My most passionate hope for my future as an early childhood professional and the children and families that I touch daily is that I become more “in
tune” with the children and families with whom I work. I want to embrace and celebrate our
differences. Derman-Sparks & Edwards (2010), states that
in order to form a caring, learning community where all children can learn and
thrive means forging a working partnership based on what families wish for
their child and what you believe is important for children (pg. 39). It is imperative as an early childhood
professional; I respect what the parents’ desire for their children, and put my
personal beliefs and philosophies aside.
I must have a common goal with parents to ensure that their child’s
identity and anti-biased attitude is developed.
It is important to approach differences in perspectives as opportunities
to build partnerships with our families (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010).
To my colleagues, I have learned so much from each and every one of you! I appreciate your honesty, feedback, and opinions and I hope I have been helpful to you as well. I hope for nothing but the best in your future endeavors. We're almost there at the finish line and we have children waiting for us!
Good luck!
References
Derman-Sparks, L. &
Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and
ourselves. Washington, DC: National
Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
Hi Theresa, I was touched by the special words of appreciation and thanks you left on my blog. I would love nothing more than to meet up with you one day.
ReplyDeleteYour goals are achievable and well formulated. Forging partnerships based on respect for the families culture is so important. I think setting one's own philosophies aside will take a huge amount of self discipline and effort ... as it will mean letting go of one's own security blanket - all that one is familiar and comfortable with! I feel the learning we have gained throughout our program has set us up for success by giving us the right tools to cope.
Thanks again for always being so wonderfully supportive, as well as helping to clarify my thinking through your posts both here and our online discussions.
P.S. Do you by any miracle know when our graduation will be taking place ... I can't seem to find that information anywhere. I seem to recall someone posting that it will be sometime in Jan. There is a very slight chance that I may be able to make it after all. If I don't hear from you, I'll assume you don't know, however, if you do know ... would you mind popping me another note on my blog please.
Thanks a million Theresa! I got your message. I will have a look to see if I can make a plan. I would love, love to meet you face to face.
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Thank you for sharing all your experience and knowledge with us at Walden Edu. I have enjoyed reading your discussion, blogs, and respond to every assignment. You have been an encouragement, inspiration, and a benefit to this course. I wish you all the luck and to continual on this journey to inspire children and families to thrive to work and learn in a diversity world. Thank you again and great working with you and good luck.
ReplyDeleteI’m sure you will be a continue being a great teacher for the children that come through your doors-you seem like a very devoted person to everyone you meet. Your right we must put aside our differences in order to do wht is best for the children. I have enjoyed learning from you during class and wish you the best and many more professional and personal successes.
ReplyDeleteWe do need to learn to be "in tune" with our children and the families we will be serving. Daily, we need to celebrate what we have to offer each other. I wish you well in the future and I will see you in the last class we need before we go out into the world and change it.
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