Resources

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program  Evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age8  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A  summary   http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda.Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~images/pdfs/snapshots/snap33.pdf

      Article: 
       Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al.  (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.

UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

Websites:

World Forum Foundation
 http://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php

World Organization for Early Childhood Education
 http://www.omep.org.gu.se/English/about_OMEP/

Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/about/

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conferencehttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

HighScope
 http://www.highscope.org/ 

 Children’s Defense Fund
 http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce
 http://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Children
 http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women’s Policy Research
 http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
 http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Association
 http://www.nccanet.org/ 

 National Institute for Early Education Research
 http://nieer.org/

   Pre[K]Now
 http://www.preknow.org/

    Voices for America’s Children
 http://www.voices.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=22807

    The Erikson Institute
 http://www.erikson.edu/

Personal Resources:

      Book:

      Anne Fadiman (1982).  The spirit catches you and you fall down

Farrar, Straus and Giroux/New York   

Quote:

Vision without Action is merely a dream
Action without Vision passes time
Vision with Action can change the world

Joel Barker

Quote:

Like a compass, a code can point us in the right direction, but we have to choose the road to take (YC 2010)