I really don’t know what’s going on, but I’m having trouble with my international contact, also. I haven’t heard or got an email from my contact yet. I have been sending emails back to back and I have been wondering, if I am putting something in wrong or what. Since, I’m not getting a response; I’m starting to contact other people or information. The state department came in my class to observe and see how well my students developed from Head Start to Pre-K, and I ask the lady could she help me. I showed her the blog assignment and she begins to tell me about the state Early Childhood Program and she showed me some graphs of poverty, low income, and many more. She starts emailing me from that day, lots of good information that we have been discussing in the last couple of weeks. She told me that the state of Mississippi has a lot of young teachers that don’t have any teaching experience. She said that they have been accepting people who had a high G.P.A. and ACT score. In the city that I live in we really need some teachers in the schools, because most of them are quitting on the kids. She said if they had money to pay for the teachers to get some training, they will do. She also said that her job is to help teachers and give them advice on what they need to change; she also is eligible to train new teachers. She said anything for kids she can do, she’s going to let them have the proper education they need to receive. She is also able to change some rules that the teachers have to go by. She has started to raise money for the new teachers that need training for the professional position.
I really enjoyed the information that was provided to me. She has changed and impacted my Pre-K class a whole lot, since the observation.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Sharing Webs
I really enjoyed the http://www.preknow.org/ website from the first time I did some research on it; I think it’s very helpful for professionals that are new to the education field. I learn new things every week when I visit the site.
• Where do they lead? During my exploration of other links outside of preknow, I mainly found a lot of links that where dealing with families and community involvements. I also seen a link that was for special education, and I was really shocked with some of the things I read.
• What do you find? I chose the Educator’s link and went inside to learn more about Pre-K Teachers Resource Center. As a Pre-K teacher, you are required to meet high standards; you have to get to know the latest research-based, and teach the kids the states curricula. A new teacher’s or parent active involvement in the education field can make a big impact on the future success of their child.
• What new information is available? Leadership Profiles is a link you can go to, so you can check out different leadership skills from professionals in the field. If you would like to suggest a business leader to be profiled, please submit your suggestion to info@preknow.org. (I think you Mr. Morgan should try out this link and put some leaderships skills on the sites for professionals like my collogues and I can look at, it can help us in our classroom.)
Yes, I can really say this website is helpful for teachers, parents, community members that are interested in the Education Field, and professionals. The information that was provided can help teachers and professionals can really stand-up and talk to some high position people that are in the education field and say that the Pre-K program needs much attention at this hard time right know.
In the closing, I can say that I learned that all the Pre-K programs around the world are experiencing problems, so we as teachers need t stand up and start to make a change before it is too late, because you never know what’s ahead.
• Where do they lead? During my exploration of other links outside of preknow, I mainly found a lot of links that where dealing with families and community involvements. I also seen a link that was for special education, and I was really shocked with some of the things I read.
• What do you find? I chose the Educator’s link and went inside to learn more about Pre-K Teachers Resource Center. As a Pre-K teacher, you are required to meet high standards; you have to get to know the latest research-based, and teach the kids the states curricula. A new teacher’s or parent active involvement in the education field can make a big impact on the future success of their child.
• What new information is available? Leadership Profiles is a link you can go to, so you can check out different leadership skills from professionals in the field. If you would like to suggest a business leader to be profiled, please submit your suggestion to info@preknow.org. (I think you Mr. Morgan should try out this link and put some leaderships skills on the sites for professionals like my collogues and I can look at, it can help us in our classroom.)
Yes, I can really say this website is helpful for teachers, parents, community members that are interested in the Education Field, and professionals. The information that was provided can help teachers and professionals can really stand-up and talk to some high position people that are in the education field and say that the Pre-K program needs much attention at this hard time right know.
In the closing, I can say that I learned that all the Pre-K programs around the world are experiencing problems, so we as teachers need t stand up and start to make a change before it is too late, because you never know what’s ahead.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Part 2-Getting to Know Interantional Contacts
This week I had to do the alternate assignment this week because I really didn’t hear anything yet from my contact in Africa and Mexico. I may have to resend my email to my contacts again because, I they might not have received it yet.
While I was looking at the website Global Children's initiative, I read that,
Mainly other countries are seem to be in the same condition the United States is in. Example: They have a lot of children with mental problems and not enough teachers to help them with educating the kids.
