Early Childhood Program Standards
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About the Early Childhood Program Standards
*NEW* Thousands of you have since shared your ideas, needs, and feedback through surveys and focus groups. With that guidance, and led by extraordinary advisors made up of Governing Board members, educators, and partners, we are honored to be able to launch a public comment period with draft versions of Early Childhood Program Standards for your review.
The Deadline Has Been Extended! Review and share your thoughts on the position statement drafts by December 15, 2024.
You are invited to engage in the process of collective revision with us. Here are three ways you can provide feedback during this time:
- Take a survey. NAEYC has prepared surveys for both statements, available in English and Spanish. In addition to offering general feedback opportunities, these surveys will help guide you towards some areas where we are seeking specific feedback on open or unresolved questions.
English Survey Encuesta en español
- Email your reflections. NAEYC is committed to reading, and translating if needed, all comments that come our way, so feel free to send your thoughts, in your preferred language, directly to [email protected].
- Participate in conferences and focus groups. NAEYC and many Affiliates and Interest Forums will be holding conferences, meetings, and focus groups exploring one or both of these position statement drafts this fall, providing you with opportunities to share feedback in person and/or virtually.
Thank you for helping us shape these collective, shared resources that support early childhood educators, partnering with families, in creating joyful, equitable learning environments for all.
Thank you to the workgroup members who have done tremendous heavy lifting in bringing us to this point.
- *Stacey French-Lee, NAEYC Governing Board Member, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Executive Director of the Campus Child Development Program, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Georgia State University
- ***Jeffrey Leffler, Associate Professor and Interim Division Head, Mississippi State University
- ***Jason Sims, Principal, Charleston County School District
- ***Amber Tankersley, Professor and Preschool Lab Director, Pittsburg State University
- **Reginald Williams, Full Professor of Early Childhood Education, South Carolina State University
- Children’s Equity Project – equity review of the content
*Current NAEYC Governing Board Members
**Former NAEYC Governing Board Members
***Accreditation Council Members
NAEYC is grateful to our funders and supporters who make this work possible, including those who have donated through the Marilyn M. Smith Applied Research Fund
*NUEVO* Miles de ustedes compartieron sus opiniones, necesidades y comentarios a través de encuestas y grupos de discusión. Con esa guía, y liderados por grupos de trabajo extraordinarios compuestos por miembros del Directorio, docentes, socios y asesores, nos honra poder lanzar un período abierto a comentarios del público con versiones borrador de Estándares del Programa de Primera Infancia revisada para su lectura.
Están invitado a participar en el proceso de revisión colectiva con nosotros. Estas son tres maneras en las que puede enviar sus comentarios durante este período:
1. Responda una encuesta: La NAEYC preparó encuestas para ambas declaraciones, disponibles en inglés y en español. Además de ofrecer oportunidades generales para hacer comentarios, estas encuestas sirven de ayuda para guiarlo hacia algunas áreas en las que buscamos recibir comentarios específicos o preguntas abiertas o sin respuesta.
Encuesta en inglés Encuesta en español
2. Envíe sus reflexiones por correo electrónico. La NAEYC asume el compromiso de leer, y traducir si es necesario, todos los comentarios que recibamos, de manera que puede enviar libremente sus ideas, en su idioma de preferencia, directamente a [email protected].
3. Participe en conferencias y grupos de discusión. La NAEYC y muchas Afiliadas y Foros de interés organizarán conferencias, reuniones y grupos de discusión y estudiarán uno o ambos borradores de esta declaración de posición durante este otoño y le ofrecerán oportunidades para compartir sus comentarios de manera presencial y/o virtual.
Gracias a ustedes por ayudarnos a dar forma a estos recursos colectivos y compartidos que apoyan a los docentes de educación inicial, en colaboración con las familias, para crear ambientes educativos, disfrutables e igualitarios para todos.
Gracias a los asesores que han hecho un tremendo trabajo para llegar a este punto.
- *Stacey French-Lee, NAEYC Governing Board Member, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Executive Director of the Campus Child Development Program, Early Childhood and Elementary Education, Georgia State University
- ***Jeffrey Leffler, Associate Professor and Interim Division Head, Mississippi State University
- ***Jason Sims, Principal, Charleston County School District
- ***Amber Tankersley, Professor and Preschool Lab Director, Pittsburg State University
- **Reginald Williams, Full Professor of Early Childhood Education, South Carolina State University
- Children’s Equity Project – equity review of the content
*Current NAEYC Governing Board Members
**Former NAEYC Governing Board Members
***Accreditation Council Members
NAEYC agradece a nuestros financiadores y patrocinadores que hacen posible este trabajo, incluidos aquellos que han donado a través del Marilyn M. Smith Applied Research Fund.