This week, I decided to go ahead and join NAEYC as a member to receive all it's membership privileges, and boy did I learn something! If you become a member for only $40 as a student, or $66 as an educator, you gain a world of resources at your fingertips. You can join discussion groups with other online members, share resources and join interest forums. In addition, you receive Young Children and/or Teaching Young Children in your home bi monthly. Also, you have members only access to current issues of these magazines and even Tesoros y Colores which is the Spanish version of Teaching Young Children in digital format. With the click the mouse, you also get access to years worth of these magazines with tons of reference articles. These articles are not only good for students conducting research and teachers looking to education themselves further, but they are terrific to print out for parents. Lastly, a great benefit to being a member of NAEYC is that they are even offering 10% off tuition for new Walden University students!!!!!!
Although the newsletter didn't directly relate to this weeks topic of discussion; Awareness, Accessibility and Responsiveness, it did have archived articles under previous issues of Young Children that related. If you are interested in accessing these articles, you must first become a member and then logon and read "Early Childhood Education: Diverse Approaches for a Diverse Nation", July, 2010, Volume 65 or "Supporting Dual Language Learners and their families", March, 2013, Volume 68. Both these articles related to responsiveness in early childhood.
As for equity and excellence in early care and education, I think the website's family link provides an excellent resource for parents. They have a link for parents to search around their location for accredited programs and also include their standards for accreditation. It gives parents a way to look for quality programs, read articles about their child's development and has an area for them to sign up for family newsletters to keep them on top of all the current developments in early childhood education around their area. Not to mention the links on the family site that has discussion forums, blogs, family activities, music and much, much more. This is an excellent resource for everyone. I am surely going to put it on my classroom newsletter under Favorite Websites.
Mainly this week I am happy to announce that I am a member of NAEYC and that the benefits that come along with the membership are going to be an excellent asset to my Master's Degree research, as well as a resource that I will be sharing with my co-workers, students and families. I hope that everyone takes a minute to check out www.naeyc.org and becomes a member if they aren't already so they can gain the same benefits!!!
That is great that you became a member of this website, sounds like it is very valuable for teachers. I plan to check it out and become a member. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Jeannette, It is a really good resource. I have been a member for awhile now and enjoy the magazine. They also send out a book 5 or 6 times a year and I have used almost all of them at some time or another during my classes. Our center is NAEYC Accredited and that is when I first became aware of NAEYC years ago during one of the first accreditation processes at another base. I am so glad you are enjoying the website and its benefits. Cindy Ferguson
ReplyDeleteI think that it is awesome that you became a member of NAEYC because now you can remain current and update of issues and trends of early childhood education. Therefore, you have access to various articles that address early childhood education which may help you with your teaching profession and also in your course of study. I have considered join NAEYC also because of the different incentives and benefit of learning about early childhood education.
ReplyDeleteI also have become a member, I really enjoy reading their magazines. I usually get them in English and Spanish. There is alot of good information to share with families and helps you with ideas on how to create your environment, etc.
ReplyDeleteJeanette,
ReplyDeleteI felt a great accomplishment when I joined NAEYC. Its great you are a member. There are so many avenues to explore and its all about Early Years.