Sharing Web Resources

·        What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?

Awards and funding opportunities are relevant to my professional development because I’m currently in school and this would help me pay for school. The conference that they are having this year will also help me better myself in this profession keeping up-to-date.

·         Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?

I didn’t see any new controversial issues going on right now.

·         What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?

The conference theme this year “Beyond Standardization”; they want to enhance and facilitate early childhood faculty research and professional development.

·         What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

I learned that there was an association called The Alliance of Early childhood Teacher Educators.

Getting to Know Your International Contacts

I haven’t come into contact with my EC professionals from other countries and the websites aren’t working either but I did some research on childhood poverty in Honduras. It’s the second poorest country in Central America; more than half of children have malnutrition and mortality. Major diseases that affect Hondurans include malaria, typhoid, influenza, tuberculosis and pneumonia (Food for the Poor, 2014).

Sharing Web Resources

NAECTE

http://www.naecte.org/

The goal of the program is to promote the professional growth of membership, to enhance, and facilitate early childhood faculty research and professional development. They advocate for improvements in early childhood teacher education and communication network for early childhood teachers educators.

One thing that caught my attention was the scholarships that have been created in honor of certain people for students who are attending college to help children. I feel that‘s a wonderful because a lot of students don’t have the funds to attend college.

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

Part One

I emailed two individuals that lived outside the United States, one in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Philippines. I chose these two countries because I’m interested in learning about their early childhood programs. I haven’t received an email yet but hopefully I will by the end of the week.  

Part Two

I chose the NAECTE website because it’s geared towards early childhood educators. After reading the newsletter I felt that this website was right for me. I plan on joining this organization by the end of the semester to stay informed about different issues.