The following three initial projects have been selected to launch this effort, subject to sufficient funding:
• Assessing the state of child mental health services in China;
• Developing and evaluating family-based strategies to prevent mental health problems in children affected by HIV/AIDS in Rwanda; and
• Addressing child maltreatment and mental health outcomes in three Caribbean nations (Barbados, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname).
I recognized that the other countries have different ways of approaching to child development. I also read that the teachers are close to the children and they have a special way of communicating with the children.
“To the extent that many of the kids who are most at risk for not reaching their capacity…due to poverty and/or malnutrition and disease, these things are interrelated. So, action has to really take place across these fronts, because the kids and families are being affected in multiple areas.”
To me Child Health is very important and you have to be very responsible if you want to take a position as a professional in the Early Childhood Field.
I also found things about the faculty and partnership. A major goal of the partnership with these two highly respected, non-partisan organizations is to build the leadership capacity of state policymakers to design and implement successful birth-to-five policies and practices that enhance the odds of success for vulnerable children and their families.
I liked looking at this website it was very helpful and interesting. I learned more things about child development. I also watched the video of the, Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), "A Good Start," is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve the quality of early childhood education through teacher professional development. UBC, which has received some funding from the Center on the Developing Child, is an example of the kind of integrated child development work that is central to the Center's mission.
While I was looking at the website Global Children's initiative, I read that,
Mainly other countries are seem to be in the same condition the United States is in. Example: They have a lot of children with mental problems and not enough teachers to help them with educating the kids.
The following three initial projects have been selected to launch this effort, subject to sufficient funding:
• Assessing the state of child mental health services in China;
• Developing and evaluating family-based strategies to prevent mental health problems in children affected by HIV/AIDS in Rwanda; and
• Addressing child maltreatment and mental health outcomes in three Caribbean nations (Barbados, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname).
I recognized that the other countries have different ways of approaching to child development. I also read that the teachers are close to the children and they have a special way of communicating with the children.
“To the extent that many of the kids who are most at risk for not reaching their capacity…due to poverty and/or malnutrition and disease, these things are interrelated. So, action has to really take place across these fronts, because the kids and families are being affected in multiple areas.”
To me Child Health is very important and you have to be very responsible if you want to take a position as a professional in the Early Childhood Field.
I also found things about the faculty and partnership. A major goal of the partnership with these two highly respected, non-partisan organizations is to build the leadership capacity of state policymakers to design and implement successful birth-to-five policies and practices that enhance the odds of success for vulnerable children and their families.
I liked looking at this website it was very helpful and interesting. I learned more things about child development. I also watched the video of the, Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), "A Good Start," is a collaborative project in Santiago, Chile, to improve the quality of early childhood education through teacher professional development. UBC, which has received some funding from the Center on the Developing Child, is an example of the kind of integrated child development work that is central to the Center's mission.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Week4- Blog Assignment
I went back to the preknow.org website this week, and it had a lot of up-to-date news about what’s happening know around the world. I have been working with Ray Brooks School Pre-K since 2004. I just got approved last year some time for my license for a lead teacher, but sense that school district don’t have a lot of teachers I been working in the lead teacher spot since I enrolled as a full-time teacher. I have a BA in the Early Childhood Field, but know I’m anxiously waiting on my degree in Master’s, which will make me seem like I did something and I am in a higher position.
The topics from this week really made me have second thoughts about the children in Beniot School District. Most of the kids in my Pre-K class went to Head start first and then they came to Ray Brooks, there is only a few who have not been to school before. They are very smart and the little I do have that hasn’t gone to school is smarter than the ones who went to head start and sometimes I wonder why.
To me Pre-K programs were develop to learn more information before primary school and so they can get use to the school feeling instead of being babied all day. Also think they get stronger with their communication skills, social skills and physical skills they need to learn before they graduate to kindergarten. I hope that the children of today and the future can get different and more things, to better their education experience. I also hope that the President donate some money to the Education Field so schools can get more fun things involved, especially for the little kids like all the schools need to be required to have a playground.
In my perspective, the Pre-K program is impacting on a lot of little kids because the kindergarten teachers ask me what all I teach them at times, and they really do be surprised. I have enjoyed all the hard work and play with my little ones, I wouldn’t give up my position for no one I love it that much, I think of them as my little tools , like the show Handy Mandy.
