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- World Forum Foundation http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage - World Organization for Early Childhood Education http://www.omep-usnc.org/
Read about OMEP’s mission. - Association for Childhood Education Internationalhttp://acei.org/about/
Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.
- World Forum Foundation http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
- National Association for the Education of Young Childrenhttp://www.naeyc.org/
- The Division for Early Childhoodhttp://www.dec-sped.org/
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- WESTEDhttp://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
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- FPG Child Development Institutehttp://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
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- The Erikson Institute http://www.erikson.edu/
YC Young Children
Childhood
Journal of Child & Family Studies
Child Study Journal
Multicultural Education
Early Childhood Education Journal
Journal of Early Childhood Research
International Journal of Early Childhood
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Developmental Psychology
Social Studies
Maternal & Child Health Journal
International Journal of Early Years Education
Book: Increasing Power of Instruction by Judith a. Schickedanz
The Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
http://www.southernearlychildhood.org
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/family.html
I have recently enrolled once again into the master’s program at Walden University. We are currently studying characteristics of teachers’ professional development. One of those characteristics is collaborating with colleagues on a professional basis. The main thing to realize is that we are responsible for our students and thereby should want the best for them and our colleagues. This can be accomplished as teachers meet to share their expertise and experiences as to what works best for students' success. Teachers must spend quality time without the students to accomplish the goal of talking about students in a review fashion and not for ridicule. The work must be continuous and the teacher must be given the opportunity to use it in the classroom. This places learning in the context of doing the work. As a result, professional develop occurs as teachers learn from and interact with each other collaboratively in a positive manner.
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