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ECED 263 Foundations of
Early Childhood Education
Dr. Patricia Pinciotti
Becoming an ESU Pre K-4 Teacher
 Syllabi
 Admittance to Pre K 4 Program
 Beginning Educator Portfolio – Next Tuesday
Materials
 1 ½ Binder, 5 dividers, Plastic sleeves (10-20)
 Copy in a Plastic Sleeve:
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Student Evaluation,
PRAXIS I,
3 Clearance,
TB
Housekeeping
Assignments: For Tuesday
Reading: Essential!
Chapter One & Chapter Two
Check it out!
Find two interesting items on each website
Place them in Concertina Book
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ESU College of Education
NAEYC – check out website
National Head Start website
Pennsylvania State Aligned System - PASAS
Continuity and Change
in Early Childhood
Education
Chapter 1
ECE ~ A rewarding profession
 Why are you here?
 People Search
 Why do ECE Educators stay
in the field?
 They know their work makes
a difference in the lives of
children and families
What is Early Childhood
Education?
 Highly diverse field that serves children from birth
through age 8
 In PA – Birth through grade 4
 ECE teachers are professionals
 They make decisions based on a specialized body of
knowledge
 Continue to learn through their career
 Committed to providing the best care and education
possible for every child
A Field on the RISE…
 Early childhood benefits from
 Increasing public recognition
 Respect
 Funding
 7 out of 10 voters wanted state and local government to
provide prekindergarten for all children
 ECE programs essential for school readiness and longterm success in life
The Landscape of ECE
 ECE language consistent with National Association
for the Education of the Young Child (NAEYC)
 Founded in 1962, located in Washington DC
 Mission is to act on behalf of the needs, rights, and wellbeing of young children from birth to age 8.
 Early Childhood Education Standards
 Preparation of Teachers at every level
 Administration of an Accreditation system
 Professional Development: Resources, Publications,
Conferences
Early Childhood Educators
NAEYC ~ Work with various groups:
 Infants and toddlers: birth to 36 months
 Preschoolers: 3-4 year olds
 Kindergartners: 5-6 year olds
 Primary grades 1, 2, and 3: 6-7-8 year
olds
PA ~ Work with various groups:
 Infants and toddlers: birth to 36 months
 Preschoolers: 3-4 year olds
 Kindergartners: 5-6 year olds
 Primary grades 1, 2, 3 and 4: 6-7-8-9 year olds
Schools
K – 4th
Public
Charter
Preschools
3, 4, & 5 year olds
Private or public
Pre Kindergarten
Parent cooperative
Laboratory school
Child Care Centers
For-profit or nonprofit
Infants/toddlers
Ages 3, 4, & 5
Before-and after school for
school-aged children
Private
Types of
Early
Childhood
Settings
Head Start/Early Start
3-4-5 year olds in centers &
homes-based programs
Infant-toddlers & families
Income –eligible families
Family Child Care Homes
Birth – school-age
Caregiver’s Home
Individuals and groups
Child Care
 Typically refers to care and education provided for young
children during the hours that their parents are employed
 Type types of group programs:
 Child care centers
 Family child care homes
 Before and after school care
 Infants through age 9
 Funded by parent tuition or subsidized for low-income
families
Preschool
 Serves children 3 & 4 prior to kindergarten
 Operators:
 Churches, temples, or other faith-based organizations
 Parent cooperatives
 Laboratory school
 Other names:
 Nursery school, Pre Kindergarten, Child Care Center
 Funding:
 Parent tuition – more middle-upper income families
 Public funding- more low income families
 Public Pre K programs and Head Start and
Public Prekindergarten
 Pre K – preschools funded by the state and local departments of
education
 Fastest growing sector of the field
 1980 96,000 preschoolers
 By 2005 increase of over 1 million children
 Primary purpose: To improve schools readiness
 National Education Goals Panel, 1995 include:
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Physical development, health and safety
Social-emotional development and learning
Cognitive development & general knowledge (math/science)
Positive approaches to learning - curiosity and motivation
Language development and early literacy skills including the arts
Head Start
 Federally funded, national program that promotes school
readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive
development of children ages 3, 4, & 5.
 Provides educational, health, nutritional, social, and other
services to the nations poorest children and families
 Parent involvement essential component - volunteering,
governance, move out of poverty
 12% of Head Start enrollment is children with disabilities;
33% speak a language other than English
 Early Head Start (1995) serves low-income pregnant
mothers, infants and toddlers & healthy family functioning
Early Intervention and
Early Childhood Special Education
 Serves children with disabilities or special needs who
meet eligibility guidelines that are determined on a
state-by-state basis, according to the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
 Early Intervention – services for infants and toddlers
who are at risk of developmental delay and their
families
 Inclusion – Participation and services for children with
disabilities and special needs in programs and settings
where their typically developing peers are served.
Kindergarten and Primary Grades
 Kindergarten – first year of formal schooling
 Enrolling 5 & 6 year olds; legal entrance age varies
 Primary Grades – first, second and third (fourth in PA)
where they acquire the fundamental abilities of reading
and mathematics along with the foundation of other
academic disciplines
 Good foundation = less likely to struggle
 Learning to read….then read to learn
 Choice: within districts and in Charter Schools
Early Childhood Expansion
 1965 – 60% of 5 year olds went to school;
Today
95%
 1960 – 10% of 3 & 4s enrolled in ECE programs;
2005 – 60% are in some type of preschool program
 Increased demand: Preschool is now the beginning of
school whether mothers are employed or not
 Related to increased demand for working families
 63% of women/child under 6 in labor force
 59% of women/child under 3 in labor force
Access to ECE programs
 Young children who live in poverty – less likely to attend
preschool than middle or higher income families
 89% ($100,00) compared to 55% ($20,000-30,000)
 Head Start and state funded Pre K programs increased
participation rates for low income families – serve only about
60%
 Variations in Participation
 Mothers education – 87% of college grads vs 55% high school
dropouts
 Ethnicity of 4 year olds: 75% African Americans, 69% white
children; 59% Hispanic