Saturday, October 12, 2013

My Hypothetical Family Situation

I have created my ideal family situation based on a scenario of a realistic family.  The family's culture, race, and economic conditions are within realistic limits.  I also plan to create the program based on the type of information I have learned in the course.  The family is an African American family located in Northwest Mississippi.  The family has three children and a mother and stepfather.  The stepfather is currently unemployed and the mother does not work.  The family lives off government assistance and food stamps.  The goal is to create a system that provides the family access to early childhood education services.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

The Political Will to Improve Early Childhood Systems

One of the ways that advocates work to promote advocacy in early childhood services is to lobbying for programs to imrpove the quality of education.  Edcuators and early childhood administrators can work with political groups and policy makers to lobby for new programs.  This can be achieved by conducting research, writing letters, and working to establish programs that improve early childhood systems.  this gives educators and advocates a political voice and power to make changes in early childhood education.