Please answer the following questions with references to each question.
Many trends in early childhood education relate to policy making at the state and federal level. In your role as an advocate, you may be called on to influence policy decisions.
As your original post, write a one-page advocacy letter to a policymaker on a piece of educational legislation or an educational reform measure of concern to you. Use the correct salutation for writing a public official. Be positive, and establish rapport with the reader.
- Provide brief background on the issue.
- State your stance on the issue.
- Suggest an alternative to the legislation that you oppose if applicable.
- Use citations and references in APA (6th edition) format and examples to support your arguments.
In a rapidly expanding field facing external pressures, such as early childhood education, teachers are often called on to assume leadership roles. Use the prompts to guide an original response and comments to at least two peers.
- Using the course readings, describe three ways early childhood educators who are not administrators can act as school leaders.
- Use citations and references in APA (6th edition) format and examples to support your posts.
An educator leaves a 3-year-old child on the playground of an early childhood center. The police bring the crying child inside but not before people passing by video and upload the incident to the Internet. The video goes viral and ends up on the local news. Families begin withdrawing their children from the center. News channels, the local newspapers, and talk shows are calling the early childhood center asking for interviews. The state licensure board is also investigating the situation.
- Who is responsible for this incident – the educator or the center director? Explain.
- What actions if any should be taken by the early childhood educator to remedy the situation?
- What actions should be taken by the director of the early childhood center to control the situation and to prevent children from being left outside in the future?
- Using the course readings as a guide, describe what the director can do to reflect the characteristics of a leader.
- In your responses to at least two peers, pretend you are a member of the state licensing board investigating the situation. What actions would you take?
- Use citations and references in APA (6th edition) format and examples to support your posts.
Choose one of the following topics: Early Childhood Education Curriculum, Early Childhood and Diversity, Special Education in Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood English Language Learners, Early Childhood and Poverty, Early Childhood Education Standards, School Readiness, or Learning Environments in Early Childhood Education Programs.
- Post two unique questions related to the topic that you would like to ask a family member in your early childhood program.
- Explain how the topic is relevant to your experience or interests.
- In your responses to at least two peers, pretend you have a student enrolled in their program and answer one of the two posted questions.
- Use citations and references in APA (6th edition) format and examples to support your posts.
In an original post, respond to one of the following questions. Use citations and references in APA (6th edition) to support your answer.
- Is providing screen time (computer apps, video games, television viewing…etc.) at home or in child-care programs developmentally appropriate?
- Should early childhood educators encourage children to explore nontraditional gender roles in play?
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