I am going to be following NAEYC as an organization that is focused on accrediting programs of the highest quality in early childhood education as well as providing endless research, professional development and resources to educators and families in the early childhood field. You can sign up for NAEYC's free newsletter at http://www.naeyc.org/.
Their current newsletter included an Online Training on Creating Classroom Portfolios that you could sign up for. A Classroom Portfolio is a great way for teachers to document and display children's learning experiences for families. I thought this idea was great because you can learn to put together a portfolio that can be put into a Power Point and can be shown at different times of the year. It can also be translated into different languages which is one of the topics we have been learning about, culture, diversity and languages.
Parents like to see what's going on in the classroom and this is a great way to display that for them. I'm definitely signing up!
If you would like to sign up too, please click on this link:
http://www.naeyc.org/ecp/online/portfolios
The NAEYC is a great organization to follow. Personally, I think that everyone in an Early Childhood program is familiar with this professional organization. Classroom Portfolio is a great tool to use in the learning environment to monitor and track progress and display the student's learning abilities.
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannette, I am familiar with the NAEYC website also. I am a member and have gone through their accreditation process about four times in various military child development centers. We have to have a classroom portfolio but it is not online. It is a very useful tool to see what you are doing and find out areas that you need to improve upon. I think it's wonderful that it can be translated into different languages. I enjoyed reading your post. Cindy Ferguson
ReplyDeleteHello Jeannette: I am not familiar with the process, I will look into it for sure. I think is very important for centers to become aware of issues that need to be worked on or things that can be helpful for other centers. I really enjoy the information from their website.
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NAEYC offers some great resources for all families. I like your post. I appreciate learning for this blog and will continue to visit their website to learn more. Thank You!
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