Little Egypt of Illinois AEYC conference at Shawnee Community College Journey to Excellence: A Journey that Never Ends Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW Josh Gary Zack Arlene Brennan

To meet societal needs…

1.What are the social roots of daycare? 2.What is the developmental history of daycare? 3.What needs does daycare meet? 4.What are the societal missions of daycare? 5.What are the societal needs of daycare for the New Millennium?

1.The Roots of Daycare

Childcare for poor and working parents and Providing educational advantage to children of the economically advantaged. Historically, there have been 2 roots:

What is the developmental history of daycare? How have the roots grown?

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussueau states that a child's mode of thinking is different than an adult and they learn though hands-on experience Johann Pestalozzi established what is considered to the first school to teach preschool age children Children's Garden (Kindergarten) started in Germany by Friedrich Froebel The Nursery School for Children of Poor Women was opened in cooperation with Children's Hospital of New York City.

First public school kindergarten started in St. Louis Hull House, a settlement house for immigrants, establishes a day nursery Maria Montesorri opens the Children's House in Rome National Association for the Education of Young Children is founded. Now over 100,000 members and 400 affiliates.

Head Start is funded by the Economic Opportunities Act The first Kindercare center is opened National Association for Family Day Care is founded San Francisco becomes the first large city to require developers to set aside space of funds for child care space.

National Academy of Early Childhood Programs is established by NAEYC for voluntary accreditation of center based programs The U.S. Department of Education establishes Even Start, a parent education/literacy program Child Care and Development Grant CCDBG {PL }is enacted The Stand for Children Campaign begins. Initiated by the Children's Defense Fund.

– 20% of women in the workforce, but under social pressure to remain at home – depression era. 23.6% of women in the workforce. Whoever can work, does. Daycare is to provide basic necessities of food and clothing for the most needy and place of safety for working poor – WWII. 25.8% of women in workforce. Women required to work for the war effort. Daycare provides place of safety and development for mother’s working on the war effort.

– more than 35.7% of women are in the workforce. Child care is viewed as harmful to children yet nursery schools used by the affluent is viewed as providing positive enrichment 1965 – 40% of women are in the workforce. Head Start programs begin as an anti-poverty program – 46.3% of women are in the workforce – 52.9% of women are in the workforce – 59.8% of women are in the workforce.

What needs does daycare meet? Yeah… What does daycare do for me?

Shelter Food / Nutrition Basic care Education Supervision Societal Missions

Societal Missions 1960’s – 1970’s: Social/Racial Integration 1920’s – 1930’s: Poverty – social support 1940’s: The war effort 1980’s – 1990’s: Integration of children with special needs 2000 ??? 1950’s – present: Social advantage

The Next Challenge

Social Integration on a Global Scale

How do others prepare for the global community?

Preparing children for the global community… Race: a class or kind of people unified by community of interests, habits or characteristics Culture: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious or social group Language: the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them, used and understood by a community Lifestyle: the typical way of life of an individual, group or culture