Describe characteristics of quality in early care and education programs and how to move towards quality in ECEC.
Ashford 4: – Week 3 (Dec 06 – Dec 12)
Overview
Activity Due Date Format Grading Percent
Quality Through Partnerships with Family and Community Day 3
(1st post) Discussion 4
Self-Assessment Journal Day 7 Journal 2
Skills, Dispositions and Data Collection Day 7 Assignment 13
Note: The online classroom is designed to time students out after 90 minutes of inactivity. Because of this, we strongly suggest that you compose your work in a word processing program and copy and paste it into the discussion post when you are ready to submit it.
Learning Outcomes
This week students will:
Describe characteristics of quality in early care and education programs and how to move towards quality in ECEC.
Evaluate early care and education programs from a parent/caregiver perspective.
Explain how partnerships between home, school, and community contributes to providing high-quality learning programs for children.
Collect data and describe research methodology.
Introduction
In Week Three, students discuss quality care in early care and education settings. Additionally, students focus on creating dialogue with and supporting families whose children are typically developing as well as families whose children have special needs. Students also continue the research process by conducting interviews for data collection.
Required Resources
Required Text
Scully P., Barbour, C., & Roberts-King, H. (2015). Families, schools, and communities: Building partnerships for educating children (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Chapter 5: Meeting Child-Care Needs from Infancy Through School Age
Article
Zero to Three. (Producer). (2013, June 8). Sharing the care: How partnering with your child’s caregiver supports healthy development. Retrieved from http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/funded-projects/parenting-resources/podcast/sharing-the-care-how.html
Jerlean Daniel, current President of NAEYC describes what quality child care looks like and how parents and child care providers can work together to nurture young children’s healthy development.
Recommended Resources
Article
National Association for the Education of Young Children (n.d.). Using Early Childhood Research. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/research/using
Defines quality research practices and the reasons for its importance to the early care and education practice.
Website
National Association for the Education of Young Children. (n.d.). Finding childcare and preschool. Retrieved from http://families.naeyc.org/find-quality-child-care
NAEYC offers information and advice on selecting quality early care and education programs for young children.
Discussion
To participate in the following discussions, go to this week’s Discussion link in the left navigation.
Quality Through Partnerships with Family and Community
Prepare for the discussion
Reflect on each age group as it pertains to effective quality childcare programs (Infant/Toddler, Preschool, or School Age).
Read Chapter 5 in the text and listen to the podcast PRIOR to posting in the discussion.
Initial post (Due by Day 3, Thursday)
Describe in detail at least two issues that arise when determining the quality of the childcare (e.g. adult-child ratios, safety, type of program such as center-based or family child care, provider qualifications, cost, etc.) for each age group:
Infant/Toddler
Preschool
School Age
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