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Teaching Young Children

August 1, 2016

Advice for New Teachers

NAEYC’s Young Professionals Advisory Council (YPAC) was formed to help NAEYC strengthen its engagement with young professionals in the field. We asked YPAC members about their advice for new teachers. Here’s what they had to say.

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Rachel J. Franz, Jenifer N. Fuller, Zainia Keenan , Alexandra Green, Kathryn O'Hara-Wallis, Cody Summerville, Nick Terrones, Jillian Wendolowski

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Teaching Young Children

August 1, 2016

Ask TYC: Advice for Experienced Teachers

I’ve been teaching for 20 years. How do I keep my teaching practice fresh and vital?

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July 21, 2016

Finding the Nuggets and Identifying White Noise: Making Sense of Recent Reports on Teacher Preparation

Looking for some summer reading to inform your thinking on how to advance the profession? Recent reports offer research, policy recommendations, and thought leadership about ways to advance the preparation of early childhood educators

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Authored by:

Mary Harrill

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July 1, 2016

Investing Early: The Best Sort of Nation-Building

The future of our country is being built on our work in early childhood development. We all must play a role in helping every child succeed

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David Lawrence

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Young Children

July 1, 2016

21st Century Teaching and Learning

The July 2016 cluster articles provide a snapshot of the developmentally appropriate ways the needs of young children growing up today are being addressed.

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M. Deanna Ramey

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May 3, 2016

The Profession, Advanced*

Join us on a trip ten years into the future, to May 1, 2026…Today, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the year that the tide began to turn for early childhood education — and early childhood educators.

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Rhian Evans Allvin

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Young Children

March 1, 2016

Focus on Ethics: Ethical Issues—Responsibilities and Dilemmas

Early childhood educators encounter many ethical issues in the course of their work with children and families.

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Stephanie Feeney, Nancy K. Freeman

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Young Children

March 1, 2016

Collaborating With Colleagues in Related Fields

The articles in this cluster describe five very different ways that early childhood educators are connecting with the wider community and with experts in other fields to support young children’s optimal learning and development

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Teaching Young Children

February 1, 2016

11x: Connecting with Coteachers

Tips for turning your coteacher partnership into a dynamic duo.

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Authored by:

Marie L. Masterson

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January 13, 2016

Beyond the Pages: Intentional Conversations Through an Online Book Study

A book study provides an opportunity for professionals to come together and create a community of learners, engage in reflective dialogue, and collaborate

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Dawn Braa

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November 29, 2015

New Early Childhood Teacher Feels Prepared for the Profession

Nicole MacIntyre graduated from the University of Maryland College Park in May 2015 with a degree in Early Childhood Education

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Caroline Cummings

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October 26, 2015

Fulfilling the Promise of Early Childhood Education: Advancing Early Childhood Education As a Professional Field of Practice

Early childhood education (ECE) is in the spotlight as never before. Being in the limelight, however, has highlighted the field’s fragmentation and the variability in the quality of children’s formal early learning experiences

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Stacie G. Goffin, Rhian Evans Allvin, Deb Flis, Albert Wat

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Coteachers discuss shared roles and responsibilities.

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Young Children

September 1, 2015

Focus on Ethics: A Difficult Working Relationship: The Response

Responses provided by early childhood educators who reﬂected on the most ethically defensible course of action for a young teacher facing a challenging dilemma at work.

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Stephanie Feeney, Nancy K. Freeman

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Young Children

May 1, 2015

Leadership Teams: Working With Consultants to Support Meaningful Change

This article describes ways to select and use consultants as valuable members of the leadership team.

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Karen Nemeth, Pamela Brillante

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Young Children

May 1, 2015

Expanding the Lens—Leadership as an Organizational Asset

This article presents a framework for thinking about the many ways early childhood administrators influence the quality of their programs, and then looks more broadly at the concept of distributed leadership in an organization.

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Paula Jorde Bloom, Michael B. Abel

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Young Children

May 1, 2015

Reconciling Leadership and Partnership: Strategies to Empower Professionals and Families

In their work with families, early childhood professionals often find themselves challenged by the need to be both leaders and partners.

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Keith W. Allred, Christine L. Hancock

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Young Children

Vol. 70, No. 2

May 1, 2015

May 2015

Leadership: Supporting a New Generation of Early Childhood Professionals

YC May 2015 Issue

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April 2, 2015

Resources and Tools to Elevate the Early Childhood Profession

We are working on behalf of our members and the field on a number of projects and initiatives that focus on bolstering the profession and aligning content and resources around the science behind best practices that support how children develop and learn.

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Rhian Evans Allvin

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Teaching Young Children

April 1, 2015

Five Questions Asked at Every Teaching Interview

A teacher shares the five interview questions she was always asked during her job hunting experience for a pre-K teaching position at a public school.

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Brianna Franco

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