The first program I chose was Early Childhood Alliance. The reason
for this is because Early Childhood Alliance has
been furnishing programs and services to meet the needs of families and
children, in northern Indiana. It is recognized as a leader in the early care
and education field. They use High Scope curriculum,
which supports the Foundations for Young Children to the Indiana Academic
Standards. They use nationally recognized Daily activities that help children –
from infancy through kindergarten – develop physically, socially, and
emotionally. The best part is what they call Pathways to quality which has 4 levels.
They have many job openings for teachers full
and part time. Depending on which one you choose the requirements are from age
18 or older and at least an associate degree. They have a job opening for pre-k
that I apply for and an interested in.
The
second one I chose was the Head Start Program. This has always interested me ever
since my son went there. They provide a quality education and help the families
with many services, like health,
nutritional, and other developmental social services to low-income and special
needs preschool children and their families. There early learning program
teachers prepare them for school through play that is planned or spontaneous instruction. They grow in every area from
learning social skills and motor development. They work with the parents in
many ways to help them succeed in their home life and relationships with their
children.
They
are not hiring at this time and you need at least a BA in ECE.
The third one I chose is
called the Teaching Tree. I chose this one because it takes infants to school
age children. The children are in different classrooms by age. It has a multi-aged preschool classroom. What they do
in this classroom the child will enjoy activities including Music & Movement, circle time,
and they have a structured pre-school curriculum. The children also get
to talk about things that are important to them and the free choice is designed to give the child a sense of control and to learn to make their own decisions.
http://theteachingtree.com/index.html
https://www.ecalliance.org/about-us/
www.brightpoint.org
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog was very informative. The teaching tree sounds fun and intriguing to engage children to explore freely to different activities that interest them . As educators it's important to provide activities children become involved to express themselves freely or students will feel bored. That's why I always make sure my lesson plan are hands on because I want my students to feel confident in critical thinking skills through direct observation and understand what's going on and to do things for themselves, which will help them with learning independently later on in life.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteHead start is a program I am very familiar with, and it is a great program. So many opportunities are given to families to better themselves so the child can be better. The intentional learning provides children with a lot of learning opportunities.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteHead start is a program I am very familiar with, and it is a great program. So many opportunities are given to families to better themselves so the child can be better. The intentional learning provides children with a lot of learning opportunities.
Mary, I like the Pathways to Quality chart. It gives a clear picture of the progression of services that your provide to reach the highest level. The Teaching Tree seems exciting too as it provides opportunities to learn self-management skills at an early age. Thank you for sharing.
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