The organization that I choose to focus on was the Zero to three organization. The link to this organizations website is http://www.zerotothree.org/. This organization focuses on children birth to three. They are a a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. There mission is to promote the health and development of infants and toddlers.
I subscribed to two of their newsletters and I currently am receiving e mail newsletters from The Baby Monitor, a newsletter that focuses on zero to three policy and advocacy news. This past week I received two emails one that invited me to be a part of a webinar/web-based conference call March 31, 2011 on professional development systems to support the infant-toddler workforce. An agenda for the conference call was also sent. The other email sent was asking me to vote no on H.R.1 and vote yes to Senate Alternative. The H.R.1 is a spending bill 61.5 billion stands to be cut if we do not vote no on H.R.1. If this bill is passed and the money is cut 300, 000 young children would lose access to opportunities through Head Start, Early Head Start, and childcare. Voting yes to a Senate alternative would ensure that young children don't lose early childhood services. This e mail jumped out at me because Head Start and Early Head Start and many private providers are Judy Center partners (where I work) these votes would affect not only our partners but also the Judy Center because we are Early Childhood Educators.
I learned from these newsletters that being an informed Early childhood educator gives you an edge!
Zero to Three is great organization to follow. I attended one of their conferences last year in Texas. It was very informative.
ReplyDeletePlease vote in favor of the funding. We are having too many programs closing due to lack of funding. We need all the support we can get to ensure children are given the opportunity to develop to the best of their ability and these high-quality programs are able to provide these opportunities as long as they are able to remain open.
Jamie,
ReplyDeleteI recently transferred from Head Start to Early Head Start and have found the Zero to Three website and organization to be very informative and useful both professionally and for parents. I like that parents can also access the site for information, strategies, and updates on child growth and development.