International Early Childhood… (Week 8)

Consequences of Learning

Ø  I’ve learned many of the issues in the US, such as poverty are in other counties. For example, in India the cycle of disadvantage starts at birth and continues through childhood to motherhood and the next generation.

Ø  I’ve learned you can partner with other counties to learn how to improve our early childhood field. For instance, In Chile, the UBC (Un Buen Comienzo) is working toward a push for quality to improve early childhood education through teacher professional development.

Ø  I’ve learned anyone can be an advocate for early childhood.  A health economist, Günther Fink focused on early childhood development issues in Zambia.

MY GOAL….

 My goal would be open-minded aware what going on in other parts of the world. As a professional, I will keep current on issues and trends not only in the US but abroad.

Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative

The Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre (CHIP). (2007) Country Overviews Retrieved   from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/index.php?action=countryo



Professional Goals……(Week 7)

(Alternative Assignment)

v     Knowledgeable….

   Early Childhood Development in the Asia-Pacific region -----I’ve learned a Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD) was held to discuss the importance of early childhood learning experiences for children under age of 3 years; an age group often neglected in a region where the focus tends to be on pre-school and primary school years. 

I would have loved to attend this conference to learn new techniques to use in an Early Head Start program (0-3).

v     Advocate…..

 Regional Seminar on Early Childhood Policy Review: “Sharing and Learning from the Policy Review Process-Big gap between public/private provisions (mostly, better quality in private programs with trained teachers, teacher-learning materials, and better facilities).

It was interesting to learn that other countries have the same problem we have in  the US. This has encouraged me to advocate even more for equally quality programs.

v     Leadership….

The Participation Programme functions as a vital complement to UNESCO’s regular activities by analyzing, evaluating and facilitating the implementation of national, sub-regional, inter-regional and regional projects directly related to the activities of the organization.

 

I could be an active member of the organization where I could make a different in a leadership role.

UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/)

Sharing Web Resources- (Week 6)

 

Cost of Child Care

 

Improving access to affordable, quality child care is one of NACCRRA’s top goals (NACCRRA, 2012).

Insights

Ø   The high price of child care in every community strains household budgets and forces parents to make compromises about the quality and safety of the care they choose for their children.

Ø  The average annual cost of full-time child care for an infant in a center in 2010 ranged from $4,650 in Mississippi to more than $18,200 in the District of Columbia.

Ø  NACCRRA recommends that Congress-Reduce barriers that prevent families from easily accessing child care assistance.

Office of Child Care…



As I was searching through the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, I notice Health and Human Service Office of Child Care part of the resource section.  The Office of Child Care supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs (Dept. of HHS, 2012).   On the website, I found information on section for child care research. This section has the list of child care consists of grantees and contractors who have worked on research projects and partnerships funded by ACF, and Research Connections which is a web-based, interactive database of research documents and public use data sets for conducting secondary analyses on topics related to early care and education.

Cost of Child Care | NACCRRA.org. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.naccrra.org/public-policy/cost-of-child-care

Naccrra, the national association of child care resource & referral agencies. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.naccrra.org

Office of Child Care - Administration for Children and Families. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ/

Department of Health & Human Services: Office of Child Care. (2012). Retrieved from  http://www. acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/