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Do you know a WEEL/AFT member who has gone above and beyond the call of leadership to become a role model for all members and leaders? If so, please nominate her or him for the Dorothy Gibson Award. The Dorothy Gibson award, a new award we will give annually, honors one of WEEL/AFT's first and most active members, Dorothy Gibson. It is an award that focuses on our major purpose: organizing to change the balance of power. A true early education pioneer, Dorothy Gibson set in motion the fight for child care directors, owners, and workers to receive worthy wages, respect, and access to professional development. Click the title of this announcement to read more about the award and how submit your nomination. |
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From the Seattle PI
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Some child care workers could get collective bargaining rights under a bill passed by the House on Monday. The bill passed on a 65-31 vote and is now headed to the Senate, which is already considering a similar measure. The House bill allows child care workers to unionize if the day care or school they work for accepts state subsidies for low-income children. |
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The 18th Annual Embracing Early Childhood Conference was held in Wenatchee again this year. The title of the conference this year was The Collaborative Journey. The conference sponsored two special key-note presentations with Dr. Sal Severe, who has written the books How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too! and How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, Too! and Scott Liebler, who developed his unique Funsical program to provide curriculum to develop children’s motor skills.
Linda Tyler Murray, a WEEL Organizer from Yakima, presented the Transitioning To Kindergarten: A Toolkit for Early Childhood at the Wenatchee conference.
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ELLs in Early Childhood Education: Recruiting Immigrant Families: This article by Colorín Colorado is the first of a two-part series that details the importance of enrolling English language learners in preschool. The article also examines how preschools may better meet the needs of ELL students.
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The National Early Literacy Panel, which convened in 2002, today issued its final report. Its findings show that young children’s exposure to and mastery of several emergent literacy skills, such as knowing the alphabet, understanding how books work, and awareness of the sounds in words, are strong to moderate predictors of their later reading skills.
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Here's an opportunity for you and others to provide input. The Department of Early Learning is seeking input from educators, families, and advocates about their priorities for a statewide kindergarten assessment process in
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Using classroom observations and teacher interviews, this study examined how three young children, considered classroom leaders by their teachers, created complex dilemmas for their teachers through their interactions with teachers and peers. Findings showed that the children's powerful influence on their peers could be both positive and negative, and they could use their influence to agitate other children in ways that challenged teachers' thinking about building classroom community. The findings present an opportunity to address the influence of power dynamics in daily early childhood classroom practices and to expand on teachers' thinking about ways to negotiate power in relationships as they work to build classroom community. |
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State Representative Eric Pettigrew recently met with Robert and Tracey Delgardo, owners of Toddler Tech Day Care Center at their site. |
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Seattle PI, Early learning system should be no different than K-12
Thursday, October 12, 2006
By MIKE SHEEHAN Washington Learns had been charged with reviewing the state's entire education system and the final report is due out this November. Committee members have heard valid concerns about our current K-12 and higher education systems. They have also heard concerns about our so-called early learning system or half a system, as referred to in their interim report. When asking (hypothetically) about investment of new dollars, the repeated answer was that the entire education system, and society for that matter, would benefit by improving early learning. [read more...] |
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Despite the sunny, hot weather, more than 80 people showed up on June 24th to attend a conference specifically designed for directors of child care centers. Those attending received STARS continuing professional development credit for Administration. |
