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Editorial Calendar

Important Dates

Ad Space Close Date 11/20 Friday Ad Art Due 11/27 Friday Mail Date 1/5 Tuesday

Feature Articles

• Meeting Standards
  Communicating and Monitoring Standards of Quality
• Distance Education
  Online Professional Development
• Assessment
  Evaluating for Change Using ECERS
• Strategic Planning
  Crafting a Mission Statement
• Communication
  Reflections on Professional Terminology
• Staff Training
  Embedded Training
• Professional Growth
  Exploring Reflective Practices
• Language and Literacy
  Family Involvement in Literacy and Numeracy
• Diversity
  Multicultural/Anti-bias Education with Toddlers
• Teacher Education
  Conversations on Early Childhood Teacher Education

Trends

• For Profit Child Care

Beginnings Workshop
Child Sexual Abuse

• Defining Child Sexual Abuse
• Establishing Boundaries Between Staff and Families
• Program Management Systems
• Preventing Abuse
• Responding to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Regular Features

• Public Policy Issues
• Management Challenges
• Training Staff
• Challenging Behavior
• Outdoor Environments
• Healthy Eating
• Favorite Things

Conferences and Special Events
Extra magazine distribution

• Chicago Metro AEYC
  January 29-30, 2010
• Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
  January 21-23, 2010
• Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
  January 25-27, 2010

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March/April 2010
Issue #192

Important Dates

Ad Space Close Date 1/5 Friday Ad Art Due 1/22 Friday Mail Date 3/3 Wednesday

Feature Articles

• Nature Curriculum
  Education for Sustainability of Earth
• Parent Relations
  Addressing Conflicts with Parents
• Staff Relationships
  Creating Positive Work Environments
• Collaboration
  Circumventing Crises though Community Collaborations
• Music Education
  Music in the Classroom
• Child Development
  Understanding Children's Sensory Systems
• Effective Meetings
  Meeting Management
• Childhood
  Celebrating Special Moments in Time
• Staff Recruitment
  Personnel Recruitment Policies - WEB EXTRA
• Budget and Finance
  Financing Program Improvements
• Health and Saftey
  Food Allergies

Trends

• Employer Child Care

Beginnings Workshop
Safety and Risk

• Building a Playground for Risk Taking
• Infant and Toddler Risk Taking
• Impact of a Culture of Fear on Development and Well Being
• Fallacies and Liabilities of Zero Risk

Regular Features

• Public Policy Issues
• Management Challenges
• Training Staff
• Challenging Behavior
• Being Green
• Healthy Eating

Conferences and Special Events
Extra magazine distribution

• National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
  March 9-13, 2010
• California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
  April 8-10, 2010
• National AfterSchool Association (NAA)
  TBA, 2010
• National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers (NCCCC)
  April 7-10, 2010
• National Association of Child Care Professionals (NACCP)
  April 20-23, 2010 in Chicago
• Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
  April 28 - May1, 2010

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May/June 2010
Issue #193

Important Dates

Ad Space Close Date 3/19 Friday Ad Art Due 3/26 Friday Mail Date 5/4 Tuesday

Feature Articles

• Team Building
  Rebuilding Staff Team When a Teacher Leaves
• Social Development
  Creating a Pro-Social Learning Environment
• Language and Literacy
  Document Panels to Record, Reflect, and Relate Preschoolers' Literacy Experiences
• Leadership
  Leadership
• Curriculum
  Greening Preschoolers
• Distance Education
  New Technology Tools and Online Learning
• Assessment
  Conducting Informal Developmental Assessments
• Nature
  Nature and Ecological Identity
• Insurance
  Liability and Staff: The 'Hold Harmless' Option

Trends

• Head Start

Beginnings Workshop
Compassion

• TBD

Regular Features

• Public Policy Issues
• Management Challenges
• Training Staff
• Challenging Behavior
• Outdoor Environments
• Healthy Eating

Conferences and Special Events
Extra magazine distribution

• College and University Work/Family Association (CUFWA)
  TBA, 2010
• National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
  TBA, 2010

