Changing Roles in American Childcare A Supplemental Seminar for Unit 7 CE 100 E. Crosby

Unit 7 Project Questions 1.Identify how professionalism, personal characteristics, responsibilities, expectations, and roles have changed. (What qualifications do we expect childcare workers to have?) O*Net 2. Explain some of the new roles the early childhood professional should anticipate. Our professional roles—document from Unit 2 3. Share how historical events, theorists, or legislation have influenced these changes. (The history of childcare in the U.S.)

A Brief History of U.S. Childcare Return after 9 minutes //List three historical or social events that had an influence on how we approached childcare in the United States.

Historical Events and Our Response ’s immigration and industrialization– Children left alone when mothers worked. Mothers took children to work. Day nurseries used to “Americanize” children 2.The Great Depression 1930’s Federal government first became involved because 1/3 of Americans had no source of income. Works Progress Administration began nursery schools – for suffering families 3. World War II 1940’s Women worked because men went to war. Parents demanded childcare and it was provided. Kaiser Shipyard program served 7,000 children 4.Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Movements of the 1960’s Re-socialize poor children. Head Start was begun 1965 to try to eliminate poverty through early childhood education. Purpose to provide children with more access and better chances for success. Funding is determined by Congress. For 2013, President Obama has requested 8 billion. * 1970’s cutbacks due to economy. Fewer jobs (blamed women) and felt women should stay home. If women can’t get childcare, they won’t work. * NAEYC began in 1964 with roots in a former movement from the late 20’s over 70,000 members

Federal Legislation and Head Start—How it began See background, purposes, nutrition, curriculum Return with 2 ideas about Head Start.

Roles, Responsibilities and Needs in Our Field From CE 100, Unit 2 //What do paragraphs 2 and 3 say about our underlying role for in all settings? //Return to mention four different ways young children might be served

O*Net Roles in the Childcare field (Tasks, Tools, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education) 1. Childcare Worker 2.Preschool Teacher 3.Childcare Administrator or Director //Choose number 2 above and look at tasks and work activities. How has this changed through time?

NAEYC and Developmentally Appropriate Practice Developmentally appropriate practice, often shortened to DAP, is an approach to teaching grounded both in the research on how young children develop and learn and in what is known about effective early education. Its framework is designed to promote young children’s optimal learning and development. DAP involves teachers meeting young children where they are (by stage of development), both as individuals and as part of a group; and helping each child meet challenging and achievable learning goals. Developmentally appropriate practice is the foundation for all of NAEYC's work including—publications, training programs, conferences, accreditation of child care programs, and more. NAEYC, 2012 Three Core Considerations Knowing about child development and learning Knowing what is individually appropriate Knowing what is culturally important //How does understanding DAP change our thinking about the roles in our field?

To write your paper, think about our roles and how they have changed in the past 100 years. Be sure to include ideas we have discussed tonight and add three references on the last page. See the project template. Example of a reference Onet.(2012). Preschool Teachers Except Special Education. Retrieved from Here is a sample introduction: Providing quality childcare is an important job of our society. Today we have a variety of ways to serve children from at-home, private daycare to franchised childcare facilities and federal Head Start programs. We have state licensing requirements and federal laws that guide our work. This has not always been the case in our country. Federal laws, historical events and professional organizations have made an impact on our field. This paper will consider some of the roles we now have in the field of childcare as well as some of the changes that have occurred in the past one hundred years. Our challenge is to provide quality care for all children.

Resubmit to the Unit 7 Dropbox no later than Sat., June 16 at 11:59 p.m. Please me when you have done so. Thank you for attending! Please contact me if you have questions! ~Beth