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American Federation of Teachers - Publications
Association for Childhood Education International
Provides information about the ACEI, the ACEI’s two journals and various publications, membership in the ACEI, and conferences and workshops. Their mission is to promote and support in the global community the optimal education and development of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-2011 for Teachers—Preschool, Except Special Education. Employment of preschool teachers is projected to grow faster than the average through 2018. Job prospects are expected to be excellent due to high turnover.
California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
Promotes excellence in early childhood education from birth through 8 years.
California Child Care Health Program
The California Child Care Health Program (CCHP) focuses on bringing knowledge about health and safety issues to the child care provider and to link the health, safety and child care communities.
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
Helps all families in California to have access to information that enables them to make the best child care choices from an array of high quality, affordable options.
Stanislaus County
California Children and Families Commission
The California Children and Families Act of 1998 (Prop 10) was passed to provide to all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services. Services are provided in each county and also at the state level. Stanislaus County First Five Commission - The County Commission is responsible for administering Prop. 10 monies in the form of grants to the community.
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
The CTC web site provides up-to-date information on Child Development Permits as well as other California teaching credentials.
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
The mission of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and the state Chancellor's Office is to empower the community colleges through leadership, advocacy and support. The vision of the board and chancellor is to build a better future for California by providing exceptional leadership, advocacy and support on behalf of California's Community Colleges. These efforts will foster access, success and lifelong learning for all students while simultaneously advancing the state's interests in a skilled workforce and an educated citizenry
California Department of Justice
This site includes a list of available Livescan stations.
California Department of Social Services
The California Department of Social Services’ Children and Family Services Division is responsible for designing and overseeing an array of programs and services for California’s at-risk families and children, providing a statewide system for out-of-home care providers and appropriate services to children in out-of-home care, and facilitation of adoptions for children who need permanent homes. The web site provides up-to-date licensing and policy information as well as current forms.
California Early Childhood Mentor Program
The largest mentoring program for child care professionals in the U.S. Since 1988, the program has provided advanced training for experienced child care workers who wish to become mentors to new practitioners. Look for the discussion forum, covering mentoring, professional development and quality improvement issues in the child development field.
California School-Age Consortium (CSAC)
At CalSAC, we work to support and advance afterschool and out-of-school time programs and providers throughout California. We offer training, resources, advocacy, and information to help these professionals in their vital work with kids.
Center for Career Development in Early Care and Education
This site presents information and resources concerning professional development in the child care and early childhood education fields.
Center for the Child Care Workforce
CCW’s web site provides information on current activities of the non-profit agency that began the movement for better compensation for child care workers. Look for information about the Worthy Wage Campaign, National Mentoring Alliance and research results.
Child Development Division - California Dept of Education
CDD’s mission is to provide leadership and support to all individuals and organizations concerned with children and families by promoting high-quality child development programs. The Division undertakes to educate the general public about developmentally appropriate practices for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children in a variety of safe and healthy child care and development environments. They fund a variety of child care programs and serve as the lead agency for federal child development funds. The web site provides information about current projects and funding opportunities.
Children Now
Children Now offers information about how to become a member and how to help in your community; information on publications and a list of Internet resources for child care are offered.
The Children’s Collabrium
Young children, research, and high quality child development programs: these are what The Children's Collabrium: A partnership for excellence in early education is all about. Be it programming for children in early education classrooms, the facilities in which such services are offered, or how the business side of programs is run, The Children's Collabrium. has been and will continue to be at the forefront of these and related issues.
Children’s Literature Web Guide
This site provides links to such resources as children’s books online, children’s book awards, and movies based on children’s books. The site also has lists of resources for teachers, parents, and storytellers.
Disaster Resources
Guides and activities provided for teachers and other child-care youth workers that help prepare them for working with children who have been through a disaster.
Early Childhood.com
This site provides information for all who share an interest in improving the education and general life experiences of young children. It’s a place for getting advice from experts in the early childhood field, expanding your collection of creative projects, and sharing ideas and questions with the early childhood community.
