The National Government are responsible for the drawing up the education policy, ie,. the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage. They are responsible for devising policies and ensuring they are implemented, their responsibility is to work with children up to the age of 19 with any issue they may have from child protection to education. They aim to improve the opportunities and experiences available to children and their practitioners by focusing on offering more support for the poorest and most vulnerable children to ensure educational quality provisions are in place to meet these requirements. They are responsible for creating a high quality further education sector that aims to teach workers the skills demanded in a modern
ESE 315 WEEK 5 JOURNAL POSITION STATEMENT ESE 315 Week 5 Journal Position Statement, As I read the statement in “Early Childhood Inclusion: A Summary”, I came up with the conclusion of what the creation of a sense of belonging and membership, positive relationships and reaching full potential means when working with all young children and families. First, I would make sure that my classroom environment accommodates all my students and the parents feel comfortable with their child in the environment also. Throughout my teaching career and working with all children and families I have discovered that the best therapy a child can have is from their peers, therefore making the classroom environment as confident and warm as possible has always been a key and success for me. I have always had a classroom where all kids were included and this made all my students more peaceful and kind to one another and vey proud in their work and others as well. Since, I have been thinking of different ways of creating environments, seeing children’s strengths, abilities, and communicating with families during this class, I am going to briefly discuss two things I plan to implant in my professional experience.
The goverment are focusing on post 16 options because they want to increase the quality of education available and ensure that all young people have the tools and opportunities they need to fulfil their potential so they are prepared for further education and work regardles of their background or life circumstances. By giving young people the options to undertake academic and vocational education including appreniteships and traineeships they are providing the skills need for life and work helping to create a more responsible, engaged and cohesive society. The post 16 options set out by the government are: •College •Sixth form •Apprenticeships •Employment with training One of the reasons for this change has been because of the governments concerns over the number of 16-24 year olds who have been classified as Neets. Neets are young people who are not in employment, education or training and are between the ages of 16-24. There is a number of factors that can contribute to young people becoming Neets
Understand the impact of early years curriculum models on the application of theoretical perspectives of children’s care, learning and development Birth to three matters ‘Birth to three matters’ framework explains that since 1997, childcare and early years education have been central to our vision of a better start for all children and their families. Children’s experiences in the earliest years of their lives are critical to their later development. High quality childcare is a very important step towards ensuring that all children arrive at school ready to learn, so that they do not underachieve. ‘Birth to three matters’ reinforces four different aspects; A strong child Me, myself and I Being acknowledged and affirmed Developing self-assurance A sense of belonging Me myself and I is about helping young children to get to know themselves and their own capabilities. The respect, care, love and emotional support experienced by babies and children helps them to develop emotional safety, trust and a positive self-image.
NAEYC Codes of Ethics Core Values *Appreciate childhood as a unique and valuable stage of the human life. Appreciating childhood could affect teaching in the classroom because you would know how to teach them better. I think that you would also be able to come up with more developmentally appropriate activities for the children. *Base our work on knowledge of how children develop and learn. By basing knowledge on how children develop and learn, it can help make more developmentally appropriate activities.
My life has been full of experiences in which transitional learning took place. The most profound is the lesson I am currently learning. My experience that is in my life is that I made a choice to go back to school to get a better education about working with children, so I can become a teacher. The reason why I am doing this is because I want
Early childhood development is a period of never ending possibilities. As educators we embrace everything our children experience and what they encounter in there early developmental stages. We believe that our work can make a significant difference in a child’s life and in the lives of their families. In order for children to learn and develop, we as educators must provide a safe and healthy learning environment. A place where children can partake in early education of the highest quality, and learn the early skills they need to develop.
Supervision for Instructional Improvement Ebony A. Wilson Grand Canyon University Supervision and Instructional Leadership EDA 551 April 20, 2011 Supervision for Instructional Improvement Professional development is an essential tool in a movement towards greater success for all students and meeting the needs for school change in a society that is desperately in need of one. As stated by DeSimone (2011), "Teacher professional development is one of the keys to improving the quality of U.S. schools. Many education reforms rely on teacher learning— and the improved instruction that ideally follows — to increase student learning, so understanding what makes professional development effective is critical to understanding
This is known as the cognitive development theory, as children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world. Piaget found that elementary classroom educators must plan and develop curriculum that enhances their students’ stage of growth. For example, McClenden (2011) stated that students in the Preoperational Stage should have curriculum centered on concrete physical situations because they are not yet able to conceptualize abstractly. Likewise, teachers need to expose students to a great deal of hands-on-practice and a wide range of experiences in order to build a foundation for learning and language. Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of education also transmits to an elementary classroom and teaching strategies.
In conclusion I believe that The Plowden Report and The Rumbold Report will always have some kind of influence in education and that their key ideas help ensure that all children have the best start to education possible. I believe it is every early years practitioner’s responsibility to provide the very best for all children in their earliest, most impressionable important and formative years. We should be looking to tap into what they know, love and are interested in so that we can respect and stimulate their learning journey in the best possible ways. This leads me to one of the most important quotes within The Plowden Report “At the heart of educational progress lies the child” (Plowden,