Greetings Everyone,
I had the privilege of visiting with Jane about excellence and quality and some professional challenges that we have both been faced with. Jane was really excited to discuss her hopes and dreams, as well as long term professional goals with me also.
I also found out that my Mexico contact is no longer employed in the Early Childhood Field. He has opened his own aviation business and now travels quite often. He did take the time out to respond to my email, even though it was 7 weeks later! Thank you Victorino, and I wish you well!
As far as my conversation with Jane is concerned...Jane told me that the issue that are being discussed in her facility is revolving around professional development of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). The EYFS revised their framework and all of the nurseries in England have to be in compliance with the new revisions. Jane provided me with a couple of links for me to research the goals of EYFS, instead of trying to explain them to me. I have attached them to the end of this post. Jane did say that EYFS focuses on the stage of children's development from birth to the end of their first year in school. She said the revision took place last month and they are very excited about the revisions because now he role as an early care provider is more clear and they are more involved with the parents to work as a partnership to support what families also do at home to assist with their child's learning.
Jane said her professional goals are to continue to thrive in her nursery and incorporate an new ideas into her nursery and research, research, research. She told me that her company has so many available resources and she was going to use them up to helps the mums (exactly how she pronounces it! ) to be the best parents they can be. She did say that one of her worries and challenge would be reaching every parent to ensure that best practice is being utilized at home. She said she knows that worry is way bigger than her, but she can't help but feel concerned, but she will continue to do the best that she can do from within her control. I did ask Jane if she had any plans of furthering her education, and she said that she plans on retiring in a couple of years and hopefully relocating to the United States to live with her sister!
Here are a couple of the links that Jane shared with me! Enjoy!
http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2011/11/early-education-and-childcare-consultation/
http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/parents/
Hi Theresa, It was interesting to learn about both of your international contacts. Just like in the U.S., one of your contacts has chosen to leave the field of education and pursue other interests and the other is attending staff development and learning new and exciting ideas to incorporate in her nursery. I wish them both the best of luck in the careers. Thank you for sharing these international contacts and what you learned from them with us.
ReplyDeleteHi Theresa, there has been quite a buzz around the new EYFS document. We have just hired a teacher from England who has experience working with the draft curriculum that was the precursor to the new document. She brings with her a different perspective and enriches our discussions and planning. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWell it sounds like that caregivers everywhere, no matter which country they live in struggle with hoping that our babies have loving nurturing home environments. It would be great to think parents would always use best practices but it just unrealistic. I join forces with you international friend in our battle for the best development of our babies! Great job you sight looks amazing!
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