"It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."
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(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling)

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Sharing Web Resources- Equity and Excellence

The Zero to Three website likes to keep their links to resources to another page on Zero to Three. The best links to outside resources that I can find are simply PDF files! One of the PDF files I did find was to Including Infants and Toddlers in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems, which goes over the QRIS system that came up in our lessons last week about quality and effective early childhood programs.
            The section I chose to thoroughly search was the section about child care. In this section, there are resources about choosing quality child care, preparing your toddler for preschool, as well as matching personalities between infants and toddlers and care settings. The section on choosing quality child care seems especially helpful for parents as there is a list of questions to ask and look for and information about licensing for the center.
            I have only received on e-newsletter and I spoke of it over a month ago! I signed up for three e-newsletters but have not received any more at this time! Perhaps some of them are quarterly and not weekly or monthly.
            The website talks about what to look for in quality child care, which is beneficial for parents. The website also talks about the QRIS rating system of early childhood programs which is important for both professionals and parents to be aware of. The QRIS rating system ties into the challenge of responsiveness of early childhood programs. It is important for the system, or a similar system to be used to rate the program’s effectiveness, equity, and excellence.
            In a previous week, I remember finding a statistic in a course reading about early childhood children of minorities being more likely to be expelled from programs. This stuck with me and on the Zero to Three website I found an article series titled Preventing Expulsion from Preschool and Childcare. This series begins with videos talking about implicit bias, why it is important, and ways to address it. There are also resources for policymakers as well as early childhood professionals on ways to reduce expulsion of young children. Although I have never encountered a young child being expelled, these are valuable resources for working with difficult behaviors for any early childhood professional!

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4 comments:

  1. I wonder why minority children face so many difficulties in school and are more likely to be expelled. Do you think it would something to do with most minorities being impoverished? What do you consider a quality child care to consists of ? Personally a quality childcare provides safety learning environments, affectionate and supportive professionals that respect all people regardless of culture and socioeconomic status!

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  2. Unfortunately, my director has told me of many occasions of children being exspelled, but before exspelling them using the necessary resources to try and get them help. She noticed most of the time no matter how much she tried to help the child, if the parent is not involved results are minimal. What can do to get parents to understand that their support is crucial in their child's physical, mental, and social/emotional development.

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  3. Robin,
    I believe that all programs should be evaluated with QRIS this will assess each programs effectiveness and it's quality of services. I find it very difficult to understand when programs or schools expel young children, now a days programs find it easy to expel children then find ways to support the child and the parents. Robin I truly enjoyed your post, great information sharing.

    Angela Vargas

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  4. I taught kindergaten for five years in a private school setting. This is where I experienced a young student being expelled. He was very difficult to work with and teach. He would have outburst, screaming, to the top of his lungs his work frustrated him. Administration request that he be tested for learning disability. His mother was in total denial. His behavior worsen and they expelled him. After that she had him tested .He had ADHD and no one seemed to understand him, most of all, his family. Him being expelled made him more frustrated with how he wad learning.

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