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Conference 2012

Follow some of the outside links that you have not yet explored. Where do they lead?

Ø  National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
http://nbcdi.org/  This link is the direct link to the Institute’s web site.

Ø  Newsletter: http://nbcdi.org/support/sign-up-for-nbcdi-newsletters/  This link is the direct link to the newsletter. It will ask you to sign-up to receive the newsletter.

Ø  http://nbcdi.org/conferences/2012-2/

This link is to updated conferences. Sponsored by NBCDI.

Ø  http://nbcdi.org/affiliates/

The affiliate chapters assist to provide direct services at the community level. The affiliate networks are dedicated volunteers in urban and rural areas and on college campuses across the country. The affiliates are parents, professionals, proletarians, and others who share a commitment to making a difference in the lives of young people.

My nearest affiliate would be: Los Angeles

Seven year old girls in Africa

BCDI Los Angeles California
Ms. Valeria Norwood
P: (323) 295-2601 ext. 136
E: calorie81@aol.com

http://nbcdi.org/initiatives/

This is the most important link to support childhood initiatives for Black children and their families.

Thoroughly search one area of the site. What do you find?

In 1990, Child Care Services Association created the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H.) Early Childhood Project to address the issues of under-education, poor compensation and high turnover within the early childhood workforce.   T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Project gives scholarships to child care workers to complete course work in early childhood education and to increase their compensation.  CCSA is a nationally recognized nonprofit working to ensure affordable, accessible, high quality child care for all families through research, services and advocacy. We are more than just an agency working to improve child care; we are also an association of groups, individuals and volunteers committed to supporting the right of young children and their families to have the best possible life.

If you receive an e-newsletter, follow a link related to one of the issues you have been studying. What new information is available?

http://nbcdi.org/blog/2010/08/21/love-to-read/

Love to Read is a research based national early literacy program designed to help reverse the achievement gap and to improve the academic success of African American children.  Love to Read is targeted towards parents and caregivers of children ages 0 through 6.  To date, NBCDI has published the Love to Read Early Literacy Report targeted towards policy makers and practitioners with contributions by leading researchers. In partnership with the National Association for the education of Young Children (NAEYC), NBCDI has distributed well over 30,000 copies of the report.

Does the website or the e-newsletter contain any information that adds to your understanding of equity and excellence in early care and education?

Equity and excellence is seen by this sites initiatives that advocate for Black, Hispanic and Native American children.

• Initiatives supported by NBCDI (Newsletter)

T.E.A.C.H.

My grandson & Friend

http://teach.nbcdi.org/about/

Child Welfare – site presently under construction

Early Childhood Education –

http://nbcdi.org/blog/category/early-childhood-education/

Several articles about education, Head Start conference and T.E.A.C.H. and advocating for parents; Parent Empowerment Project (PEP) PEP is a program that educates, motivates and inspires parents. The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) introduces a curriculum for parent education. 

http://nbcdi.org/blog/category/education/

Head Start’s research conference, prekindergarten and entering the college zone, informing Black teens on how to apply for college.

NBCDI, with support from the Foundation for Child Development, is leading a campaign to improve children’s chances for school success through a PreK-3rd policy initiative that includes a range of activities focused in the District of Columbia.

Health and Nutrition

http://nbcdi.org/blog/category/health-nutrition/

Child Health Talk, positive nutrition practices and reducing childhood obesity. Child Health Talk is a quarterly publication, funded by State Farm Insurance, which provides a range of information for families with young children on topics related to their health and well-being.

Literacy

http://nbcdi.org/blog/category/literacy/

Love to Read is the National Black Child Development Institute’s (NBCDI) national early literacy public education initiative to help parents improve African American children’s academic performance from ages 0 through 6.

NBCDI has partnered with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) offering an early literacy training program to educators to build and enhance early literacy skills of African American children.

Archives

http://nbcdi.org/initiatives/archives/

Dated articles of interest for professional early child development teachers and historical events.

New Insights: Child Care Services Association

What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain this week from exploring the website and/or the e-newsletter?

NBCDI Newsletter:

                http://www.childcareservices.org/

Child Care Services Association (CCSA) provides coordinated services that address the tri-dilemma of child care: the three challenges are:  inadequate availability, quality, and affordability of child care.

I don’t know if less is more or more is less, but this appears from the beginning to be a site that has little to offer, yet when you start going into all the links, it connects back to many issues and trends in early child development.