High-Quality Early Childhood Education

High-Quality Early Childhood Education

As you develop as an early childhood education leader, it is essential that you stay current on the components of high-quality early childhood education concepts and practices so that you can begin to implement them into, and maintain them, in your early childhood education program. Virtual learning environments are an efficient and cost-effective way to be engaged in ongoing learning and development. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, visit the Ashford University Early Childhood Education Virtual Community (Links to an external site.). After becoming familiar with the website, please visit the 2019 Conference Presentations page (Links to an external site.), and select one presentation that is of interest to you to view entirely.

After you view the presentation, address the following in a two to three page paper. See the provided exemplar and the Writing Center if you have questions.

Your paper must address the following:

• Explain the main points presented the presentation.
• Describe how this learning is new to you or how it has shaped your existing thinking.
• Create a plan for how you as an early childhood education leader will use this knowledge to design, maintain, and lead an overall high-quality program.
• Locate, share, and summarize an additional two online credible resources that you can use to further support this concept in your high-quality program.

The High-Quality Early Childhood Education Program paper

• Must be two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

Required Resources

Text

Gadzikowski, A. (2013). Administration of early childhood education programs. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

• Chapter 5: Facility and Equipment
  • This chapter addresses the relationships between the physical environment and the program’s mission, philosophy, vision, and goals.
• Chapter 6: Nutrition, Health, and Safety
  • This chapter will describe the role of administrators in leading and overseeing the program in the area of health as well as nutrition and safety.

Book

American Academy of Pediatrics, American Public Health Association, and National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education. (2011). Caring for our children: National health and safety performance standards; Guidelines for early care and education programs (Links to an external site.) (3rd ed.). Retrieved from http://nrckids.org/files/CFOC3_updated_final.pdf

• This book provides a handy reference laid out by subject area that outlines the national standards that represent the best evidence, expertise, and experience in the country on quality health and safety practices and policies that should be followed in today’s early care and education settings and will assist you in your Nutrition, Health, and Safety Scenario discussion this week.
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Multimedia

Biermeier, M. A. [Mary Ann Biermeier]. (2017, June 28). Powerful learning environments (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/BlLFZbRx1F8

• This video provides an example of an early childhood environment. This is one of your viewing options if you are not able to visit an environment where there are infants, toddlers or preschool children present for the Child Care Facility Analysis discussion this week.
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ChildCareResourcesMT. (2011, April 20). Indicators of a quality early learning environment (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/fm7hIwLXuTU

• This video provides information about early childhood environment and will assist you in your Child Care Facility Analysis discussion this week.
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escswa. (2014, May 1). 3 minutes in a Head Start classroom (Links to an external site.) [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/weoneSV3lnU

• A glimpse of an early childhood environment is shown in this clip. This is one of your viewing options if you are not able to visit an environment where there are infants, toddlers or preschool children present for the Child Care Facility Analysis discussion this week.
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Web Pages

Ashford University Early Childhood Education Virtual Community. (n.d.) 2019 conference presentations (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/site/auecevirtualconference/2018-ece-conference-proposal-template?authuser=0

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• This web page provides videos of conference presentations about various relevant topics in the field of early childhood education. You will choose one of the presentations on this web page to watch in order to complete the High Quality Early Childhood Education assignment this week.
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The IRIS Center. (n.d.). Early childhood environments: Designing effective classrooms. (Links to an external site.) Retrieved from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/env/

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• This multimedia module provides information about early childhood environments and will assist you in your Child Care Facility Analysis discussion this week.
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Website

Ashford University Early Childhood Education Virtual Community (Links to an external site.). (https://sites.google.com/site/auecevirtualconference/home)

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• This website provides a plethora of early childhood education resources and information surrounding key concepts in early childhood and will assist you in your High Quality Early Childhood Education assignment this week.
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