Sharing Website Information (NAEYC)

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a great resource for the early childhood arena.  There are great resources and publications to excel in your work. My favorites are the Publications, Public Policy, and Professional training. naeyc.org. This sight is beneficial for what I do in my professional life and it affects my personal life as well. I really enjoy the publication that the NAEYC delivers to me each month. http://www.naeyc.org/yc/.  There are articles that relate to what I need to teach the children or what is going on in the world of education by other professionals in the field, lawmakers and other legal people.

NAEYC also sponsor’s an annual conference that I would like to attend someday.  I have just read and heard about these outstanding conferences.  There is much training, advocacy and the most important is the networking with early childhood people from all over the Nation.

The Child Care Development Block Grant concerns me that the politicians and others involved are distributing it fairly. I really need to research into how they decide on how the money is distributed.  http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/ccdbg 

There is a publication that really caught my eye.  It is NAEYC Call to Action to the 112 Congress. This article/proposal is stating how important it is for early intervention not only with the children and families, but for the early intervention with the teachers and their training to meeting the needs.  Please take a look at this article.  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/policy/federal/Call_Action_112(2). pdf 

I know that NAEYC is very engaged in with lawmakers and economists.  This is what makes this association credible.

There is current information on the website that can tell you how to support what lawmakers are making decisions on.  It is our job as educators to educate this law makes as well. He lawmakers need to know what is happening and the best way is through the people who are in the field.  This is the way these politicians and others get involved and have a impact on what our children and families need to meet their needs in the early childhood field. http://www.naeyc.org/policy/federal/9_18_12

The Internet is such a resource.  I really enjoy that I can sit in my home and learn about all the issues around the world at just a touch of my fingers.

After digging deeper into this website I know there is much more to learn about what they do along with some other websites that are just as intriguing.