EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESOURCES:


1.  Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment, and Program Evaluation. Building an Effective, Accountable System in Programs for children Birth through Age 8. 

 (n.d.). Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201440_04/MS_MECS/EDUC_6005/Week 5/Resources/Resources/embedded/ec_curr_assess_programeval.pdf

2. Where We Stand on Child Abuse Prevention

 (n.d.). Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201440_04/MS_MECS/EDUC_6005/Week 5/Resources/Resources/embedded/naeyc_childabusestand.pdf



3. National Association for the Education of Young Children

 http://www.naeyc.org/



4. New York City Administration for Children Services- Head Start information

http://www.nyc.gov/html/acs/html/child_care/child_care.shtml

I've been researching Head Start programs more and more in the last few weeks, so I figured this website would be helpful (for New Yorkers).



5. Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education by Nicola Yelland



6. Global Perspectives in Early Childhood Education.  Diversity, Challenges, and Possibilities.

     By: Marika Veisson



7. The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce Challenges and opportunities: A Workshop Report.

By: Committee on  Early Childhood Care and Education Work Force: A Workshop; Institute of Medicine; National Research Council.



The above selection varies from general information on Head Start programs through how to handle major issues from abuse to problems in the classroom.  There is also information pertaining to diversity and the role it plays in the classroom as well as the website for NAEYC who are responsible for helping decide the curriculum that we use for each age group and deciding what works and what doesn't work.  It is important to keep the above resources handy because they all are ful of information on how to be a better educator and child care provider, all while keeping the children safe and on the path to success. All of the books can be accessed in the Walden University Library.