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The standards and criteria are also the foundation of the NAEYC Accreditation system for early childhood programs. To earn accreditation, programs must meet all 10 standards. Based on research on the development and education of young children, the standards were created with input from experts and educators from around the country.
Effective early childhood educators are critical for realizing the early childhood profession’s vision that each and every young child, birth through age 8, have equitable access to high-quality learning and care environments. As such, there is a core body of knowledge, skills, values, and dispositions early childhood educators must ...
A Position Statement Held on Behalf of the Early Childhood Education Profession Effective early childhood educators are critical for realizing the early childhood profession’s vision that each and every young child, birth through age 8, have equitable access to high-quality learning and care environments. As such, there is a core body
NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children. Authored by: Tonia Durden. Article. Young Children. September 2, 2024.
early childhood education profession as . well as the public—and offers support to . programs to meet the standards. The comprehensive nature of the NAEYC . Early Learning Program Accreditation . Standards and Assessment Items outlined . in this document—with its combined . focus on children, staff, partnerships, and administration ...
About the Early Childhood Program Standards. *NEW* Thousands of you have since shared your ideas, needs, and feedback through surveys and focus groups. With that guidance, and led by extraordinary advisors made up of Governing Board members, educators, and partners, we are honored to be able to launch a public comment period with draft versions ...
This work culminated in the release of Ensuring Quality in Early Childhood Education Professional Preparation Programs: NAEYC’s Early Childhood Higher Education Accreditation Standards in October 2021. The Commission extends deepest appreciation for the Standards Workgroup’s contributions to these standards, for the faculty who participated ...
NAEYC’s Early Learning Program Standards and Assessment Items to compile a set of questions and considerations. These are designed to help educators and administrators think through options, opportunities, & tradeoffs as you support children and families. Article. Teaching Young Children. December 1, 2019.
Play is essential for all children, birth through age 8. Play (e.g., self-directed, guided, solitary, parallel, social, cooperative, onlooker, object, fantasy, physical, constructive, and games with rules) is the central teaching practice that facilitates young children’s development and learning. Play develops young children’s symbolic and ...
The Common Core State Standards is an initiative to develop common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12. In 2012, the National Association for the Education of Young Children recognized that the Common Core State Standards presented cause for both opportunity and concern.NAEYC offers these resources to engage ...