PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 

ECE Consultants/Workshop Presenters
Sydney Gurewitz Clemens

Higher Education/Training and Distance Learning Opportunities:
Distance Learning in Early Childhood Education- NCCIC maintained list
North Seattle Community College's Early Childhood Program
Universities Worldwide
National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers - NCCCC supports research and activities affecting college and university early childhood education and service settings, family and work issues, and the field of early childhood education in general.
Videatives, Inc. -offers several online courses for early childhood educators.

Organizations:
The Administration for Children and Families (DHS)
The Association for Childhood Education International
The Council for Exceptional Children, The Division for Early Childhood
ECAP Collaborative Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
Families and Work Institute a non-profit organization that addresses the changing nature of work and family life.
NAEYC- The National Association for the Education of Young Children
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
National Child Care Information Center-"established to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families."
NACCRRA - National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
National Head Start Association
National Network for Child Care - Cooperative Extension's resource to strengthen child care by linking the education, technology, and research resources of 105 Land Grant Universities.
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System

Publishers of ECE Resources:
Child Care Exchange
The Future of Children - a primary purpose is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children's well-being.
Gryphon House
Healthy Childcare - information on a magazine with "Health and Safety Ideas for the Young Child"
Early Childhood Research and Practice - ECAP's Internet  journal on the development, care, and education of young children
Early Childhood Today Scholastic
Early Years are Learning Years - short informational pieces published by NAEYC
Instructor Magazine - "from strategies for integrating the curriculum and meeting the needs of the kids you teach to professional development opportunities and help with assessment."
NAEYC Resources
Preschool Publications, Inc.
Redleaf Press
Teaching Strategies

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