There is more than one type of strategy that are being used
by advocates and organizations that influence the political will toward
improving early childhood systems in order to foster the well-being of young children
and their families. But the one that
comes to mind immediately is the educational strategy. This is used to help the general public, or a
specific group of people to gain an awareness or better understanding of an
issue (Kieff, 2009). By using the educational
strategy we can for example use the role of an early childhood educator, the
importance of that position and what is needed to become a quality teacher in
that role. With my assignment last week and this week,
Early Care and Education was the view that I chose that is very important to
me. Using the educational strategy is
what I use daily to get certain topics across for my organization, community,
and my superiors that are looking for better ways to improve our children’s
lives.
Working with the military community for most of my career,
Early Care and Education has been on the topic for many reasons. One that comes to mind is the supporting the children
during post-deployment. Our men and
women are coming home not realizing that they are scarred from the deployments
and it is affecting their child’s development and future education. This part of my profession challenges me, but
I love every part of the challenges.
Zero to Three and the National Association for Education for Young
Children (NAEYC) are both great advocating organizations that back their findings
by using the education strategy. Using
research and statistics are one way to get the communities attention. I have attached the links to both
organizations below so that anyone can read about what they are all about.
Kieff, J. (2009). Informed advocacy in early childhood care
and education: Making a difference for young children and families. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc
Crissy, wonderful blog! That is an interesting thought about children going through changes when their families experience deployment. No intent to be native, but I had not even considered the idea of how children cope from such ambiguity. I see your point, this definitely can pose stress on the child or children when one parent(s) are facing challenges. Good luck on supporting your parents.
ReplyDeleteNice blog Crissy! Educational strategies is meant to help children's development and learning. I think coming up with different strategies for working with children is very important but we need to know what works for child's may not work for child's B as professionals.
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