Getting Ready

I went to NAEYC's page to locate professional contacts around the world. I chose some countries that have had personal connections in my life one way or another. I wanted to see what information they could give me, that might somehow explain the people that I have met from these locations. I was saddened when I instantly received an email back saying that the email address did not exist. I have received four of those emails saying that there is no email in their local network with that address. I still have hope for the other two contacts, that I will hear something within the next week. For those emails that I received rejected letters from, I am going to do some research and try and find alternative email information. My curiosity is not going to stop at a rejected email! So cross your fingers I can get a hold of some people, I really want to make that connection and have the ability to learn directly from another person.

The website that I chose is the National Head Start Association. Head Start is very close to me currently, because I am a Head Start teacher. This website was not my first choice, I did look into others, but this one was more informative to me currently. Our local area of Head Start has been affected by the recent budget cuts. We have had to modify our plan of action on how to get all of these children into our program. We lost 20 slots this past year, and they do not see them coming back any time soon. We currently have 706 children in our program in my area. And there are children that have been on the waiting list for over a year to get into the program. On the first day of school I had roughly 7 parents to and tell me that their children were in my room, because they wanted into the program so bad. It breaks my heart that I cannot accept them, and that education gets hurt with government budget cuts. In reading the monthly newsletter on the National Head Start website, it broke down where the budgets took place, and how they can further affect our students. I am excited to be able to stay up to date on information that the association puts out on their website.