My Birthing Experience [Video]

          I thought I would do a video telling you a story about my birthing experience because I wanted you to feel the highlights of my event through spoken word.  . Click Below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkplhLOj83Q

          My heart went out to the women in Africa that had to endure such poor conditions while giving birth to their children. My heart sunk when I watched this video. I learned that even though I had a scary experience with my son’s hear rate dropping I was thankful I was surrounded by great doctors provided by the U.S. military to make sure my baby and I survived. If I was one of those women in the video fourteen years ago he probably would not have made it because they may have not had the equipment to detect a low heartbeat.  Click Below To Watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW-Lo-lnKRU

          How you give birth is very important for the development of a child. The doctors have to be knowledgeable and the proper equipment needs to be in place to make sure extra precautions will and can take place. It could be the difference between a great life, a poor life, or death.

Assessments are Important to Education

According to NAEYC Ideal 1.6, assessment tools and the method of implementing the assessment should be appropriate for the child so its data can help improvement in their developmental areas. I have always loved assessing children. It gives me the story of their mind and their soul. I like to predict their lives by their character traits and what skills they are best at. It also gives me a picture of what area of development they need improving. According to NAEYC Ideal 1.7, the data collected is very valuable in supporting the children’s individual education and can be used to address any special need services (NAEYC, 2005). This data is like an assessment on how well the teachers and the center are doing. I used to assess children three times a year in the fall, winter, and spring. I could print out a report to see how much skills were increased from fall to spring. I could also look at the observations and see the link between the activities and the report that caused the skills to increase. An assessment tool is valuable but the question is do children need to be assessed each year under six years old or just when they are in Pre-K? According to a trainer for Discovery Point, the answer is just Pre-K because they think that all the skills should be developed regardless if it is monitored every year or not. By the time they are five years old they should have developed the skill.  I understood her point but what if the child could be on a higher skill level if assessed along the way?

In Atlanta Metro, I have noticed the quality of care is different according to income level of the families. If a family has low income they may only can afford low tuition that might be able to provide all of the high quality resources as high tuition childcare centers. I have worked in both arenas. However, there are non-profit organizations that have scholarships based on income and free childcare from Head Start government programs. According to the Division of Early Childhood’s Code of Ethics we are to advocate for every child to have high quality services (The Division for Early Childhood, 2000). In Georgia they are requiring all childcare programs to be quality rated assessed by 2017. By doing this, it will weed out programs that are not a quality rated service for our children (Quality Rated, n.d.).

The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.dec-sped.org/

NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

Quality Rated. (n.d.). Retrieved October 18, 2015 from http://www.georgiachildcare.org/quality-rated

Early Childhood Resources to Think About

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved September 30, 2015, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

Glassdoor.com is a site where unanimous employees can express their thoughts about the company they might work for. I enjoy reading the Pros and Cons of certain information about different childcare centers. I left a link for KinderCare, Goddard School, and Bright Horizons. I use this as a resource to find out what might be going on in the ECE industry. I have solutions for much of the issues that employees speak about. What I have concluded is that pay is definitely too low for teachers in this industry and there needs to be better management. Employees even give their opinions on how management should treat employees. This is very valuable information for any director. You have to register to see all the reviews.

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/The-Goddard-School-Reviews-E115097.htm#gd-popup-sign-in

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Kindercare-Center-Director-Reviews-EI_IE241715.0,10_KO11,26.htm

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Bright-Horizons-Family-Solutions-Reviews-E6525.htm

 

 

 

This organization has been around since 1948! It’s mission is to improve the quality of care in ECE.

http://www.southernearlychildhood.org/

 

ECE educators and advocates supports policies of children.

http://www.nccanet.org/