Early Childhood Rich Conversation

Tulare County Office of Education

Breaking barriers  Transformers Education hosted by Dr. Zulmare Cline and Dr. Luz Gonzalez. This free Conference is open to the public for Administration, counselors, teachers and supporting staff in the surrounding area.  I believe that these ladies will present transformation regarding School readiness pathways and other opportunities to impact education.

Transformation:

The idea of dramatically changing an appearance that will impact the community at Large. Developing new strategies of learning pathways will always benefit parents, students, educators and the community.

Education:

Through education children, young adults, parents, educators and the community can all benefit from shared resources. Early interventions that share available resources mentioned above will greatly impact our early intervention, head start, school readiness and other organizations programs. Working together for the common good helps New Era of pathway learning experience.

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Harvard University Global children impact Family Wellness initiatives. Research on Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (AFWI) shares several studies regarding early brain development linked to mental health treatment. This is something that I would like to experience at this conference transformation education.

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative in Canada provides video segment on brain development. This information can affect early childhood development of healthy stress and coping skills that one may encounter. In the seminar that I would like to attend, I'm hoping to find this information what's new transformation ideas.

References

Alberta Family Wellness Initiative, (n.d.). Serve & Return Interaction Shapes Brain Circuitry. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/serve-return-interaction-shapes-brain-circuitry/ and http://www.albertafamilywellness.org/what-we-know/serve-and-return

Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/about/what-we-do/global-work/

Sharing Web Resources

Tulare Country of Office Education is funded through the California Department of Education programs such as Head Start, Early Head Start, and Migrant Head Start by  2007. The early education, development, and child care programs offered by Tulare County Office of Education – Early Childhood Education Program serve children ages 0 through 12 years. Once a child reaches his/her 13th birthday, services will no longer be provided for the child unless the child has an exceptional need requiring on-going adult supervision documented through an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Individualized Education Program

There are few things that I noticed working in the Head Start program as far as student engagement and assessments found throughout the program. Educators are instructed to follow the DRDP. Which is an assessment of instrument reflecting the child's learning, development, and progress during the transitional kindergarten/ kindergarten year?

And if there's any questions or concerns regarding behavior, services, early childhood and parent involvement there's a staff development opportunity calendar that provides training on any given topic with support.

Brochure of Mental Health Services in IEP: http://www.tcoe.org/Special/BHSbrochure.pdf

Calendar website: http://www.tulareselpa.org/PDFs/StaffDev%202016-17_Letter%20Sz_08-12-16.pdf

Getting to Know

Children poverty and social protection

Children should be protected from poverty, especially in the early stage of life. Perhaps if a child is exposed to poverty issues, they might experience through adult life. In fact, poverty issues can be passed on from generation to generation without proper education. UNICEF is working to more fully understand how and where children are experiencing poverty, to allow a more nuanced set of policy responses in national mechanisms such as poverty-reduction strategies. (UNICEF).

Global Studies on child poverty addresses the health, education, and protection needed for children living with poor vulnerable households, unsure circumstances and disadvantaged communities. Networking with other countries to help educate young children and family members strategies, programs to overcome poverty lifestyle. With support from a number of experts and international research centers, the social policy and economic analysis unit in UNICEF's division of policy and planning created a comprehensive Global Study Guide to help carry out the study in each participating country. (UNICEF).

Website: UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/index_childpoverty.html)

Making a connection with Tulare County

Tulare County Office Education programs offer services for children ages 0 to 5 and beyond by empowering family members through education. Educational Services such as Nutrition, Health, Social Services, services for children with special needs, Mental Health services and preparing them (young children) for School Readiness. Although, Tulare County Office location is striving to break the vicious cycle of poverty in Visalia, California through education services and programs listed above. Providing a well-balanced  educational experience for young children and family members that may be affected by poverty.

The following PowerPoint presentation was presented by Alicia Franco focus on positive outcomes of family engagement and working together.
 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14XMLppwlOJWmhXalpCUXlkX3Njd0VuY1RIajhaVkc0OEJZ/view?usp=sharing

I want to thank Alicia Franco for our wonderful conversation regarding families and poverty issues. Also, a special thank you for sharing your presentation with young educators in the field of Early Childhood awareness.

Tulare County Mission

Tulare County Early Childhood Programs, his partner with families and communities, improving the lives of children by providing quality facilities and in child development.

Head Start is a federal program that provides the School Readiness of children ages birth to 5 years old from low-income. Building relationships of cognitive, social and emotional development throughout the centers of Head Start.

Head Start programs provide learning atmospheres for children's growth

• Language and literacy
• Cognition and general knowledge
• Social and emotional development in other opportunities

Alicia Franco, employee (Tulare Office of Education) job title Family Engagement shared some interesting strategies for teachers/parent engagement presented in the video below.

Tulare County Office of Education Head Start program believes in developing a positive relationship with teachers/parents, families and the community.

