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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:
Student Evaluation,
PRAXIS I,
3 Clearance,
TB
Housekeeping
Assignments: For Tuesday
Reading: Essential!
Chapter One & Chapter Two
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Find two interesting items on each website
Place them in Concertina Book
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:
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