Long-term Projects to Study in your preschool classroom

Here are a variety of Long-Term Projects that your students can study in the preschool classroom.

They are called:  Marvelous Explorations Through Science and Stories (MESS)

MESS long-term projects have a variety of "themes" including: My Body My Senses, Water, Plant Life, Prehistoric Life, Insects and Spiders, Kitchen Store, etc.

Click on this-> Marvelous Explorations Through Science and Stories    or go to Office of Head Start's website:

Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center

https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/

and search MESS to get free PDF booklets on these long-term projects for your preschool classroom.

Time Well Spent

Thank you for your support, inspiration, dedication and hard work. Being among my group of colleagues at Walden University has empowered me in my work, and given me deep validation that I am exactly on the professional path that I have always hoped to be. What a wonderful feeling!!! I wish you all the success and joy that you have so diligently, carefully and intuitively envisioned. God bless the miracle within you. See you later!

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

A national training position is My Teaching Partner (MTP). This position is hired through different organizations, including Teachstone. It is available for early childhood teachers, it would be a great role to be in. MTP coaches need experience working in the classroom, coaching adults and a 4 year degree.

Being a UNICEF ambassador....

Literacy Intern with The Science of Improving Lives retrieved from https://jobs-fhi360.icims.com/jobs/14352/intern%2c-literacy/job works from Washington DC on international projects. This position requires a 4 year degree but a Master's is preferred. One position available.

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

Save the Children Early Steps to School Success (ESS) Program Specialist. This position develops, oversees, trains and conducts outreach to preschool age children and their families. They are responsible for guiding home visitors in their work with children and families. The ESS program serves families in my community. Save the Children is global organization that serves humanity in a variety of ways. They seem to me to be a vessel for services to those in need of resources.

Child, Youth and Teen Programs (CYTP) for military installations provide services locally and globally, as well. Their administrative professions work with caregivers and teachers in the field. They also use the Creative Curriculum from Teaching Strategies and the ECERS for preschool classrooms, these are two pieces of quality practice that I have worked with. Most of their administrative positions currently require a Bachelor’s Degree or higher.

Local Community College (Copper Mountain and College of the Desert) early childhood education faculty.  The early childhood divisions at my local colleges are expanding and evolving with the need and research in early childhood. In order to be a college instructor I need to complete my Master’s degree in early childhood, and I will then be able to teach courses in social science as well.

Thank you!

 

...to all my fellow Walden classmates. Your ideas, insights, hard work and experiences have made this journey possible. I will continue to look to your blogs for more enriching ideas in Early Childhood.

~Take Care~



Adjourning as a part of Group Development

Adjourning- "[Where] group members reflect on their accomplishments and failures as well as determine whether the group will disassemble or take on another project"

(O'Hair & Wiemann, 2012).

It is empowering to be a part of the adjourning stage after intense projects, especially when they turn out successful. We had an annual federal review while I worked at Head Start and it was fun to share our successful moments, what we learned, the silly goof ups and how we overcame them, and how we could make the process even smoother the next time.  In our meeting we went through these things and talked about what projects were coming up next. After talking about our previous success it gave us confidence in the projects to come.

O'Hair, D., & Wiemann, M. (2012). Real communication: An introduction. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's

Perceived Communicator

I was intrigued that my husband perceived me as a more situational anxious communicator and my mother perceived me as a smooth, confident communicator. I found myself right in the middle, according to  Rubin, R. B., Palmgreen, P., & Sypher, H. E. (Eds.) (2009). Communication research measures: A sourcebook. New York: Routledge. I the analyzed this to reflect how and what I share with them. Also how I am comfortable being or portraying myself in various relationships.

I found that I do allow my empathy and trust to cloud my judgment of the situation at hand. This is an area that I aim to work on so I can be an effective communicator in my work as a trainer and presenter in the early childhood field. I also affirmed that I am people oriented and genuinely empathetic, I also hope to maintain this listening style yet to use it as a strength in providing support and guidance.