Week: 1 Issues & Trends EarlyChildhood EDUC:6162

Establishing Professional Contacts 

and Expanding Resources

Part 1:

Establishing Professional Contacts

I am very excited and eager to be apart of this assignment and have the opportunity to engage with early childhood professionals from across the world.  I was very proud to be able to have a meaningful reason to contact one of my past professors and ask for information regarding her experience traveling to Africa and then China for Early Childhood Conventions.  I an hopeful for her to return my call so that I may expand my knowledge and gain information regarding international issues in the field of early childhood.

Part 2:

Expanding Resources

To broaden my knowledge and expand my resources in the field of early childhood I have filled out an application for The National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC.

 The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

The association comprises nearly 60,000 individual members of the early childhood community and more than 300 regional Affiliate chapters, all committed to delivering on the promise of high-quality early learning. Together, we work to achieve a collective vision: that all young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.