NSG 102 - Narrative Report Template

ST. ALEXIUS COLLEGE, INC.
Gen. San. Drive, City of Koronadal, South Cotabato, Philippines 09506, Tel.: (083) 228-2019, Fax: (083) 228-4015, Email: st.alexiuscollege@yahoo.com
“Re-imagining Early Childhood Education and

School Readiness for Children and Families of Color
in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond”
High quality and culturally responsive early childhood education and care (ECEC) for
young children before kindergarten is seen to ensure that all children enter school
ready to learn. ECEC is even more crucial in the context of recovery from the
COVID-19 pandemic and the disproportionate burden of trauma and stress borne by
families of color in disinvested neighborhoods. Remote learning and repeated
disruptions to in-person instruction as protocols shifted during waves of the
pandemic placed an extra strain on families and may have increased educational
disparities in the U.S. Taken together, these challenges have implications for
children’s school readiness due to their impact on opportunities for learning at home
and in the classroom. This paper explores how ECEC programs can be
strengthened to better meet children’s needs, and ways in which future research can
shed light on these important issues. School readiness is typically seen as a
multifaceted combination of fundamental abilities, including social-emotional well-
being, executive functioning, learning styles, and cognitive capabilities, that enables
kids to succeed academically and subsequently flourish in the workforce and
beyond. A sizable and substantial body of research shows that children's academic,
social-emotional, and socioeconomic outcomes are positively impacted by having
excellent school preparation abilities prior to entering kindergarten. High-quality
ECEC is particularly critically important in the aftermath of the COVID-19 epidemic
and given the disproportionate trauma and stress that families of color experience in
underdeveloped areas. We must reevaluate what constitutes high-quality ECEC and
consider what adjustments are required to help families of color to guarantee that all
kids are healthy and prepared to learn when they start kindergarten. The
experiences of children from underinvested areas during the COVID-19 crisis are
discussed in this research, along with the implications for ECEC programs that aim
to improve school preparation. After this worldwide epidemic, we want to inspire a
new research agenda for the area.
What I have learned is that we need to understand what types of supports are most
useful to families and educators to best support children’s growth. Ecocultural theory,
which values the contexts in which families live, is an example of a framework that
could be used to better understand the strengths that families have and the ways in
which they want to be supported. Incorporating practices that uplift and value cultural
and linguistic norms within ECEC environments and curricula allows families to have
voice and agency over the care that their children receive. As this work progresses,
we need to ask what the effect of culturally responsive practices on students’
learning and mental health is. As students feel included and participate in learning
that values their culture, language and beliefs, the benefits for learning and mastery
of skills must be monitored and used to dictate future educational policies.
SUBMITTED BY: JOHN JASON C. ENMANUEL BSN1D

SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM MA RONILEA WAJE, RN, MAN, LPT
ST. ALEXIUS COLLEGE, INC.
Gen. San. Drive, City of Koronadal, South Cotabato, Philippines 09506, Tel.: (083) 228-2019, Fax: (083) 228-4015, Email: st.alexiuscollege@yahoo.com
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08901171221140641c
Kerker, B. D., Rojas, N. M., Dawson-McClure, S., & Gonzalez, C. (2023). Re-imagining early childhood education and school readiness for
children and families of color in the time of COVID-19 and beyond. American Journal of Health Promotion, 37(2), 270-273.
SUBMITTED BY: JOHN JASON C. ENMANUEL BSN1D

SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM MA RONILEA WAJE, RN, MAN, LPT

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ST. ALEXIUS COLLEGE, INC.

“Re-imagining Early Childhood Education and

SUBMITTED BY: JOHN JASON C. ENMANUEL BSN1D

SUBMITTED BY: JOHN JASON C. ENMANUEL BSN1D

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