What does it take for a child to succeed in life? Every parent and educator asks this question and tries their best to make sure their child or student has the best start early on. Despite efforts from parents, some children seem to succeed against all odds and others don’t. It warrants the question – why?
Is there something or someone in their environment that is giving something extra or special helping them to succeed? There has been significant research done on the topic and secret lies in the social and emotional foundation that children receive when they are ages 0-5.
It begins by providing educators working with young children with a robust, rich and quality professional development.
Camp Fire has been providing quality professional development for early childhood educators for the past twenty years. We offer a wide range of topics with a heavy focus on social emotional development skills. It all starts with building relationships and connecting with each child in their care. Research has also shown us that the interactions between teacher and student are essential for promoting long term school success across grades.
Children learn best when they feel safe and are loved and accepted for who they are. Camp Fire is known for providing a high quality teacher preparation education for our communities by providing ongoing professional development to help educators learn skills that will prepare them for working effectively with young children. Camp Fire believes in creating spark champions – someone who will nurture and encourage each child with their talents and passions to thrive in life.
Check out this great blog from the 74 million on the importance of training early educators.
Prerna Richards is the Vice President for the council’s Early Childhood Education division at Camp Fire First Texas. Her specialties include child care center development, educational curriculum consulting and professional development management. Prerna holds a Master of Business Administration from Texas Women’s University.
