Last week, I was asked to contact two early childhood professionals from around the world. At first, I e-mailed seven early childhood professionals. I then realized out of those seven early childhood professionals, only four bounced back. I haven’t heard anything from the other three but I am waiting patiently. I took it upon myself to email nine more early childhood professionals but all nine of those bounced back. So, in total I e-mailed sixteen early childhood professionals.
In the meantime, I did the alternative assignment on the early childhood organization The Harlem’s Children Zone. The link to the website is http://www.hcz.org/. The Harlem’s Children Zone is one of many early childhood organizations that main focus is ending poverty for children and their families. It is an organization that is helping make a difference for children and families who did not believe in a better outcome in life. I liked what I saw on the website so I decided to subscribe to the newsletter. The types of issues that The Harlem’s Children Zone newsletter addresses are community, education, children, poverty, and health. The newsletter does a great job focusing on all of its issues.
Out of all the issues that the website presented to me, one issue that caught my attention was the education. Since 1970, The Harlem’s Children Zone has worked with families of young children who missed school on a daily basis. The goal of The Harlem’s Children Zone is to get all of their children into and through college successfully through a wide range of programs. They operate pre-school programs, after-school programs, and high-quality charter schools. It is really quite remarkable what this organization is achieving with the children and families of Harlem.
Besides cultural diversity, I learned that there are many other issues that need to be addressed in the early childhood program such as poverty, health, and community. Every child needs to be in a community that supports and encourages education. We all have to work together to ensure that our children’s future is bright.
Stacy,
ReplyDeleteHarlem Children's Zone sounds like a great organization. I love how they have preschool programs. It is important to start as early as possible giving children resources. This is also one reason I love Early Head Start. As a Head Start teacher I always can tell the children who have had this exposure.
Alissa
The Harlem Children's Zone sounds like a wonderful resource for the families. Often times people forget to consider the fact that families may not be active in the education of their child because they have to work so much to make sure they can provide for the child at home; I think that programs like this one that aid the family by helping the children and making sure that the child is cared for help the parents as well. Children from all over the country could benefit from a program like this one. Thank you for the insightful post!
ReplyDeleteStacy,
ReplyDeleteI too had trouble receiving replies back. I went with the alternative as well, and I am happy about it. I am learning a lot with the website. The Harlem Children's Zone seems like a wonderful source for all families in need of help. Seems like an interesting website. I am enjoying mine as well. Have a good week