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NAEYC National Institute Credit and CEUs

National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development

Participants attending the NAEYC 18th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development may earn one or two graduate (CI 810) quarter credits at Portland State University. In order to receive credit, participants must attend two or more full days of the institute (or the equivalent number of institute sessions). At least 10 hours of attendance at the conference sessions is required per quarter credit. You will be responsible for tracking your own hours of attendance and documenting the hours as defined in Assignment #1. To receive credit you must complete the following two assignments:

Assignment #1
Write a critical reflection of each workshop/seminar/keynote attended. For each please:

  1. Include the title of the session, date, time spent in the session (total hours), and presenter information.
  2. Describe the content of the session and how the session impacted your understanding of the topics presented.
  3. Critical reflections must be typed. For each workshop, you should write two to three paragraphs. The final document for Assignment #1 should be two to three pages, depending on the number of sessions attended.

Assignment #2
Write a critical reflection paper synthesizing the information learned at the institute.

  1. Be specific in citing how at least three concepts/techniques introduced at the sessions supported or challenged your previous knowledge or assumptions. You may want to use some of the issues or concepts mentioned in Assignment #1.
  2. Raise questions you have that require further inquiry.
  3. Identify one or more goals that you plan to work toward in your classroom, school, or work setting. Describe how you plan to implement these goals, if possible.
  4. This paper must be typed and should be a minimum of two pages.

If you are enrolled for two quarter credits, note that Assignment #1 covers more workshops and therefore should be four to six pages in length. Assignment #2 should go into more depth on each concept/technique that you encountered at the institute or should cover more concepts/techniques, and therefore should be a minimum of four pages in length.

Due date: July 18, 2009