Professional Development on the NAEYC page is a very important section. They have a separate tab with many different links, articles and conferences listed. The NAEYC understand the importance of teachers being life long learners right along with the children we teach. EC teachers should be ready to constantly refresh their knowledge and gain new insights through conferences and other trainings within the field. NAEYC offers online classes and learning sessions. They sell training DVD's and offer NAEYC’s Annual Conference and Institute for workshops, networking among other things.
One thing that I took interest in was their national conference as well as the regional conference. I went to their two day conference in central NY last year and I was learned so much information that I was able to incorporate into my classroom and home visits! I would really love to be able to attend again this year if it is close enough. This year the annual conference is going to be in Washington D.C. at the end of November, I think that it is total possibility for me to attend!
There is a section on the website that is specifically for Early Childhood Research, but you have to sign up for the journal in order to read it. That was a little bit disappointing as I would like to read a sample or two before I went ahead and ordered it, as it was over $50.00 for the year. There is also another section that has updates and alerts in federal developments with a list of them by date recent to oldest. The most recent one was 3/25/14 Child Care & Development Block Grant Moving Through Congress.
I really like this website and am seriously considering becoming a member. I hope you all enjoy taking a peek or at least getting some information about this site from my blog.
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