Head Start parents and family engagement outlooks

1. Family's well-being: Parents and families are safe, healthy and have increasing Financial Security.
2. Positive parents child relationship: Parents and guardians should have a healthy or warm relationship regarding for child's growth.
3. Families as lifelong education: Parents and families observe, guide, promote and participate in everyday learning opportunity at home, school or in the community.
4. Families as Learners: Parents and families should share their own learning interest of education, training and other experience that support lifelong goals.
5. Family Engagement in Transitions: Parents and family support should advise their children to learn and development transition of new learning atmosphere including home and schools' environment.
6. Families connected to peers and community: Parents and families should connect with peers and mentors from surrounding areas can build a positive network.
7. Families as advocates and leaders: Parents and families participated in leadership development, decision-making, programs policy development or community and state organization activities to improve children's development and learning experiences.

The following videos segments is an overview of the importance of child development involvement with teachers engagement and other opportunities with families.

Every opportunity: https://youtu.be/VxyxywShewI

Tulare County Office of Education

Child Care Program (Head Start)

Muang Saechao

msaechao@cc.tcoe.org

559-651-3026

http://www.4kidscare.tcoe.org/HowToApply.shtm

Expanding Horizons and Expanded Resource

Expanding Horizons

Expanding Horizons promotes ongoing issues of global exchange and ideas with children facing diversity situations. Organizations such as world famous radio page and broadcast conversations share insights of Early Childhood professional around the world.

Recent studies found it on the global Foundation of children website, provides actions of what we can do, grants, getting involved, blog and multimedia information. This website allows a person around the world to stay connected with current issues concerning early childhood. An issue that inspire me to seek for more awareness was “getting kids out of work and into the classroom” by Eva Miller.

An estimated 168 million children work globally, 85 million of whom are in hazardous work. (The Global Fund for Children). Family members and children oppressed to working rather than providing opportunities for their child education. Living in the United States, Child Labor Act prohibit children to work, especially in harsh conditions. (No brakes, hazardous working environment, forced to work and many other conditions)

Friends of Haiti, Port-au-Prince country capital help support rural  families opportunities for better housing, better lifestyles, food and opportunities of education. I'm thankful to come across a variety of countries in the field of Early Childhood issues and trends.

Expanding local resources

Tulare County Office of Education provides Opportunities to understand local and state affairs in and around the area Visalia California. Early childhood programs such as State preschool and Head Start are available to the local community to seek resources, issue and trend.

The Tulare County Early Childhood Education Vision is to provides children and families quality comprehensive services, tools and skills that build overall success in school and throughout life.

The Tulare County Early Childhood Education Mission are partnership with families and community, improves the lives of children by providing quality comprehensive child development services which include: education, health, nutrition and mental health.

The Tulare County Early Childhood Philosophy believes We, the staff and providers of Early Childhood Education, are committed to providing the very best care possible for each child enrolled in the program.

The Tulare County Office of Education has an abundance of resources available in and around the Visalia, CA area. Julie Berk working in the office as an administrator, which I plan ask more question about Early Childhood programs issues and trends.

Julie Berk

Administrator

559-651-3022 ext: 202

jberk@cc.tcoe.org

Reference

The Global Fund for Children: An organization which provides capital to communities worldwide to improve the lives of children.

http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/

My support

Sense of belonging

A child feels a sense of belonging with their parents or caregivers throughout infant stage and beyond. Developing a security relationship that is created upon Trust, accepting, Loving Care, and open and honest. If a parent or caregiver establish lease healthy relationships of belonging, daily routines of going grocery shopping, creating chores, communicating with family and friends are all great examples of daily routines model by parents and caregiver.

Threat of leaving child

Perhaps parents and caregivers need to be mindful of what they say and their actions around children at any age. If a child feels threatened by their parents or caregivers of abandonment these symptoms may cause anxieties, withdrawals from social interaction and even behaviors of acting out. Children often fail to disengage when parents or caregivers I'm not providing sensations of emotion, love, and care. Leaving the child to respond to survival mode instincts rather than passion and caring atmosphere. Some of the action can incur with bullying other students, fighting withdrawal from adult conversations.

Being proactive:

Taking responsibility for my actions and asking appropriate questions to gain knowledge.

Begin with the end in mind:

Overall looking at the big picture rather than make any assumptions with first initial thoughts.

Put first thing first:

Prioritizing things that are important opposed to things I want now

Think win, win:

When applying/support and idea have a positive outlook and attitude

Seek first to understand then to be understood:

Listen more to the person  conversation,  asking questions

Synergy:

Working together for the common good

Sharpen the saw:

Taking my own perception are the equations to allow productive criticism and alterations.

Below there's a picture of a classroom, see if you can identify me wearing a white t-shirt. Although that I'm confident about my upbringing and myself. There are still some areas that I wish my father that I've been there to support me, understanding growth spurts, puberty, how to treat a lady, daily routines of grooming, attend church, how to treat your wife and what is life all about.

 Example picture 

The Principle of Sowing & Reaping Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. Samuel Smiles

Sean Covey http://www.7habits4teens.com/

My connections to place

 

There were a number of people that supported play when I was growing up, basketball coaches, instructional aides, friends and relatives, local community colleges, and most important Avid  teachers and tutors. My sister, Ona inspire me to join this class when I was drifting off in school forming bad habits. She was a dictator in my family, that kept me align with life, I'm thankful.

