Preschool education

interviews. A significant difference that I took away from this assignment was the differences early care/preschool educators versus those who teach in primary public school grades. Early care/preschool educators focus more on the aspect of cognitive, social, and academic skills that children develop from birth to about age five. Children are at their basis of learning in early care/preschool, they are still learning their alphabet and are becoming acquainted with being in a classroom setting.…

Educators everywhere have diverse views of the education system as a whole. The teacher I interviewed gave me insight on her views as an educator in today’s time. Mrs. Ezell, a current preschool teacher at the Woodland pre-k, discussed the importance of creativity in the classroom. She also discussed different learning styles and the need for differentiation. Her primary purpose as a teacher is to benefit each child in the classroom. Creativity goes beyond painting and drawing pictures; it…

this opportune moment to inform you the delightfulness I felt when I learned that I have another opportunity to have you as my Mentor Teacher for Supervised Field Experience Child Development and Education class 148. As you might remember, I did my Observation and Assessment Child Development and Education class 147 with you in the spring of 2015. By the same means what I have learned from you in the past, Mrs. Carpenter, is the important efforts of making families and their children feel…

feels he has made a little progress. Mrs. Gilet shared Adam attended therapy sessions to work on behavior but stopped because she didn't feel it was helping. Adam is a Kindergarten student attending Pottenger School since 2017. He did not attend preschool and is repeating Kindergarten. Adam has good attendance. Teacher reports,…

Conducting a read aloud is not an easy task, especially since a teacher’s ultimate goal is to have his or her students actively participate, by making predictions, as well as asking and answering questions (“Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten, n.d.). It is pivotal for both teachers and parents to realize that conducting a read aloud enables students to expand his or her vocabulary, provides him or her with a model of fluent reading, as well as motivates him or her to…

discuss co- teaching strategies that are making their way into classrooms. One of the examples the authors gave was a preschool classroom being co-taught by a faculty in early childhood education and a faculty in early childhood special education, which is significant for the Early Childhood field and which provides are critical mark for integrating both the general and special education practices in the same classroom. (citation) when working with a colleague in the same classroom as…

As a part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B State Monitoring and Compliance System all SEA’s and LEA’s must report on compliance with the federal regulations. The SEA’s role is to set high expectations, provide resources and support, and exercise accountability to ensure all residents receive an appropriate education. The IDEA Part B regulations at 34 CFR §300.600 require the SEA’s to monitor the implementation of IDEA Part B, make annual determinations about the…

In Board of Education v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982), the United States Supreme Court concluded “a ‘free appropriate public education’ consists of educational instruction specially designed to meet the unique needs of the handicapped child, supported by such services as are necessary to permit the child ‘to benefit’ from the instruction.” As the parent of a student under the special education umbrella, I have experienced the lengthy process of meeting your child’s educational needs. The…

I'm currently a senior in high school and I graduate in May 2016. While my time in high school, i'm in a college program called Early Childhood Education. This program allowed me to be help teach at a preschool my junior year. Then this year, i am at an elementary school! I'm not only in all the grades K-5. I'm in 8 different classrooms! I come up with lessons plans, i help teach, i help kids with school work and also i stay after school and help latchkey. Latchkey or We Care as my school calls…

also called the Stewart Campus. It is one of the Charter school in the community that serves low-income families and children. The school is at the Urban area of the Westside of Chicago. In the building of the school, there are infants, toddlers, preschool and elementary school students. The name of the classroom teacher I interviewed is Ms. S. She has been working with the school for almost 2 years. She teaches most subject except art, gymnastics, and music. In her classroom, there are 20…