In order to establish contacts with early childhood professionals outside of the United States I used the websites provided and decided to e-mail a couple of people to see if they would be willing to keep in contact with me. I have not heard back from them yet, but I am hopeful that they will get back to me soon. If not, I guess I will have to use the alternative assignment.
When reviewing the different websites I decided to study the website titled PreK Now. I chose this website in particular because it provides fantastic information about Prekindergarten. Since I am currently a Prekindergarten Teacher I feel that this website will provide me with the most up to date information in the field. Some of the information provided on the website is how to adhere to best practices, how to engage parents, and how to meet standards. The website is also designed to help families of young children. It includes a checklist that parents can use to help them select a good Prekindergarten program for their child. I signed up to get their monthly newsletter and I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge within the field.
3 comments:
Beth,
I had a chance to read your post about establishing Professional Contacts. I noticed in your post you chose to follow a PreK, website. That sounds like a great that you are a prekindergarten teacher. That was my dream job when I first started to teach school. That is good you were able to find information talking about prekindergarten. I was not able to find anything about supporting children in different grade level. When I looked at this assignment I was excited about making contact with someone outside the United States. How do you feel about this assignment? Did you find that the information you read on the websites and trying to contact a professional seemed very overwhelming? Do you also feel like there might have not been enough time for someone to contact you do to the start of the class and July 4th?
Congratulations on beginning this journey! I also sent out emails and have not yet heard back any responses. For my website, I would like to learn more about NAEYC, but will check back to your block to learn from your journey as well. Good luck!
I also contacted several professionals from the website given and have not heard back yet. I was also planning to give them this week to respond before doing the alternate assignment. I hope you hear back this week as well.
The website you chose sounds interesting. I think that the information on best practices and the standards would be beneficial to all teachers in the early childhood field. I will check that website out as well to see if there are additional resource that may help me. Thanks for sharing!
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