The topics from this week really made me have second thoughts about the children in Beniot School District. Most of the kids in my Pre-K class went to Head start first and then they came to Ray Brooks, there is only a few who have not been to school before. They are very smart and the little I do have that hasn’t gone to school is smarter than the ones who went to head start and sometimes I wonder why.
To me Pre-K programs were develop to learn more information before primary school and so they can get use to the school feeling instead of being babied all day. Also think they get stronger with their communication skills, social skills and physical skills they need to learn before they graduate to kindergarten. I hope that the children of today and the future can get different and more things, to better their education experience. I also hope that the President donate some money to the Education Field so schools can get more fun things involved, especially for the little kids like all the schools need to be required to have a playground.
In my perspective, the Pre-K program is impacting on a lot of little kids because the kindergarten teachers ask me what all I teach them at times, and they really do be surprised. I have enjoyed all the hard work and play with my little ones, I wouldn’t give up my position for no one I love it that much, I think of them as my little tools , like the show Handy Mandy.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
CHIP
Alternative Assignment:
I chose the country China from the website, http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/. I learned that the country China contains almost 38 percent of world population and that they are slowly understanding ways to tackle childhood poverty. The New Rural Co-operative Medical Care System (NRCMCS) is a 2005 initiative to overhaul the healthcare system, particularly intended to make it more affordable for the rural poor.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution came into force on April 7, 1948, and China has been a Member since the beginning. The WHO China office has increased its scope of activities significantly in recent years, especially following the major SARS outbreak of 2003. The role of WHO China is to provide support for the government's health programs, working closely with the Ministry of Health and other partners within the government, as well as with UN agencies and other organizations. China's government with WHO assistance and support has strengthened public health in the nation. The current Five Year Plan incorporates public health in a significant way.
If patients go to a small hospital or clinic in their local town, the system will cover roughly 70-80% of their bill. If the patient visits a county clinic, the percentage of the cost being covered falls to about 60%. If the patient requires a specialist in a modern city hospital, the plan would cover about 30% of the bill. By 2002, 92 percent of the urban population and 8 percent of the rural population had access to an improved water supply, and 69 percent of the urban population and 32 percent of the rural population had access to improved sanitation facilities. The Patriotic Health Campaign, first started in the 1950s, there are campaigns aimed to improve sanitation and hygiene in China.
China's first mental institutions were introduced before 1949 by Western missionaries. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the treatment model was indigenized during 1949-1963. During the Cultural Revolution (1964-1976) strong political control governed diagnosis and treatment as well as detention and discharge of mental patients. Later, due to the modernization and reform advocated by Deng Xiaoping, western models of treatment and rehabilitation were gradually introduced by psychiatrists. After more than 25 years of planning and fundraising, American medical missionaries opened the first mental hospital in China in 1998. In 19th century China, the mentally ill were usually confined by their families in a dark room of the house, essentially neglected.
China has been developing rapidly for the past 30 years. Though it has uplifted a huge number of people out of poverty, many social issues still remain unsolved. One of them is malnutrition among rural children in China. The problem has diminished but still remains a pertinent national issue. In a survey done in 1998, the stunting rate among children in China was 22 percent and was as high as 46 percent in poor provinces.
I chose the country China from the website, http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/. I learned that the country China contains almost 38 percent of world population and that they are slowly understanding ways to tackle childhood poverty. The New Rural Co-operative Medical Care System (NRCMCS) is a 2005 initiative to overhaul the healthcare system, particularly intended to make it more affordable for the rural poor.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution came into force on April 7, 1948, and China has been a Member since the beginning. The WHO China office has increased its scope of activities significantly in recent years, especially following the major SARS outbreak of 2003. The role of WHO China is to provide support for the government's health programs, working closely with the Ministry of Health and other partners within the government, as well as with UN agencies and other organizations. China's government with WHO assistance and support has strengthened public health in the nation. The current Five Year Plan incorporates public health in a significant way.
If patients go to a small hospital or clinic in their local town, the system will cover roughly 70-80% of their bill. If the patient visits a county clinic, the percentage of the cost being covered falls to about 60%. If the patient requires a specialist in a modern city hospital, the plan would cover about 30% of the bill. By 2002, 92 percent of the urban population and 8 percent of the rural population had access to an improved water supply, and 69 percent of the urban population and 32 percent of the rural population had access to improved sanitation facilities. The Patriotic Health Campaign, first started in the 1950s, there are campaigns aimed to improve sanitation and hygiene in China.
