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The booklet Diversity and Social Inclusion - Exploring Competences for Professional Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care booklet is a result of the ISSA and DECET (Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training network) Working Group on Professionalism with the support from Bernard van Leer Foundation. It was created to highlight the need for the professional Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) communities to recognize, respect and embrace diversity and equality as part of their ECEC professional engagement.

Based on interviews with more than 120 ECEC professionals from  Belgium (Flemish Community), France, Ireland, Serbia, Mexico, Morocco, The Netherlands, Scotland and England,  fundamental and essential competences for ECEC providers in addressing diversity and equality issues were defined as well as five specific competences. It includes quotes from practice which are inspiring and which are showing that those working in ECEC  have an openness to grow and learn with the children and families in their services. These competences challenge the profession to explore personal and collective values and holistically embrace diversity and social inclusion. The booklet can also be used as a training tool.

Professional Development Tool - a tool for gathering examples on ISSA quality principles is a tool used for identifying and documenting examples of good practice in teachers' practice (peer observation, etc.) on specific ISSA quality principles and indicators. Teachers use these examples for reflective discussion for developing common understanding. The tool can be used in professional learning communities or in the mentoring process. 

My Reflective Diary: ISSA Pedagogical Principles is developed around the ISSA Principles of Quality Pedagogy. It can be used to document professionals on-going changing understandings of different principles as they work together in learning communities to go deeper into the concepts presented.

Study on the implementation of ISSA's Pedagogical Standards (2001-2008) was developed to evaluate the impact of the work done by ISSA members in 27 countries on quality assurance and improvement. The study examines the role of the ISSA Pedagogical Standards (2003) as they were implemented through certification, mentoring, training and as part of broader initiatives for improving quality of preschool and primary school care and education. The results of the study showcase how the ISSA Standards influenced changes on different levels : individual teacher practice, level of educational institutions, community culture, and national policy. The study also includes case studies, best practices and lessons learned across the ISSA network.

The outcomes are documented in terms of how the standards influenced three levels of implementation: individual teacher practice, educational systems and school and community culture, and national policy. The final results of the study:

Competent Educators of the 21st Century: Principles of Quality Pedagogy is a policy document that defines quality teaching practices when working with children from 3 to 10 years old, and their families, to better support the child's holistic development and well-being.

After a brief description on how these principles came to pass and to whom they apply, the resource clarifies 7 Focus Areas of Quality that form the framework. Thereafter, 20 specific principles are being explained, followed with no less than 85 indicators on how and where to apply the principles in Early Childhood Education and Care daily practices.
 

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Russian

Competent Educators of the 21st Century: Principles of Quality Pedagogy is a policy document that defines quality teaching practices when working with children from 3 to 10 years old, and their families, to better support the child's development and well-being.  

This resource contains:

• A brief history of the development of the Principles, including references to the international documents on which they are built
• Explanations of the values the Principles represent for ISSA and its member NGOs
• Short suggestions for how they can be used and by whom
• Brief descriptions of each of the 7 Focus Areas that provide the framework for the Principles of Quality Pedagogy
• A list of the 20 Principles and the 85 Indicators that describe how to apply these Principles.

In addition to the to the four full PDF versions, ISSA has translated the Quality Principles into two Romani dialects: Vlaxicko and Rumungricko. Download the printable leaflet versions by clicking on the images below. 

Vlaxicko                                               Rumungricko

The Principles are accompanied by an enabling Quality Resource Pack that is meant to help unpack and translate the principles into practice. The Quality Resource Pack is available only to licensed ISSA members. For more information, contact us.

Arielle is given a little coconut plant as a present. She plants the tree, watches it grow, bloom flowers and finally produces coconuts. A hurricane does major damage to many of the neighborhood plants including uprooting the coconut tree. The cycle of life goes on when two small coconuts are found and are planted, giving rise to two new plants.

Written by Ghyslaine Rochelin (Haiti)Illustrated by Olivier Bertoni (Haiti)

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Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 8.25 in. - 32 pages - paperback
Copyright 2010

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Early Learning and Development Standards for Children from Birth to 7 (ELDS) and Early Childhood Development Teacher Standards are coupled to reinforce a holistic approach to child learning and development through child-centered practices. The ELDS, along with traditionally addressed physical and cognitive domains, bring into the foreground the socio-emotional domain, language and communication, as well as attitudes towards learning. All five domains are interrelated and each domain is explicated through standards and indicators.

The document is structured around 4 developmental periods - 0-18 , 19- 36, 37-60, and 61-84 months. The indicators are specific to the age of children and are hierarchically organized depending on their complexity. For each indicator there are suggested relevant activities and learning contexts that adults can use to support the achievement of the expectations formulated by standards. The documents states that the indicators should NOT be considered an exhaustive list of steps to be followed by exactly and in the same way/at the same rate by every child, it is NOT to be used as an evaluation document either with children or teachers.

