WELCOME TO CE101 Introduction to Early Childhood Education Unit 9 WELCOME TO CE101 Introduction to Early Childhood Education Unit 9 Class will start at the top of the hour! Please turn the volume up on your computer speakers to access the audio feature of this seminar.

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Weekly Reminders Complete Readings Browse Web Resource Post to Discussion Boards Interact with Classmates Attend Seminar or Complete Seminar option Complete Final Project

REMINDER…. Please turn in ALL missing assignments by end of Unit 9 Tuesday May 22nd!!

Last Seminar for CE101 When you embark on your journey as an Early Childhood Care Professional, you need to keep many issues in mind as you apply what you have learned to your own experiences. You have explored the foundation of education and events that have shaped the field. It is your job to reflect on your knowledge and use it to become an effective professional. This unit will share the necessary principles you need to bring with you. As you move through the unit, you will create a vision of how you see yourself as an educator. You will learn the importance of creating an educational philosophy and gain some insight into how to develop one.

Learning Outcomes After completing this unit, you should be able to: Share principles necessary to apply to your professional experiences Explain the importance of an educational philosophy Discuss your vision of education and your role as an educator

Quotes of the night… The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you are learning you're not old.' Rosalyn Sussman Yalow US Medical Physicist 'To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.' Gordon Brown MIT ‘I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!’ Albert Einstein, physicist

Q and A’s What questions do you have about the Unit 9 project? Do you need a reference page?

Rubric...Pick ONE…20 points Create one of the following in accordance with all the steps: 1. A 12-slide PowerPoint (PPT) presentation, using the notes feature for the oral part of the presentation. The note section for each slide must contain a minimum of 3 sentences. The first slide should include the contents of a cover page, and the final slide should be a reference page. 2. A 2-sided newsletter/brochure. You should have 2-3 columns on each side using 12 pt. Times New Roman font, with a minimum of words. In addition, you should include a title page and reference page. 3. A recording of a 5-8 minute video using a minimum of words and post the video to YouTube or the video website you are most comfortable with. For this option, you will provide a link to your video and your notes. Your notes should be detail and organized, and they must follow APA formatting and style. 4. Minimum 2-page essay. The essay should be double spaced, using 12 pt. Times New Roman font and should include a title page and reference page

Rubric…Body of project 70 Points… In your project, you share the most important things that you learned this term. You highlight at least one item from each unit of the course. In your submission, you included the following: a short summary of the learning activity that you have highlighted for each unit. A summary of how your learning is relevant to your career goals. And you shared examples of the relevance of your learning to a career in the field of child development. **When going through each unit, be sure to gather your information from the unit material, and not straight out of our book. As you know, there were many weeks where we did not use our book; instead we used web resources that pertained to the unit material!

Rubric…Grammar, style, APA… 10 points In addition, you: followed the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation). Regardless of which option you chose, your writing was organized, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your work displayed superior content, organization, style, and mechanics while demonstrating the ability to apply critical thinking skills to illustrate sound reasoning. You included citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style. There was no evidence of plagiarism and you used this rubric as your guide to ensure that you included all the required contents.

Most of all… Be Creative and Have Fun!!!

Guiding Principles — Respect At the heart of teaching is a respect for working with people — children, families, colleagues, community Embrace the rich diversity of each member of your classroom community Use your resources to enhance your teaching

Enthusiasm Think about the qualities that made lasting impressions on you as a student — caring, energy, commitment Being genuinely interested in your work keeps it fresh for you and engaging for your children Be willing to try new things, make mistakes, and try again

Professionalism The field continues to evolve, grow, and positively impact countless young lives. Your role is to make a difference in children’s and families’ lives, but also to contribute to the evolution of the field as a whole.

Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk Through your studies you learn about foundational theories and find inspiration in various practices Being a professional is also about articulating and sharing your professionalism Use your portfolio to guide how you present yourself as a professional educator

Creating a Professional Portfolio The final course in your Child Development Degree program will be IS299 Capstone Course. This course will be your opportunity to reflect upon your learning and it culminates with the development of an electronic portfolio where you will showcase samples of your learning throughout this program. Therefore, you will want to carefully consider which assignments in the courses that you take may be a good example of your learning to include in your portfolio and be sure to save them in a secure place so you will be able to access them when you take the Capstone course. Save your work!!!!!

Possible Portfolio Contents Philosophy statement Autobiography Goals statement Photos Activities from your own classes Brochure, workshop outline Research paper Resume References Work samples Lessons with reflections Project webs, charts Stories Family resources Child study/observations

On the Discussion Board… For this week’s discussion, you should refer to the guidelines from the web resource on writing your own educational philosophy found in the reading and the bulleted suggestions from p. 264 of the text. Using the insights gained from this course, create your own philosophy of education. Please post your philosophy, and be sure to include the following: Explain the importance of an educational philosophy. Describe the role will you play in the lives of the young children you serve. Explain how you support the families of your students. Describe your vision of an ideal early childhood learning environment. Share principles necessary to apply to your professional experiences. Discuss your vision of education and your role as an educator.

Don’t Forget to Save your Philosophy Save your Personal Philosophy in a Word Document! You will want to refer to it through out your program See how you have grown throughout your program Add to it as you grow and learn Include it in your Portfolio at the end of your program.

Your Personal Philosophy… What is a personal philosophy statement? Why is having a Philosophy so important?

Please Share… Please share your own personal philosophy ideas…there is no right or wrong answer :0)

Importance of an Educational Philosophy It is important to be aware of your own educational philosophy since it helps you focus on why you make the decisions which you make when you plan for your lessons and implement these lessons. Through the writing of your own philosophy, you will see more clearly your own goals and values. Your Educational Philosophy is a description of your goals and beliefs as a teacher. There really is no such thing as "the" philosophy; our philosophies are a reflection of our own beliefs, experiences and training.

Thank you! Thank you for joining me! It has been a pleasure sharing with you this term! I will miss you all! Good Luck with all of your future classes and career endeavors! If you need anything… me!

References Follari, L. (2010). Foundations and best practices in early childhood education: History, theories, and approaches to learning. Boston: Pearson. quotes.html#teaching quotes.html#teaching Combs, Jergen. (2010). Suggestions for Writing Your Own Educational Philosophy. Jupiter Images Corporation, (2010). Clipart.com. Retrieved May 10, 2010 from