Reflective Journal 4 – Chapter 4

Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education Building a Foundation

Su e Bredeka m p Early Childhood Education Consultant

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To Joe Bredekamp, for a lifetime of love, friendship, wonderful memories, and tolerance of craziness, and to Darby whose unconditional love enriches our lives every day.

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About the author Dr. Sue Bredekamp is an early childhood education specialist from the Washington, D.C., area who serves as a consultant on developmentally appropriate practice, curricu- lum, teaching, and teacher education for state and national organizations such as NAEYC, Head Start, the Council for Professional Recognition, and Sesame Street. From 1981 to 1998, she was Director of Accreditation and Professional Development for NAEYC where she developed and directed their national accreditation system for early childhood centers and schools. Dr. Bredekamp is the editor of NAEYC’s best-selling, highly influential publi- cation, Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs.

Dr. Bredekamp is Chair of the Board of the HighScope Educational Research Foun- dation. She was a member of the National Research Council’s (NRC) Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics, which produced a landmark report, Mathematics in Early Childhood: Paths toward Excellence and Equity. Dr. Bredekamp serves on several advisory boards and is a frequent keynote speaker and author of numerous books and articles re- lated to standards for professional practice and teacher education. She has been a visiting lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia; Monash University in Melbourne; University of Alaska; and University of Hawaii. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and In- struction from the University of Maryland. The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University recognized Dr. Bredekamp with its Visionary Leadership Award in 2014. For 45 years, Dr. Bredekamp has worked for and with young children toward the goal of improving the quality and effectiveness of early childhood education programs.

About the contributor Dr. Kathleen (Kate) Cranley Gallagher is an educational psychologist and scientist at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at University of North Caro- lina at Chapel Hill. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Education at UNC, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate early childhood professionals. Dr. Gallagher has herself been an early childhood professional for over 30 years; she has taught in and administered diverse programs for children birth to 8 years of age, with and without disabilities. Dr. Gallagher’s publications and applied work focus on developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based interventions to support social- emotional well-being and development for young children, their families and early childhood pro- fessionals. Dr. Gallagher has served on state advisory panels, developing standards and assessments for early childhood education and health and is a founding member of the North Carolina Infant Mental Health Association. She developed Be Well to Teach Well, a program designed to support the well-being and of early childhood professionals. Dr. Gallagher is an accomplished teacher and frequently invited speaker nationally, and presented a keynote address at the International Preschool Teachers’ Conference in Hangzhou, China as a guest of Zhejiang Normal University. She delivered a TEDx talk, entitled, The Healthy Child: Assembly Required in which Dr. Gallagher argued that the single most important feat of construction that our society undertakes is the assembly required to build physically, emotionally, cognitively, and socially healthy children. She lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, with her husband, John, and enjoys time with her two adult children, Jack and Bridget.

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In the previous editions of this book, I described the challenge of my first day of

teaching preschool in a child care center many years ago. It was the hardest job I have ever

had, primarily because my bachelor’s degree in English did not prepare me for it. I didn’t

know enough about child development, how and what to teach, how to communicate with

families, how to positively guide children’s behavior—the list goes on and on. Feeling com-

pletely incompetent, I seriously thought about not going back the next day. Then I realized

that although I had a choice not to return, the children did not. They deserved a better

teacher than I was at that time. As a result, I continued teaching, went back to school, and

set out to learn as much as possible about child development and how best to teach young

children. And I have been learning ever since. In short, my initial motivation in writing

this book was a personal one—to help ensure that new teachers get off to a better start

than I did and that the children do, too.