This week I reached out
to establish contacts in Ireland and Australia. I have sent an e-mail to Dr.
James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dublin, Ireland (james.reilly@oireachtas.ie)
and I have subscribed to the following Australian blogs: http://childhood101.com/, http://designingearlychildhoodeducationau.blogspot.com/,
and http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/. I am looking forward to sharing thoughts and
ideas that I can in turn share with my classmates. I have also noted from the
entries in the student lounge that several students in this class are currently
outside the United States. It will be fascinating to learn from them.
The website I chose
to investigate is http://www.nhsa.org/, the
National Head Start Association. I chose this particular website because the
center in which I work services several students from Head Start, and I would
like to know more about how their program differs from Pre K Counts (where the
funding for my classroom comes from), and how it is the same. I have added
their blog to my homepage: http://blog.nhsa.org/,
and attempted to sign up for their newsletter @ http://www.nhsa.org/news_and_advocacy/advocacy/legislative_eupdate,
but encountered some technical troubles in doing so. I did, however, list the
address among my favorites and will be checking in frequently
I wanted to explore more of the Head Start website but decided against it because I do have a background of about 13 years in HS. It has such a vast amount of information. I use citations from the site quite often. HS will always be my first love.
ReplyDeleteI also work for Head-Start and I think that is a great organization to research and to come in contact with. I am too waiting on a response and one of my contacts was UNICEF. I look forward to reading your blogs and discussion post as well. Good Luck.
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