1).I can proudly say that I have impacted a lot and gained a lot of information from different perspectives about Research and the process you need to take to have an successful project. I learned that research is like an investigation on an specific topic and it has a lot of information that follows it, it really doesn’t matter how you start the topic, just make sure it’s a specific form, so you can get accurate results.
2). My thoughts about research has changed a lot because, I really didn’t know you had to go through all them steps to even make sure your questions is as specific as it can get. You have to be patient when conducting a research project, because at first I just wanted to do something to say I did it. You have to have time and patience and don’t give up when something may go wrong keep going.
3). If you don’t have your research planned out, how you expect to go as you want it. You have to make sure it hit all the key points and that the information you provide is mainly what the topic is addressing.
4). My biggest challenge was when I had to get the children consent, I was wondering how I’m I going to get it and they are 4-5 year old students and they don’t really understand the importance of this project. I just wanted to seek out and find a program that is edible to help them with their language skills and to help them bond even though they have different backgrounds.
5). I have learned a lot from this pass course but, I learned when it comes down to projects dealing with young kids and their language and culturally skills to be patience and willing to lend a hand at any time. There is a lot that a young child should know, and it takes us as professionals in the early childhood field to seek out and help. I would like to give a big thanks to Group 1 and Dr. Davis for being their when I need your help. This course made me stronger with my kids because of the research project; I can’t thank you enough, because getting to know them better was great. They are my little hearts…!!!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Week3-Blog Assignment
I would to discuss the articles that I viewed and liked with my colleagues that have impacted teachers, students, families, parents, and more. My first choice was, "The Effects of Universal Pre-K in Oklahoma: Research Highlights and Policy Implications.” The authors are William T. Gormley, Jr. and Deborah Phillips. I found it on one of my courses research paper through Walden University. My second choice was, “The Effects of Universal Pre-K on Cognitive Development". The authors are William T. Gormley, Jr., Ted Gayer, Deborah Phillips and Brittany Dawson. My best friend told about this site, she convinced me to take a peek and browse at it, I feel love with it.
I was really surprised with these articles they were very impressing and I found lots of information. I like these websites because they both are dealing with Pre-K and it really helps because I am a pre-kindergarten teacher. I think anyone that are professionals need to read about the Universal Pre-K program and how they affect children and families. All of the new teachers, current teachers, professionals and more need to visit these two articles and make sure other teachers view the pages.
I was really surprised with these articles they were very impressing and I found lots of information. I like these websites because they both are dealing with Pre-K and it really helps because I am a pre-kindergarten teacher. I think anyone that are professionals need to read about the Universal Pre-K program and how they affect children and families. All of the new teachers, current teachers, professionals and more need to visit these two articles and make sure other teachers view the pages.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Blog Assignment: Week 2
The topic I chose is: Diversity in the Early Childhood Field. I chose this topic because I wanted to read more about the diversity in the classrooms and how well different teachers have an effect on the child/children learning experience. Over the past 5 years, I have had so many different cultures and diversity in my Pre-K classroom and other teachers in my school have too. I am now able to work with kids who speak different languages, I’m eligible to speak to French students, Spanish students, and of course English students. I am now furthering my language to speak to Greek students and Jewish students. At my school we have 2 speech teachers on every building, they help the teachers that can’t understand parents that have different languages, and they mainly translate questions and answers. We don’t really get comments from people with different languages, but we make sure that we ask them before the conversation is over with. My school principal don’t really like us having meeting with the children, but they can come of it’s only a major issue. I think the research chart was more helpful for me because I can get a better learning/more information that I need to further the specific topic dealing with diversity. I link caught my attention, it had a conversation dealing with a parent and a teacher and they really understood each other and made a friendly bond. I also like the link that you can ask questions and put suggestions in the box, and they will email you their response in your email. If any of my colleagues need any suggestions or need to ask me some questions, you can email me and I will respond to you ASAP. Also, if they have things to tell me that I need to change or need to improve on feel free to email about that too, I’m trying to be as successful as I can in this field and try to further my education. I just would like to say this for my classmates, Work Hard, Do Your Best, its ok if you make mistakes, sometimes, just come back the next week with some BETTER!!! BELIEVE, ACHIVE, AND YOU WILL SUCCEED...
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wk 8 Final Blog Assignment
Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development:
1). As a professional, learning about the international early childhood education, I really think that it is helpful to new experienced teachers in the EC Field. It can provide some extra help for those who need it and for all newcomers.
2). I also can use some information about the international early childhood field, to help strengthen the field with teachers that know what they are doing and to let the community know how important it is for a child to have a high and good learning experience.
3). When I visited some websites on the international early childhood field, I learned a lot of information that helped me in my Pre-K class. The pre-know website really helped me because the people updated their website every day
From my perspective there are so many resources and information that that international early childhood field provides for the Early Childhood Field teachers and professionals, who are interested in the field.
One quote for the field related to international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations:
"This state has put a lot of concentration on reforming the K-12 system, but we've done very little with early childhood education. We can't wait until they get to kindergarten because then we're just playing catch-up."
- Evelyn Keating
1). As a professional, learning about the international early childhood education, I really think that it is helpful to new experienced teachers in the EC Field. It can provide some extra help for those who need it and for all newcomers.
2). I also can use some information about the international early childhood field, to help strengthen the field with teachers that know what they are doing and to let the community know how important it is for a child to have a high and good learning experience.
3). When I visited some websites on the international early childhood field, I learned a lot of information that helped me in my Pre-K class. The pre-know website really helped me because the people updated their website every day
From my perspective there are so many resources and information that that international early childhood field provides for the Early Childhood Field teachers and professionals, who are interested in the field.
One quote for the field related to international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations:
"This state has put a lot of concentration on reforming the K-12 system, but we've done very little with early childhood education. We can't wait until they get to kindergarten because then we're just playing catch-up."
- Evelyn Keating
Saturday, April 16, 2011
WK7 Getting to know your International Contacts
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.
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 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.
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