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National Black Child Development Institute

http://nbcdi.org/

 

What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?

I think the section that seemed relevant to me this week was the section that shows the initiatives that the organization has to offer. Reading instruction has always been one of my passions as an educator so I decided to look at their literacy initiative. I found that the group has targeted children and their parents from the age of 0 to 6 years old. The initiative is called Love to Read. They have also partnered with Reading is Fundamental in order to provide training for early childhood educators to provide them with strategies and resources to enhance early literacy skills to African American children.

Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?

 I didn’t find any resources on the website that I found controversial.

What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?

While I looked  at the website this week, I saw an advertisement for the National Head Star research conference. According to the website, Head Start’s National Research Conference is a biennial event, which provides practitioners, researchers, administrators, and policy makers involved in Head Start, early childhood, childcare, health care, and administration programs the opportunity to share research that promotes positive development in young children.

What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?

This week I was happy to see that there is a push to work with policy makers on the importance of early childhood education. The CEO attended President Obama’s speech on education. According to the website, the group will continue to promote the elimination of racial, ethnic, and socio-economic achievement gaps by focusing on the continuum of birth through age 8 by looking at:

• Effective and Equitable Teaching and Leadership

• Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Assessments

• Meaningful, Culturally Relevant Parent and Family Engagement

• Supportive Transitions for Children and Families