Friday, March 02, 2012

Early Childhood News

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JOBS
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Special Education Faculty Position (tenure track/tenured)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
http://gse.rutgers.edu/content/assistantassociatefull-professor-special-education-faculty-position-tenure-tracktenured



The James Marshall Public Policy Fellowship
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
http://www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=747&nodeID=1



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CONFERENCES
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Child Trends Webinar
The launch of PerformWell: A new web resource helping to improve human service effectiveness
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 3:00- 4:00 pm EST
https://socialsolutions.webex.com/ec0605ld/eventcenter/enroll/register.do?formId=0&formType=0&loadFlag=1&siteurl=socialsolutions&confId=911422769



Early Childhood Investigations Webinar
No More Spaces- How to Attract More Families to Your ECE Program in Our Digital Economy
March 7, 2012 2:00 PM Eastern Time
http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/how-to-effectively-attract-enroll-more-families-in-todays-digital-economy/



SCARED SICK: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease
Monday, April 2, 2012
University at Albany Downtown Campus
http://earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/02/scared-sick-role-of-childhood-trauma-in.html



American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
Friday, April 13 - Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.aera.net/2012AnnualMeeting.htm



18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
Celebrating the Past ~ Imagining the Future
April 16-20, 2012
Washington, DC
Early Bird Registration ends March 2, 2012
http://www.pal-tech.com/web/OCAN/index.cfm?p=5



New York State Head Start Association Annual Professional Development Conference
May 15 – 16, 2012
Albany NY
Deadline for Proposals is Monday, March 26, 2012
http://www.nyheadstart.org/



XVIII Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies
Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 7 - 9, 2012
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 25, 2012
http://www.isisweb.org/view/0/conference2012.html



21st NAEYC National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development
June 10-13, 2012
Indianapolis, IN
Registration Opens March 2
http://www.naeyc.org/institute/



The Children’s Defense Fund national conference
July 22nd - July 25th, 2012
Cincinnati, Ohio
http://www.childrensdefense.org/national-conference/index.html



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RESOURCES
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Teaching Cases on Family Engagement: Early Learning (Ages 0-8)
Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.hfrp.org/family-involvement/publications-resources/teaching-cases-on-family-engagement-early-learning-ages-0-8



10 Skills of Competent Parents
ExchangeEveryDay
http://ccie.com/eed/view/3019/



How to Find the Best Day Care
Kelly Alfieri, The Bump, Jan 16, 2012
http://pregnant.thebump.com/new-mom-new-dad/newborn-basics/articles/how-to-find-good-day-care.aspx



McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership
Business Administration Scale Training Online Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6hixq5YGQ&feature=youtu.be



Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
Human Development Today e-News Winter 2012
http://www.hdtoday.human.cornell.edu/



Prevent Child Abuse New York's Parent Helpline
1-800-CHILDREN
http://www.preventchildabuseny.org/resources/for-parents/parenting-tip-sheets/



National Association for the Education of Young Children

Books for Laughing Together
http://www.rightchoiceforkids.org/node/124

Ideas for Bringing Humor into the Classroom
http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/bringing-humor-into-the-classroom

What happens when we say ‘yes’ to children?
http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/unplanned-explorations-lively-minds

Childhood Obesity Prevention Resources
http://www.naeyc.org/childhood_obesity_prevention_resources

Developing Kindergarten Readiness and Other Large-Scale Assessment Systems
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/research/kreadinessassessment

NAEYC’s e-News, March 1, 2012
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/naeyc/issues/2012-03-01.html



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GRANTS
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HHS - Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13) Modification 1
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=143313



Let's Move! Child Care and State Challenge
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
http://www.naccrra.org/news-room/press-releases/2012/1/lets-move-child-care-and-state-challenge



APA Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women
Janet Hyde Graduate Student Research Grant
http://www.apadivisions.org/division-35/awards/hyde/index.aspx



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NEWS
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The #earlyed Daily
A paper.li newspaper
http://paper.li/tag/earlyed



'The Hansen Files' returns, investigates daycare
Msnbc.com, Beginning Friday, March 2nd, at 10pm/9c
http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/27/10518251-mar-2-the-hansen-files-returns-investigates-daycare



Advocates Call for State Investments in Early Childhood Programs
New York Nonprofit Press, 2/29/12
http://nynp.biz/index.php/breaking-news/9348-advocates-call-for-state-investments-in-early-childhood-programs



Message to Lawmakers: Stick with What Works for Youngest New Yorkers
Story via Public News Service, 2/28/12
http://earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/02/message-to-lawmakers-stick-with-what.html



Should 3-Year-Olds Learn Computer Programming?
Liz Dwyer, GOOD Education, 2/27/12
http://www.good.is/post/should-3-year-olds-learn-computer-programming/



Teacher-Data Reactions: Absorbing New Rankings With Caution
Wall Street Journal, Metropolis, 2/25/12
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/02/25/teacher-data-reactions-parents-teachers-absorb-rankings-with-caution/



USAID using childcare subsidy as another way to retain employees
By Emily Kopp, Federal News Radio, 2/24/2012
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=535&sid=2760120



Who’s Curating Digital Content for Kids?
Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning, 2/22/12
http://spotlight.macfound.org/blog/entry/whos-curating-digital-content-for-kids/



Early childhood education a proven answer
Fredrick Jackson, ctpost, 2/22/12
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Early-childhood-education-a-proven-answer-3352994.php



Swipe, Tap, Flick and . . . Read? Research on Children and E-Books
By Sarah Vaala, edutopia, 2/17/12
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/childrens-ebooks-sarah-vaala



How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness
By Maia Szalavitz, Time Healthland, 2/15/12
http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/15/how-child-abuse-primes-the-brain-for-future-mental-illness/#ixzz1nKpz4Xzu



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ADVOCACY
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Building Strong Foundations Social Media Campaign
Birth to Five Policy Alliance
http://www.birthtofivepolicy.org/Advocacy/SocialMedia/tabid/115/Default.aspx



Post-Budget Update: What to Expect for Early Childhood in 2012 Audio Conference
Feb 23, 2012, Audio Recording
http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1075&list=publications



Winning Beginning NY

Early Care and Learning 2012 Poster
http://winningbeginningny.org/documents/2012artworkposter_000.pdf

Winning Beginning Wednesday
http://earlycareandlearning.blogspot.com/2012/02/today-is-winning-beginning-wednesday.html

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