ChildCare Aware of America was one of the newsletters I subscribed to, but they also have many other platforms besides the newsletter they put out. They have an active twitter account where they discuss budgets, Congress, family involvement, affordability and many other aspects in regards to early childhood. I was also able to just click around on their website and came across a fascinating podcast by their Executive Director, Dr. Lynette M. Fraga, who spoke with The Preschool Podcast which is a platform of leaders in early childhood education who share their experiences, thoughts, and insights in the world of early learning. I plan to focus on this website and podcast to continue finding legitimate resources that will help support my professional growth and knowledge in the early childhood field.
Society for Research in Child Development has published many different articles, but I mainly focused on the policy updates, which are issued monthly. I also subscribed to this mailing list so I can monitor the policy developments that go on in our country. All programs are relevant to child development and contain information on conferences, training opportunities, new reports, and even a feed of comments from other professionals. As ChildCare Aware, it also highlights the work and experiences of others from around the globe.
These websites have so many subtopics that you could end up lost, I enjoy reading about the advancements in the field, how our government is trying to improve the early education field, and hearing and reading about others teaching experiences.
Reference:
Society for Research in Child Development. (2017, February). February 2017 Policy
Update. Retrieved from http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=addb5e7d7d66625647754af3f&id=800ccf27c7
Young, A. (2017, February 21). Our Executive Director Speaks to The Preschool Podcast
About Affecting Change for Child Care. Retrieved from http://usa.childcareaware.org/2017/02/executive-director-speaks-preschool-podcast-affecting-change-child-care/
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you found a very interesting website. I like how they use social media to spread their message. More people can learn about their website and how they are trying to help children and the early childhood field.
Thanks for sharing,
Sarah
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI like the sources that you found. They seem to be some very interesting information on those sites. I like the site on the policy information that is given monthly so that early childhood professionals would have access to that information. You shared some great sites.
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog this week. Sounds like there is plenty of valuable information on the website. I will have to check it out.