According to our textbook Student Teaching, “A quality preschool program will have a balanced curriculum” along with many other standards. There are many different types of programs for young children. There are private programs, public programs, center programs, and family child care homes. Many of these programs provide a quality program for children and families. In order for us to understand what quality means we were asked to use the PAS evaluation tool on two programs. We were then asked to justify our choice of program for our final internship. Below is my description of the two programs I chose to evaluate and my justification of why I have chosen one of these programs for my final internship.
The two programs that I chose to observe and fill out the PAS evaluation tool on are Naples Christian Academy and The Learning Center. Both of these programs are quality programs according to the PAS evaluation tool. Both programs are licensed by the state of Florida. They both scored an average PAS score of 6 or above on the PAS. Both administrators have over 10 years of experience in a preschool program. The two schools employ teachers with BS degrees. The staff-child ratio in each program is low. The teachers in both programs receive staff education and specialized training. They both have variables that are consistent with a quality program. However, for my final internship I believe the best program for me is Naples Christian Academy.
Naples Christian Academy serves children from pre-k 3 through 8th grade. NCA is a Blue Ribbon School. They received this award in 2007. The Blue Ribbon School Award is the highest award granted by the Department of Education. NCA is ACSI and SACs accredited. NCA’s preschool program is ...
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...wish to achieve and will help you to achieve those goals. Furthermore, according to our textbook, “the quality of childcare is related to specific variables.” Staff education, teacher education and specialized training are some of the variables that our textbook talks about. The teacher I have chosen to do my internship has all of these variables.
In summary, I feel Naples Christian academy is a good fit for my final internship. It is not only a quality school but they also have quality teachers. The school strives to provide a quality program for children, families and staff. I know I will be able to achieve my goals with the mentorship I will and have received from NCA teachers and staff. I feel the mentoring teacher I have chosen will provide me with the help I need to achieve my ultimate goal of getting my teacher certification in pre-k through 3rd grade.
head start program; in the main search engine and click the search button. Several articles uploaded, then I chose two resources, Preschool The Most Important Grade and Head Start Benefits Underscored pertaining to my early childhood education topic. Next I used the Pro-quest database which my findings were different. After reviewing the results, I selected the journal article Long Term Effects of Head Start on Low- Income Children. Citations Barnett W.S & Husted, J. (2003). Preschool The Most
transition and (2) effective communication interactions with the parent will be identified as a means in which to bring better results for student transition into kindergarten. One study defines the important role of early parent and teacher interaction as a means in which to resolve these anxieties for kindergarten readiness: “Early identification of teacher and parent goals for preschool children, frank discussion of upcoming transitions
I interviewed a woman who has a child with special needs. The child is now in kindergarten. The mother reported having a normal pregnancy with no complications. This was the second child for the mother, who has another child who was five years old at the time. The mother disclosed that during the pregnancy, she was in the process of separating from the child’s father and that this caused a moderate level of stress. At the time of the pregnancy, the mother was also working full time as a waitress
Anthony M. Denkyirah and Wilson K. Agbeke 2010, which investigated the Strategies for Transitioning Preschool with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Kindergarten. The article was published in Early Childhood Education Journal. Research (Rice and O’Brien (1990), Rule et al. (1990), and Wittmer et al. (1996) found that an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children who sustained suitable services in their preschool years, they are able to face academic challenges and try to continue developing their cognitive,
Some students attended preschool when they were younger, for some it might have been a better experience than others. Early Childhood Education has slowly become an unimportant problem for the world and it's time for that to change. Slowly technology has been taking over the way that young children are being taught in school. In many states in this country preschool programs aren't as attainable as they are in others and that's a problem . Preschool impacts overall educational performance and should
developmental crime prevention program. Developmental crime prevention programs aim to lower an individual’s potential of becoming criminal. The theory that guides these types of programs is that criminal and deviant activity is the result of early life experiences and learning. These programs put an emphasis on what causes individuals to commit deviant acts in order to identify ways that this activity can be stopped (Lab, 2014). A key piece to developmental crime prevention programs is identifying risk
our textbook Student Teaching, “An infant/toddler center is an entirely new world, one that is completely different from the preschool environment.” In order to understand the function and quality of an infant/toddler program and classroom setting, we were asked to evaluate an infant/toddler setting using the Infant/Toddler Environmental Rating Scale. Like the PAS evaluation, the ITERS helps us to evaluate quality. However the ITERS also helps to evaluate the quality within a classroom and allows
more memorable while others still trying to forget. Mine was merely an observance and evaluation period. After I gave my mother a kiss goodbye, and placed my belongings in the cubbyhole I was ready to learn, but unfortunately the majority of the other students were not. Considering one can not get too accomplished over many loud high-pitched cries, I was forced to be patient and suffer silently from boredom. Preschool is a beneficial tool for children because they learn social skills and gain an appreciation
it should be explain benefits from this kind of actions. Recommendations That you Note: 1. Investment in Early Childhood Education services boosts economic performance in the future. 2. Promote participation and ensure children from disadvantaged background are benefit from Early Childhood Education (ECE) services. 2. Key information Outcome from implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF) cannot be encapsulated to a diatribe of trade-off between quality and affordability of ECE services
about the natural world. In implementing STEM education, providing a robust professional development opportunity that is sustained is often most effective. (Sanders, 2009). In an evaluation of GUW performed by Joe E. Heimlich, Ph.D. and Renae Youngs, MA, participants completing professional development course viewed the program very favorably. Respondents liked the hands-on nature of the workshops and “doing the activities to help understand them better” before leading them with their students. Also
In 1965 a federal program known as Head Start, was born to assist America's low-income children out of poverty and enrich their lives and offer opportunities for learning. Head Start has continued to play an essential role to our nation's early learning and development. The Head Start program is the only preschool that caters to the low-income communities and serves nearly one million children. The Head Start programs are facing some challenges, if it is to continue relevant and competitive with
additional collaborators will work cooperatively to implement a meaningful educational program for children of all ages. This includes a comprehensive plan that seeks to develop the child from birth to adulthood into a valuable and productive member of our community. The carefully crafted and consistent evaluations of all the programs will provide clear information to use as a means to improve the quality of the programs. HISTORY OF SUCCESS The Center of Help, founded in 1990, has had a
social-emotional learning in their preschool classrooms in order to prevent challenging behaviors (CSEFEL, n.d.). I interviewed Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter, who is the principle investigator at CSEFEL at Vanderbilt University. This center works with child care programs, preschools, and Head Start programs to prepare children for the transition into kindergarten, where self-regulatory and social-emotional skills are necessary (Hemmeter, Ostrosky, & Fox, 2006). This program promotes social-emotional skills
parents in his/her life might criticize the child and think of them as stupid, or maybe just too lazy to want to learn. What they don’t realize is that the child might have a learning disability. But how are these children being helped? There are many programs, special schools and facilities, home teaching methods and many other ways in which children with Learning Disabilities are being helped. There are many different types of learning disabilities; the most common ones are dyslexia and attention
The case study analyzed in this presentation will be discussing the best options for the Korean boy who has Asperger’s syndrome; moreover, the ways to convince his grandmother who has prejudices and biases about the disorder will be developed. In order to understand reasons why grandmother does not want to accept treatments suggested by medical professionals in order to improve abilities of her grandson, Korean cultures and beliefs with regards to healthcare will be presented and discussed. Based