The publication, Early Childhood Development and Education in emergencies: country profiles from the CEE/CIS region presents the existing emergency preparedness resources and plans for protecting children’s rights and meeting their needs in five countries in the CEE/CIS region (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Tajikistan). It was created under the partnership project between UNICEF, ECARO and ISSA in 2009 with the purpose of showcasing an overview of the emergency context in the five countries, highlighting common issues which need to be addressed as countries further develop their emergency response and plans to ensure that young children are protected and their needs as well as needs of their families are met. 

The Handbook of Early Childhood Development (ECD) Experiences, Innovations, and Lessons from CEE/CIS comprises of successful cases of early childhood development investments and public/private partnership in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS region). The handbook serves as a source of inspiration in considering ways of improving and expanding integrated ECD services, both in the CEE/CIS region and beyond. The Handbook was launched at the ECD Policy Roundtable: Investing in Early Childhood: The Most Effective Use of a Nation's Resources, hosted by the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research, and Innovation, UNICEF and ISSA in October 2009 in Bucharest, Romania. 

Best friends are separated from one another when one moves to another country. They call, write letters, think about each other, remember each other's favorite food and plan one day to visit. Can their friendship survive and how? 

Written by Laura Liliom (Hungary)Illustrated by Lilit Vagharshyan (Armenia)

Price: € 11,45

Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 10.5 in. - 32 pages - paperback

Copyright 2007

SKU: 10001121

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ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit includes an Activity Book and 4 of the Reading Corner children’s books, chosen for age appropriateness.  The different kits are for the following ages:

2-3 years                                
4-5 years                     
6-8 years      

Suggested activities include ways of promoting early literacy, such as discussion of the cover, text, and illustrations, drawing, making books and collections, connecting actions and situations described in the books to real-life situations and the child’s own experiences, etc. The Activity Kits also include ideas for stimulating the development of the child’s observation and communication skills, connection with the local community, physical development, acquisition of math concepts, and more. Examples of some of the activities are: how can I do things together with others, shadow plays, whispering games, sorting – smallest to biggest, making dolls and puppets, money to earn, money to spend, and many others.

Each activity kit includes the following:

• Adult Manual: Opening Magic Doors: Reading and Learning Together with Children for different age group
• Four Children’s Story Books 
• A bookmark for children

The Activity Kits are currently available in the following languages:

All profits from the sale of these activity kits are used to further
ISSA’s mission, including making high quality learning materials
available to disadvantaged children and their families.

ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit includes an Activity Book and 4 of the Reading Corner children’s books, chosen for age appropriateness.  The different kits are for the following ages:

2-3 years                                
4-5 years                              
6-8 years      

Suggested activities include ways of promoting early literacy, such as discussion of the cover, text, and illustrations, drawing, making books and collections, connecting actions and situations described in the books to real-life situations and the child’s own experiences, etc. The Activity Kits also include ideas for stimulating the development of the child’s observation and communication skills, connection with the local community, physical development, acquisition of math concepts, and more. Examples of some of the activities are: how can I do things together with others, shadow plays, whispering games, sorting – smallest to biggest, making dolls and puppets, money to earn, money to spend, and many others.

Each activity kit includes the following:

• Adult Manual: Opening Magic Doors: Reading and Learning Together with Children for different age group
• Four Children’s Story Books 
• A bookmark for children

The Activity Kits are currently available in the following languages:

All profits from the sale of these activity kits are used to further
ISSA’s mission, including making high quality learning materials
available to disadvantaged children and their families.

ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit includes an Activity Book and 4 of the Reading Corner children’s books, chosen for age appropriateness.  The different kits are for the following ages:

2-3 years                                
4-5 years                              
6-8 years      

Suggested activities include ways of promoting early literacy, such as discussion of the cover, text, and illustrations, drawing, making books and collections, connecting actions and situations described in the books to real-life situations and the child’s own experiences, etc. The Activity Kits also include ideas for stimulating the development of the child’s observation and communication skills, connection with the local community, physical development, acquisition of math concepts, and more. Examples of some of the activities are: how can I do things together with others, shadow plays, whispering games, sorting – smallest to biggest, making dolls and puppets, money to earn, money to spend, and many others.

Each activity kit includes the following:

• Adult Manual: Opening Magic Doors: Reading and Learning Together with Children for different age group
• Four Children’s Story Books 
• A bookmark for children

The Activity Kits are currently available in the following languages:

All profits from the sale of these activity kits are used to further
ISSA’s mission, including making high quality learning materials
available to disadvantaged children and their families.