China's first mental institutions were introduced before 1949 by Western missionaries. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the treatment model was indigenized during 1949-1963. During the Cultural Revolution (1964-1976) strong political control governed diagnosis and treatment as well as detention and discharge of mental patients. Later, due to the modernization and reform advocated by Deng Xiaoping, western models of treatment and rehabilitation were gradually introduced by psychiatrists. After more than 25 years of planning and fundraising, American medical missionaries opened the first mental hospital in China in 1998. In 19th century China, the mentally ill were usually confined by their families in a dark room of the house, essentially neglected.
China has been developing rapidly for the past 30 years. Though it has uplifted a huge number of people out of poverty, many social issues still remain unsolved. One of them is malnutrition among rural children in China. The problem has diminished but still remains a pertinent national issue. In a survey done in 1998, the stunting rate among children in China was 22 percent and was as high as 46 percent in poor provinces.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Sharing Web Resources
Out of the organizations I had to choose from I chose the, Pre [K] Now: A Campaign of the Pew Center on the States, it was so interesting to me, you may think the reason I chose this is because I teach Pre-K, but the real reason why is because I like the topic when I first seen it, and I just wanted to know more information.
The main purpose of this organization is to make sure every child who has the ability to enter Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten will have the ability to learn and become intelligent with skills that are provided by the instructors. When the students leave from Head Start they should be able to succeed in some of the centers the instructors have provided for them.
The website has recent information about the reason why Pre-K is important and it have a lot of facts, too. It also shares information from Pre-K centers across the United States of America and it tells you that if some professionals that’s in the Early Childhood Field wants some more information you can email them or also get more info from your state head building of education.
I learned a lot more about the Early Childhood Field and the importance of Pre-Kindergarten. I also found out that there are many states that acquire the Pre-K program. I think the whole nation should be required to have Pre-K because the early ages of life are the most important development stages.
The main purpose of this organization is to make sure every child who has the ability to enter Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten will have the ability to learn and become intelligent with skills that are provided by the instructors. When the students leave from Head Start they should be able to succeed in some of the centers the instructors have provided for them.
The website has recent information about the reason why Pre-K is important and it have a lot of facts, too. It also shares information from Pre-K centers across the United States of America and it tells you that if some professionals that’s in the Early Childhood Field wants some more information you can email them or also get more info from your state head building of education.
I learned a lot more about the Early Childhood Field and the importance of Pre-Kindergarten. I also found out that there are many states that acquire the Pre-K program. I think the whole nation should be required to have Pre-K because the early ages of life are the most important development stages.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Blog Assignment Part 1: Establishing Professional Contacts
Part 1:
Establishing Professional Contacts
I have started to email 3 people and I have not got an respond yet, so I think I’m going to have to start with the alternative. I also has contacted some of the kids family’s that are from Mexico and I enjoyed the conversation.
Part 2:
Expanding Resources
The two websites that impressed me was http://www.naccrra.org/ and http://www.zerotothree.org/, I really learned a lot of things from them. I chose Zero to Three because it was the center (heart) of states. I love to learn visual and I like to see the data sitting in front of my eyes, I think that makes my brain get smart and more intelligent. I like learning about Pre-School kids so, I can get to know more about my students I teach and see the different ways they can develop or how they develop. I also I’m very impress when I read things about communication, because that is the number one thing the need to operate in the classroom. First, I went through all the websites to see which one was “eye-catching”, caught my attention. I am ready to see if I’m going to get some good feedback so I can learn from that, also.
Establishing Professional Contacts
I have started to email 3 people and I have not got an respond yet, so I think I’m going to have to start with the alternative. I also has contacted some of the kids family’s that are from Mexico and I enjoyed the conversation.
Part 2:
Expanding Resources
The two websites that impressed me was http://www.naccrra.org/ and http://www.zerotothree.org/, I really learned a lot of things from them. I chose Zero to Three because it was the center (heart) of states. I love to learn visual and I like to see the data sitting in front of my eyes, I think that makes my brain get smart and more intelligent. I like learning about Pre-School kids so, I can get to know more about my students I teach and see the different ways they can develop or how they develop. I also I’m very impress when I read things about communication, because that is the number one thing the need to operate in the classroom. First, I went through all the websites to see which one was “eye-catching”, caught my attention. I am ready to see if I’m going to get some good feedback so I can learn from that, also.
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