Friday, April 8, 2016
Week 6: Sharing Web Resources
The web resource that I have been exploring is www.NAEYC.org.
A new area of the site which I explored was the "Publications" section. This section can be accessed on the home page through a drop down menu. The following options can be found there:
-Young Children, which is a journal free to access with a NAEYC membership
-Teaching Young Children, which is publication available for free
-Early Childhood Research Quarterly -this a quarterly journal sponsored by NAEYC which can be accessed for free
-Voices of Practitioners-This is free to access and offers advice and experience from many professionals working in the field.
-Online store-This offers a connection to publications, books and materials available for purchase
Under the "Affiliates" link on the top of the website, there are links to local affiliates for the NAEYC all across the United States. When I clicked on the state of Pennsylvania, I was able to find local chapters of "PennAEYC". Under this link there was an option to explore regarding "Raising and Finding Quality Care" in Pennsylvania. Links to accredited programs within local communities are provided. NAEYC goes on to state the following benefits to being involved with their accredited programs:
-Helps to build a stronger team of teachers, administrators, and families working together to improve quality for children.
-Improved standards for the overall program.
-Recognition through NAEYC, including program listing on the NAEYC website in the' Program Search' section.
-Announcement of program’s accreditation in the NAEYC Early Learning News weekly newsletter to programs, members, media, and others.
-Use of NAEYC accredited logo for marketing purposes attracts more families to enroll their children in programs.
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Megan-
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the information you found on the NAEYC website. NAEYC is such an amazing resource I was familiar with before, but since being in the Walden Master's Program, it is a resource I heavily rely on. Just wondering where you are located in Pennsylvania and what specifically you do in the field there. I was born and raised in Harrisburg, and although still have family there, I did not return after attending college in Arizona, because the job situation for teachers in my area was dire. Thanks for sharing!
Julie Ringle
Hi Megan,
ReplyDeleteIts so nice to know that websites such as NAEYC's, provide such user friendly interface for anyone who is interested to know more about ECE and they can even narrow it down to the state that they are interested in. Wonderful! and thank you for sharing.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing all about the NAEYC site. I also am using that site. I feel that every time I visit the site I find something new! I think it is great that there is an area to purchase materials.
Hello Megan,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing all the wonderful resources found on NAEYC's website! I wasn't familiar with this website. I love the fact that I can literally learn something new everyday.