Professional Hopes and Goals
There is so much information learned from this course and being able to practice it, is a must. Each of us have the potential and influences to make a better environment and experiences for our children and families, is just a matter of getting into action.
One of my goal working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds is to keep working on showing respect and appreciation for who they are and what they can bring into the classroom. Make sure that children feel a sense of belonging in their learning environment as well as representing the families culture within the class and learn from their surface culture as well. Another important goal is also to keep building partnerships with the families and learn from each other.
One goal I would like to set for the early childhood field is for us who either work directly or indirectly with parents and children to take at look at ourselves and reflect on who we really are, what we really want for the children and families and what we want our outcomes to look like. Another goal would be is to learn from our experiences and serve as each others resource outlet.
I want to take the chance to thank everyone that took the time to read my blog and answer with your feed backs, it is very much taken into consideration and appreciated. I hope I see some of you in other future courses.
I agree that this course has provided a lot of information that was learned from this course that is important to share with others. I agree that it is important to show respect and appreciate others especially children and families. I also think it is helpful for individuals to reflect on who they are and to learn from their experiences. I think it is also important for individuals to keep an open mind that others many not share the same experiences with diversity.
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ReplyDeleteI love your goal around each of us learning from our own experiences and serve as each others resource outlet. I feel that this is extremely important as we all have so many different experiences and can learn so much from one another. In my opinion, this is one way to learn about who we are as a person. You also mentioned that you would like to work with children and families from diverse backgrounds and I would say this is a goal for me as well. Although I have many children and families from diverse backgrounds in my programs, there are still a lot more out there that I am not reaching, and I would love to get them in my programs and find out who they are, to have that experience. We tend to get children in our programs from other cultures that we are not familiar with, so I would love to have some type of experiences with other cultures, so I can relate to them and better serve their needs.
I appreciate all of your feedback, posts, and discussions during this class. They were very insightful and I feel as if I learned a lot from you. Best of luck to you during your educational journey and I hope to see you soon!