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Do they advance your ideas about what kind of leader you are or will be?   It may seem early to be thinking about it but, in the not too distant future, you may be called upon to take a leadership position in the early childhood field. One thing to do is to keep alert […]

Personal Learning Insight 8.1: Leadership Dispositions   It may seem early to be thinking about it but, in the not too distant future, you may be called upon to take a leadership position in the early childhood field. One thing to do is to keep alert to interesting ideas for community connections and leadership possibilities.

Personal Learning Insight 8.1: Leadership Dispositions   It may seem early to be thinking about it but, in the not too distant future, you may be called upon to take a leadership position in the early childhood field. One thing to do is to keep alert to interesting ideas for community connections and leadership possibilities.

Teachers and Caregivers as Community Leaders Have you thought of yourself yet as a potential community education leader? For most beginning teachers, it seems far too early, but your community may well be counting on you. In a 2010 national ranking of careers that inspire confidence in leadership, education placed in the top 10, coming

Benefits of Community Outreach “Programs are an important part of a community; they not only support and enrich the community but also are aware of and take advantage of its resources” (NAEYC, n.d., p. 9). There are a number of ways that early education institutions can work with the larger community. Section 8.5 Teachers, Caregivers,

Teachers, Caregivers, and the Community hile a teacher’s or caregiver’s time and energy are primarily devoted to young children and their families, they will find that it is also advantageous to tune into, and network with, the larger community. Examples of useful connections include “service providers and organizations such as Catholic and district school boards;

Why the Parents Don’t Come   The following vignette is a true story as recalled by Joseph, an American Indian who attended elementary school in the early 1970s. His experiences are certainly not universal and unlikely to happen today. However, his story illustrates the ways in which children’s experiences stay with them for many years

Families of Children with Special Needs In recent decades, families of children with special physical, social/emotional, and cognitive needs have become significantly more empowered by the passage of federal laws supporting them. Over time, these laws have come to include even the youngest children, as was explained in Chapter 2. In addition, research over the

Approximately 20 percent of children living in the United States do not speak English at home.   Source: U.S. Census Bureau, October (1992, 1995, and 1999) and November (1979 and 1989) Current Population Surveys, and 2000–2009 American Community Survey. Place Your Order Here!

Children who speak a language other than English at home   1979 19891992 1995 19992001 2005 2007 2009 2003 100 50 40 30 20 10 0 Pe rcent   Children who speak a language other than English at home Children who speak a language other than English at home and have difficulty speaking English Children