Words of Inspiration and Motivation

This quote by Bill Clinton sums up how I feel about education as it relates to the community. Education starts with the parents first. The teachers are supporters. Together, the parents and teachers are a team which works together to help each child succeed to the best of their abilities. Children will fail if one side of the team fails to do their part. This all begins with early childhood education.

"Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, responsibility . . . Parents must teach their children from the earliest age the difference between right and wrong. But we must all do our part." -- Bill Clinton, 1998

Congressional Record: Proceeding and Debates of the 105th Congress, Second Sesson. (1998). Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=ku2KQGpJrXEC

In addition, Virgina Buysse opens her article titled Program Quality and Early Childhood Inclusion (2009) with,

"The quality of the early childhood workforce is a critical factor—and may be of overriding importance—in determining whether early education and intervention is of high or poor quality. Along with a safe and well-equipped early learning environment, it is the characteristics and behaviors of the practitioners themselves that likely contribute most to the quality of the program and its effectiveness for young children and families."

Buysse, V., & Hollingsworth, H. (2009, March 5). Program Quality and Early Childhood Inclusion. Retrieved from http://life.comm.fsu.edu/LIFEArticles/PD/Topics_ProgramQuality.pdf

If we want to set young children up for success, each practitioner within the field of early childhood education has to have a passion for furthering the education of young children. Preparation and involvement with parents is key to making sure that the children achieve everything can, and setting them up to succeed from a very young age.