Semester

You guys did an excellent job posting this semester... continue to check back over break. Also, if you need help with registration email me at my school email address kconnor @ ccc . edu (no spaces) and I will be happy to come in and make sure you get registered!

I will unavailable the first week of break, but after that feel free to contact me for help.

Wishing you all the best during this holiday season... and see you in the spring!!

Tenure?

check out this article from the New York Times: Lets talk about the positives and negatives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/education/13tenure.html?_r=1

NAEYC accreditation

Our program is working at becoming a NAEYC accredited program. Although you hear about naeyc all the time, I wanted to provide the link and remind you all to get your student memberships. We will be seeking you assistance while you prepare for our site visit this spring.

http://www.naeyc.org/


*the Early Childhood tab has lots of great resources: Share what you find with us in the comments.


-Prof Connor

Another Resource

Thanks Cheia for the resource!!

www.ncld.org



Go check it out! another great resource for you (even after you leave us...)

President Elect Obama's Early Childhood Education Plan

If you need, do a little more research on the plan below, a link has been provided. Share your thoughts on the early childhood plan.

Early Childhood Education

• Zero to Five Plan: The Obama-Biden comprehensive "Zero to Five" plan will provide critical support to young children and their parents. Unlike other early childhood education plans, the Obama-Biden plan places key emphasis at early care and education for infants, which is essential for children to be ready to enter kindergarten. Obama and Biden will create Early Learning Challenge Grants to promote state "zero to five" efforts and help states move toward voluntary, universal pre-school.
• Expand Early Head Start and Head Start: Obama and Biden will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both.
• Affordable, High-Quality Child Care: Obama and Biden will also provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families.

As Cited on November 8, 2008 at: http://change.gov/agenda/education/


If you go to the site above you can also see our president elect's plan for No Child Left Behind. Check it out...

The Field is changing...

Many of you have discussed in class the changes our field has been experiencing. Many of you have also noted the poor "status" early education has in society. We know we are more than "glorified babysitters" we know we make changes and impacts that some would say are immeasurable. Consider this quote I found while preparing this post:

"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job." ~Donald D. Quinn

I want you to share with each other (and myself) your thoughts on how we raise our status, increase children's learning, and create a sustainable wage for (ALL) in our field.

Welcome

Hello Everyone,

I am excited about this blogging adventure, please know this is my first attempt and I will need your input to make this a website that works for you! We can use this as a forum to communicate, learn, and stay in contact (I realize you will all leave us someday...)

I hope to be able to answer questions, have interesting debate, and challenge our current understandings.

Please contact me with any questions,

-Prof Connor