Early Childhood Education on Line
This site is a resource exchange area for early childhood education ideas such as observation and assessment, curriculum and environment, and professional development.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
ERIC is a primary source for research information and articles. The web site is an excellent resource for the early childhood community. It includes information on the Reggio Emilia and Project approaches.
Family Resource Network: serving families with special needs in Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties
Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning & Children's Media at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe PA - offers a library of more than 100 e-books, digital games, videos, music mobile apps and other activities, all searchable by age. A free Ele account lets users organize the site's resources by interests and share them by creating Play!Lists.
The Future of Children
A publication of The Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to disseminate timely information on major issues related to children’s well-being. The web site provides articles and scholarly research.
Healthy Child Care
The web site for the bimonthly magazine, Healthy Childcare. Each issue is filled with information on nutrition, safety, staff wellness, medicines, illness, health education and more.
An Informative Guide to Children’s Safety Resources
The goal of this article is to provide a comprehensive children’s medical and safety resource guide. Lots of links!
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Provides information on: the content of the NAEYC’s journal, Young Children; books and videos for practitioners and parents; the NAEYC annual conference; the annual Week of the Young Child; the National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development; and policies to stimulate effective advocacy on behalf of young children.
National Association of Resource and Referral Agencies
The web site of a national non-profit dedicated to providing the most up-to-date and useful information to parents seeking child care, child care professionals, NACCRRA members, and child care advocates.
National Center for Learning Disabilities
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life.
National Child Care Information Center
Sponsored by the US Dept of Health and Human Services. NCCIC has been established to complement, enhance and promote child care linkages and to serve as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families. Activities include the dissemination of child care information in response to requests from States, Territories and Tribes, policymakers, parents, programs, organizations, providers and the public. The web site provides current information on all federal activities related to child care.
National Institute for Early Education Research
The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective, early childhood education for all young children. Such education enhances their physical, cognitive, and social development, and subsequent success in school and later life. The Institute offers independent research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, journalists, researchers, and educators.
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Formerly the School-Age Child Care Project (SACCProject), this site includes a collection of resources on school-age child care provided by the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College.
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
The National Resource Center is located at the University of Colorado Denver in Denver, Colorado, and is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. The NRC's primary mission is to promote health and safety in out-of-home child care settings throughout the nation.
Parents Action for Children: formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation
Provides information about early childhood development and about resources for parents and care-givers, including information on the first three years of a child’s life, brain research, parent questions, lists of books and other resources, and advice from experts.
The Program for Infant Toddler Care
The Program for Infant Toddler Care seeks to ensure that America's infants get a safe, healthy, emotionally secure and intellectually rich start in life. Its three pronged mission is to increase the availability and quality of child care for all children under age three; disseminate information that increases the practice of responsive, respectful and relationship based infant toddler care; and influence national, regional and local policies and practices so that the needs and interests of individual infants, toddlers, and their families are the foundation for all curriculum development and program activity.
Preschool California
Preschool California is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to increase access to high-quality preschool for all of California's children, starting with those who need it most.
San Francisco Early Childhood Information System Project
The San Francisco Early Childhood Information System Project offers practical technology application to help address the challenges facing the early childhood community. We prepare reports about early childhood and we disseminate information through phone, fax and the website.
SHARIN' with SHARRON
Movement, Play and Physical Activity for Children
Society for Research in Child Development - Teaching, Funding and Policy Resources
Soho Center
A non-profit national resource for family child care providers, the web site provides information on quality and training for providers.
U.S. Bureau of the Census
This site offers useful child care data, including information on child care costs and use of various child care arrangements.
ZERO TO THREE
This non-profit fosters a network of people around the country who are concerned about the needs of infants, toddlers, and families. It also functions as an Early Head Start National Resource Center and develops and conducts training for the birth to 3 programs that are part of Head Start. The ZERO TO THREE site describes issues and programs and provides resources, suggestions, and a contact list.
