Posted: September 13th, 2015

omplete a brief autobiographical sketch of yourself including your experience working with children and an explanation of your desire to work in the field of early childhood education.

ab 1: My Profile  Autobiography –… Tab 1: My Profile  Autobiography – Complete a brief autobiographical sketch of yourself including your experience working with children and an explanation of your desire to work in the field of early childhood education.  Career Goals – Describe your career goals for working in the field of Early Childhood Education.  Preferred Age Group – Describe the age range of children you prefer to work with including your rationale for choosing this group. Tab 2: My Philosophy  Theory – Discuss your beliefs about how young children learn. Explain which theory(ies) you most connect with in regard to children’s learning.  Approach to Teaching – Explain which teaching approach (Montessori, Reggio, etc.) you most align with.  Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) – Explain what the term developmentally appropriate practice means to you. Tab 3: My Practice  Developmental Domains – Describe the developmental domains in which you have the strongest foundation. Discuss how this internship experience would strengthen your understanding of developmental domains. Please be specific. A B C Early Childhood Center  Home-School Partnerships – Discuss your role in developing strong home-school partnerships. Provide specific examples of strategies you would use. Discuss how this internship experience would strengthen your ability to develop home-school partnerships.  Trends/Issues – Analyze one current or historical trend/issue in ECE by explaining its influence and impact on the field. Discuss how this internship experience would strengthen your understanding of this trend or issue.  National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – Summarize how you would uphold NAEYC’s Professional Preparation Standards throughout your internship. Tab 4: Additional Resources  Throughout the course, you have utilized different resources to support your thinking in the discussion forums and when working on your assignments. Include at least three resources that you feel are beneficial to you as you grow as an early childhood educator within this tab. Remember these resources are different than the ones you included in your references tab as they were not cited directly throughout your Weebly site. The resources included in this tab might be links to helpful websites, activities you have found that you would like to use in your future classroom, or scholarly resources. Tab 5: References  Include APA-formatted citations for all sources used throughout your Weebly site. See the “Requirements” below for more information. Requirements Length and Organization: Your responses must thoroughly address each bulleted topic listed above. Each topic should be addressed within its own textbox with the topic heading at the top of the box. Please view the ECE 101 Sample Weebly to see how to organize your information. References: All in-text citations that are used throughout your application need to be properly formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You will need to utilize your textbook and at least three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library in your application. You will need to cite these scholarly sources throughout your Final Project and include them under your References tab that will serve as your reference