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July/August 2010
Issue #194

Important Dates

Ad Space Close Date 5/14 Friday Ad Art Due 5/21 Friday Mail Date 7/2 Friday

Feature Articles

• Observation
  Observation to Really See Children
• Staff Recruitment
  Recruiting Team Players to Achieve Program Goals
• Professional Development
  Prioritizing Staff's Professional Development Needs
• Self-Evaluation
  Measuring Up as a Director
• Strategic Planning
  Fundraising as Community Building
• Health and Safety
  Immunization Update
• Art and Storytelling
  Children's Art as Dynamic Storytelling
• Parent Relations
  What Parents Can Teach Us
• Technology
  Play-Based Instruction in Computer Technology for Teachers and Parents
• Budget and Finance
  Financing Program Improvements

Trends

• Largest Non Profit Centers

Beginnings Workshop
Rules and Routines

• How do we get staff to buy in to change?
• Are we doing things because we've always done them?
• Safety and risk issues
• Transitions, naptime, circle time
• Are rules for adults or for children?

Regular Features

• Public Policy Issues
• Management Challenges
• Training Staff
• Challenging Behavior
• Being Green
• Healthy Eating

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September/October 2010
Issue #195

Important Dates

Ad Art Due 7/23 Friday Mail Date 9/3 Friday

Feature Articles

• Staffing
  Trends in Staffing: Generation Y Workers
• Community Building
  Lessons Learned from Small Communities
• Marketing
  Marketing Your Program
• Domestic Violence
  Fostering Resilience in Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
• Parent Relations
  Addressing Parent Concerns about Development
• Classroom Experiences
  Children's Experiences in the Classroom
• Marketing
  Web Site Design - WEB EXTRA
• Technology
  Technology for Living/Learning
• Child Development
  Spirituality and Young Children
• Brain Development
  Brain Research on Readiness

Trends

• Global Well Being of Children

Beginnings Workshop
Tools

• TBD

Regular Features

• Public Policy Issues
• Management Challenges
• Training Staff
• Challenging Behavior
• Outdoor Environments
• Healthy Eating

Conferences and Special Events
Extra magazine distribution

• National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA)
  TBA, 2010
• National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
  TBA, 2010

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November/December 2010
Issue #196

Important Dates

Ad Space Close Date 9/17 Friday Ad Art Due 9/24 Friday Mail Date 10/27 Wednesday

Feature Articles

• Staff Development
  Supporting Teachers Educational Opportunities within the Classroom
• Health and Safety
  How to Handle an Illness Outbreak
• Language and Literacy
  Preschoolers' Journaling and Literacy
• Environments
  Designing Early Childhood Environments to Facilitate Observation
• Curriculum
  Using Food as a Play Material
• Technology
  Technology
• Early Intervention
  Referring Children for Early Intervention Services
• Observation
  Observation to Really See Children
• Brain Research
  Current Thinking on Brain Development
• Technology
  Technology to Save Money

  Trends

  • Oldest Centers

  
  Beginnings Workshop
  Temperament

  • Teacher and Child
  • Parent and Child
  • Parent and Teacher

  Regular Features

  • Public Policy Issues
  • Management Challenges
  • Training Staff
  • Challenging Behavior
  • Being Green
  • Healthy Eating

  Conferences and Special Events
  Extra magazine distribution

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
    November 3-6, 2010

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  January/February 2011
  Issue #197

  Important Dates

  Ad Space Close Date 11/12 Friday Ad Art Due 11/19 Friday Mail Date 1/5 Wednesday

  
  Feature Articles

  • Recruitment
    Recruitment Advertising
  • Delegation
    Daring to Delegate
  • Domestic Violence
    Strategies to Help Families of Domestic Violence
  • Behavior
    Addressing Children's Challenging Behavior
  • Health and Fitness
    Fitness Education for Physical and Mental Well-Being
  • Environments
    Designing Outdoor Play Spaces
  • Curriculum
    Moving from Theme-Based to Emergent Curriculum
  • Technology
    Technology
  • Professional Development
    Valuing an ECE Degree

  Trends

  • For Profit Child Care

  
  Beginnings Workshop
  Water

  • TBD

  Regular Features

  • Public Policy Issues
  • Management Challenges
  • Training Staff
  • Challenging Behavior
  • Environments
  • Healthy Eating

  Conferences and Special Events
  Extra magazine distribution

  • Chicago Metro AEYC
    January 29-30, 2011
  • Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
    January 21-23, 2011
  • Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
    January 25-27, 2011

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