Little Egypt of Illinois AEYC conference

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Little Egypt of Illinois AEYC conference at
Shawnee Community College
Journey to Excellence A Journey that Never Ends
Why Daycare?
Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
Josh Gary Zack Arlene Brennan
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Why Daycare?
To meet societal needs
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• What are the social roots of daycare?
• What is the developmental history of daycare?
• What needs does daycare meet?
• What are the societal missions of daycare?
• What are the societal needs of daycare for the
  New Millennium?

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• The Roots of Daycare

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Historically, there have been 2 roots
Childcare for poor and working parents
and Providing educational advantage to
children of the economically advantaged.
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How have the roots grown?
What is the developmental history of daycare?
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• 1762 Philosopher Jean-Jacques Roussueau states
  that a child's mode of thinking is different than
  an adult and they learn though hands-on
  experience.
• 1801 Johann Pestalozzi established what is
  considered to the first school to teach preschool
  age children.
• 1837 Children's Garden (Kindergarten) started in
  Germany by Friedrich Froebel.
• 1854 The Nursery School for Children of Poor
  Women was opened in cooperation with Children's
  Hospital of New York City.

 
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• 1873 First public school kindergarten started in
  St. Louis.
• 1898 Hull House, a settlement house for
  immigrants, establishes a day nursery.
• 1907 Maria Montesorri opens the Children's House
  in Rome.
• 1926 National Association for the Education of
  Young Children is founded. Now over 100,000
  members and 400 affiliates.

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•  1964 Head Start is funded by the Economic
  Opportunities Act.
• 1969 The first Kindercare center is opened.
• 1982 National Association for Family Day Care is
  founded.
• 1985 San Francisco becomes the first large city
  to require developers to set aside space of funds
  for child care space.

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• 1985 National Academy of Early Childhood Programs
  is established by NAEYC for voluntary
  accreditation of center based programs.
• 1988 The U.S. Department of Education establishes
  Even Start, a parent education/literacy program.
• 1990 Child Care and Development Grant CCDBG
  PL101-508is enacted.
• 1996 The Stand for Children Campaign begins.
  Initiated by the Children's Defense Fund.

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1900 20 of women in the workforce, but under
social pressure to remain at home.   1930
depression era. 23.6 of women in the workforce.
Whoever can work, does. Daycare is to provide
basic necessities of food and clothing for the
most needy and place of safety for working
poor.   1940 WWII. 25.8 of women in workforce.
Women required to work for the war effort.
Daycare provides place of safety and development
for mothers working on the war effort.  
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1950 more than 35.7 of women are in the
workforce. Child care is viewed as harmful to
children yet nursery schools used by the affluent
is viewed as providing positive enrichment   1965
40 of women are in the workforce. Head Start
programs begin as an anti-poverty program.
  1975 46.3 of women are in the
workforce.   1985 52.9 of women are in the
workforce.   1997 59.8 of women are in the
workforce.
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What needs does daycare meet?
Yeah What does daycare do for me?
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Shelter
Food / Nutrition
Basic care
Supervision
Education
Societal Missions
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Societal Missions
1920s 1930s Poverty social support
1940s The war effort
1950s present Social advantage
1960s 1970s Social/Racial Integration
1980s 1990s Integration of children
with special needs
2000 ???
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The Next Challenge
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Social Integration on a Global Scale
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How do others prepare for the global community?
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Preparing children for the global community
Race a class or kind of people unified by
community of interests, habits or
characteristics Culture the customary beliefs,
social forms, and material traits of a racial,
religious or social group Language the words,
their pronunciation, and the methods of combining
them, used and understood by a community Lifestyl
e the typical way of life of an individual,
group or culture
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