Value Added in Early Childhood Education

11/29/2006

Value Added in Early Childhood Education

The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
B.B. King

The Child Care Human Resources Sector Council recently released their findings from surveys of graduates of Early Childhood Educators and from focus groups of individuals in the child care sector. The results offer several interesting insights for those offering training in ECE:

The most frequently cited gap in respondents’ academic training was supporting children with special needs in child care settings.
Ongoing professional development was perceived as important in the child care sector.
Early years professionals identified a consistent feeling of achievement as a reward for work within the sector.
Many Early Childhood Educators indicated that their work was making a contribution to future generations.

Academic programs may well consider the preceding findings when recruiting students to their programs, when reviewing curricula, and when planning convocation addresses.

Bulletin of the Child Care Human Resources Sector Council (Fall, 2006)

Contributed by Laurie McNelles — Mothercraft Institute for Early Development

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