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Assignment: High-Quality Early Childhood Education

As you develop as an early childhood education leader, it is essential that you stay current on the components of high-quality early childhood education concepts and practices so that you can begin to implement them into, and maintain them, in your early childhood education program. Virtual learning environments are an efficient and cost-effective way to be engaged in ongoing learning and development. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, visit the Ashford University Early Childhood Education Virtual Community. After becoming familiar with the website, please visit the 2019 Conference Presentations page, and select one presentation that is of interest to you to view entirely.

After you view the presentation, address the following in a two to three page paper. See the provided exemplar and the Writing Center if you have questions.

Your paper must address the following:

• Explain the main points presented the presentation.

• Describe how this learning is new to you or how it has shaped your existing thinking.

• Create a plan for how you as an early childhood education leader will use this knowledge to design, maintain, and lead an overall high-quality program.

• Locate, share, and summarize an additional two online credible resources that you can use to further support this concept in your high-quality program.

The High-Quality Early Childhood Education Program paper

1. Must be two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center's APA Style

2. Must include a separate title page with the following:

• Title of paper

• Student's name

• Course name and number

• Instructor's name

• Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013.

1. Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.

2. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

• For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions as well as Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.

3. Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text.

• The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

• To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n' Dirty tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

4. Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center's Citing Within Your Paper

5. Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.