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NAEYC Accreditation Decision Report

NAEYC Accreditation is an essential measure of the standard of excellence for early childhood education. This system of accreditation ensures that early learning curriculums can demonstrate commitment in high-quality education for the early learners. The accreditation has several stages designed to appreciate the programs and provide direction for ease of implementation and ability to meet the standards. The accreditation standards outline what the early learner’s programs should provide. They were created with contribution from educators and experts based on their research on the education of the young learners (Boyd and Herbst., 2020).

There are 10 standards designed by NAEYC for the early childhood programs that can guide care givers to make better decision when raising children or when looking for preschool. The standards entail first enhancing a positive relationship between children and adults. This is vital as it encourages the learners to have a sense of belonging to the community and helps them contribute positively to the community. The second standard is the curriculum, this function ensures that there is consistency of syllabus to promote learning and development. The third standard of teaching ensures that there is a suitable and effective teaching approach that foresters the early learners development. Assessment of the children’s progress is essential and forms part of the standards which is set to ensure the quantity of the program is adhered to at every step. This is done through either formal or informal assessments (Dustin., 2017).

Health of the children and staff is paramount and as a result forms part of the standards that is set to ensure the program upholds nutrition and health of learners or staff and protects them. Part of the NAEYC Accreditation standard is to ensure educators are well prepared, supported and are competent to handle children. This is done through ensuring staffs employed have the right qualification and have undergone necessary training to take care of early learners. Family standard ensures enhanced collaboration between the family and the child. The community relationships, physical environment and leadership and management standards help children cope with the community and ensures implementation of policies that forester high quality experiences (Garrity et al., 2019). Implementation of the NAEYC Accreditation standards evolves around the children themselves, educators, their families and the community at large. As a result we would need clarity on whether to include the codes of conduct or ethics during individual analysis.

References

Boyd-Swan, C., & Herbst, C. M. (2020). Influence of quality credentialing programs on teacher characteristics in center-based early care and education settings. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51, 352-365.

Dustin, E. (2017). Influential Factors Determine Parental Choice for Preschool Selection. umf.maine.edu

Garrity, S. M., Longstreth, S. L., Linder, L. K., & Salcedo Potter, N. (2019). Early childhood education centre director perceptions of challenging behaviour: Promising practices and implications for professional development. Children & Society, 33(2), 168-184.