies, the lay out of the day care, the expectations and the introduction of their child care provider. This is done to allow both the parent and child care provider to get to know each other and allows them both the opportunity to discuss the care the child will need. It is very important for communication between the parent and the day care staff to be consistent. Parent involvement can provide feedback to the parent in regards to what the children are learning daily. This helps with their child’s assessment of the program to

I am a student at Florida Atlantic University studying early childhood education. I am enrolled in EEC 3214 class this semester; the class is called designing and implementing a blending curriculum: birth to age eight. I am required to complete a field experience assignment at a preschool. I will observe young children ranging from three to five years old. I assure you that I will keep all information confidential. In addition, I reassure you that I will not share the information collected outside of my course and that no identifying information will be shared. I will respect and follow all the school’s policies and procedures in a professional manner.

I choose to interview Mary from the Fresno City College child development center. Mary works with toddlers who are 2 years of age. While observing Mary with her students, I notice she was well organized and very attentive to her students, and they seem to respond very well to her. I also noticed that Mary has a lot of patients with her students and they love her. I also noticed while observing Mary, that she seems to deal each of the students differently according to what needs that need to be met and how each of the students learning is different. Mary is well organized and has a strategic schedule that she goes by.

Communication with the parent could be an issue when it is affected by the resentment between the teacher and the parent. The challenge for early care teachers is to understand that a family’s point of view about raising their child is valid for that family

Chapter One opens with a discussion of how the modern family has molded and changed over the years. The “traditional family” is not so traditional anymore and early childhood facilitators are learning how to cope with these changes. For example, several early childhood care facilities are starting to move to more developmentally appropriate practices. A developmentally appropriate practice is one that is appropriate for the individual, society, and the child’s age. Child guidance is very important in the development of a child. Children look up to and strive to be like their adult figures so it is crucial that parents and early childhood facilitators are positive role models throughout their development. The chapter give several examples of

      Professionalism is making knowledge based on research-based early childhood practices. It is taking each opportunity you can better the learning of each child and both the personal and professional growth for the benefit of the children and families. To hold a professional relationship with the family and children the teacher should protect the confidentiality of the family and children, conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times, advocate needs of each family, and lastly attend meetings, training courses, and conferences.

As professional early child care educators, it very important for us to have a clear and precise understanding of the different children in our classrooms. Just by skimming your class you may have some children that have obvious disabilities, and others whose disability is not so noticeable just by looking at the child. These disabilities can come from serval things that occur at conception (genetic) to things long after birth (seizure) that require the child to be seen by a therapist of some sort. The most common therapist I have come in contact with that often visit the children at the center sites are an occupational therapist or a physical therapist. The children may have one or the other, or in some situations, both. I have two children

The authors reached that parents need to be involved early on in the child’s schooling. This way, the parent knows what the child is learning and can help the child with problems in academic and social live at preschool. Head start is one of the main preschools that use parent involvement. Head Start uses family involvement to be a c cornerstone of their approach, with workshops, family involvement in classrooms, mandated involvement on committees, and family liaisons designed specifically to foster involvement. The authors of the article I am doing, did a study on the relation between parents that were involved with their children in preschool and showed how it helped the children, harmed the children, and also what factors were. They

Early childhood education is one of the most important policy topics out there. Research has proven that the early years in childhood is a critical period for opportunity to develop a child’s full potential; as well as form academic, social, and cognitive skills that determine not only success in school but also their entire life (The White House). The right to a free, public education is guaranteed to all children in the United States. Early education is voluntary, and therefore some children are not given the opportunity to reach their full potential.

The education of the young mind is an important step in preparing the child for future learning experiences. The evolution of early childhood education has changed how adults and parents view the importance of offering stimulating and exciting opportunities to the very young. Early childhood Education offers the young child learning experiences that benefit them throughout their educational career. They soon embark on a whole new world of learning. These children are not only experiencing standard brain growth, but verbal and physical skills as well. Early childhood education teachers use a variation of techniques for instructing. They use lesson plans, worksheets, and even teacher resources for these young minds.