My experience of play now in incorporates a lot of Technology, integrative ideas and suggestions with documentation and scientific research. When I was 5 years old, to me the world was introduced by toys and activities. Pretend play was a part of school curriculum along with hands-on experience such as cooking in the classroom. In fact, those are great memories and incidents that I wish we had today.

From my point of view dealing with children in child care facilities, there is a lot of assessments or raw data collected rather than engaging opportunities. Educators today, seen constricted to meeting all the expectations from the state and the federal components. Not allowing time for educators to cipher assessment based off school curriculum and not having their own input. If it ain't broke why fix it approach should matter.

Relationship Reflection

Nathanael 

This picture is our son expressing themselves at this preschool. Each month the preschool as a theme, well our son dress up as a clown.  This is a great photo that remembers me that children look up to their parent and role model around them. Parent's should be involved in their child life at any age or setting.  

Positive Relationships 

My father:

My father was a great figure about 200 miles away from Tulare, Ca. I remember spending several hours on the phone talking about life growing up. I'm thankful of spending quality time before he passes away.

My Mom

My mother was the acre to our family. Providing use with food shelter and clothing and most importantly keeping us all safe. She a great inspiration woman other than my wife. Cool calm and collect personality

Additionally relationships

Teacher in Middle School always encourages me the strive for excellence rather than the street lifestyle. There was a lot of violence in the area however they had encouraging words daily.

Coaches always made a connection between school and home life environment. Scholar students, that challenge me with academic and society awareness of bad behavior awareness. The students kept me on track as a positive stressor.

Over time I look back and evaluate how each of these people has impacted my life. Developing people skills, collaboration with projects, how to treat and greet a person, and other etiquettes.

When building on a firm foundation of healthy relationships, when you can only imagine the level of respect and dignity that comes with it. Develop any skills alleviates any bias opinions but rather focus only on the individual needs and concerns.

From my experience of educators in the career path of child development and schools curriculum made a huge impact on my outlet of life and what experience can bring to the table. Everyone has a point of view about life but is the quality time they share with you their thoughts, ideas and suggest that matter the most.

Human relationships and the effects relationships on relationships are the building blocks of healthy development. (Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000, p.4).

When I Think About Child Development

Information on Technology  allow for easy and effective communication between students, staff, and parents. Together, at any time,  we can access learning records, on how to help support our child and the school environment. Having a Growth Mindset

This small presentation will help you share ClassDojo with colleagues. Watch the video with students- they'll love the story and identify with Mojo's struggle.

This is a great ice-breaker of identify problems that one may encounter in class. Students and educators should display positive behavior within the frameworks of growth mindset.

RISK-TAKING- Taking initiative, innovating, breaking the mold, and speaking out in sincere attempts to support Walden University collecting, this is an power tools.

Just remember positive stressors can influence the way children view the world. Stay encouraged, be a blessing and stay connected with Walden family.   

Consider the whole children education

When considering the whole children often times we failed to engage children's development programs. Perhaps we (some schools) are increased on areas of academics rather than drawing the interest of the children to be success in life. For instance, 21st century Global Marketing for young and older children pathway of learning. As educators, providing high quality questions that engage children growth mindset through adulthood strategies of learning. Which mindset do you have?  After reading the statement and decide whether you mostly agree with it or disagree.

1.You are intelligent if something very basic about you that you can't change very much.

2. You can learn new things, but you can't really change how intelligent you are.

3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.

4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.Question 1 & 2 are fixed-mindset results and question 3 & 4 are a growth mindset. Dweck, C.S (2006).

From my experience working at a local middle school in my hometown (Visalia Ca), I realize how they (The school) was try to intertwined children's intelligence with adult experience. Exposing children to information literacy regarding technology. Allowing the children to “critical thinking” components of problem solving. And most importantly allow them to “communicate and collaborate” with one another. This is a few steps that this district was leaning towards technology in the 21st century. Refer to the book “Mindset by Carols S. Dweck,” focus on whole learning, involving parents, staff, business and community.

What way should children be assessed? I believe in an holistic approach to education, schools environment seem to be focused more on the curriculum rather than engaging learning. In my opinion if you can ask any middle school or high school child their experience of school, more than likely, they're going to like classes that draw their interest. Classes such as PE, arts and crafts, home economic, auto mechanics in other electives application to the “Real world or having a growth mindset changes."

Other may assess children with Gardner Multipiece Intelligences. Using test to see what they learned, what’s there interested and their strengths and weaknesses. In fact, Gardner originally described seven intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic (movement), interpersonal (social understanding), and intrapersonal (self-understanding), each associated with a particular brain region. (2013, March 08).

Which bring me to the growing international country of Brazil, share with Antonio Rodriguez experience of Fixed mindset vs.Growth mindset demonstration. The following video is about 37 minutes, or if you wanted the main point, watch the first 12 minutes and to grass the ideal of mindset.

Video: Antonio Rodriguez experience of Fixed mindset vs. Growth mindset

https://www.google.com/url?

• Reference:

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House. Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say? (2013, March 08). Retrieved April 14, 2017, from https://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-research