Setting the Pace for Success
It is such a great challenge trying to get in touch with international contacts!! It has thus far been the greatest challenge of all my assignments!! After viewing the alternate website I found interesting topics such as access, quality, investment, and governance. A professional goal(s) that I would love to attain definitely relates to all of these because they all are important components that foster high quality programs. How can you have high quality programming without having full access for each and every child and family? The website discusses how international countries provide equitable resources for disadvantaged children to make sure access is equitable. As far as quality, it shares information on what quality programs should have and be able to do for the children. For instance, it states that early childhood care and education programmes should emphasize the child’s holistic development and extend beyond assisting the child’s transition to formal schooling. High quality childcare, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, promotes motivation, confidence, good cognitive and linguistic development and school readiness. Upon reaching the dream of owning and operating my own child care facility, I can refer back to everything I have learned. Investing is absolutely the gateway to securing funds and resources for high quality programs. The website gleans about how the greatest difficulty faced by countries in their efforts to expand and improve the quality of early childhood care and education is the mobilization of resources. Governance is defined as having control, or authority and I can see why it should play a part in child care success. Early childhood care and education is often the concern of several government sectors and usually these are education, social affairs and health. The multi-faceted nature of early childhood care and education gives rise to the challenge of effectively coordinating provision of policy development and implementation across the different sectors. Effective coordination must exist among sectors at both national and local level, and also between public and private establishments. Child care indeed need governance. Effective coordination must exist among sectors at both national and local level, and also between public and private establishments. 
The website discusses the Education Regions Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Carribean. It offers tremendous information on how policies and education are supported within these regions. I enjoyed exploring the site.
References:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/
I find it interesting I chose a different region to look at and yet the goals for early childhood improvements are the same.We all share a common need for strong policies to support the success of our early childhood programs.
ReplyDeleteYour blog post was very interesting. I agree with you when you say that effective coordination must exist between national and local levels as well as public and private care. I wish you well in your endeavor to own your own center.
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