One goal that I have for myself is to have better communication with families from diverse backgrounds. In a district where is there is not alot of diversity, it is easy to become set in your ways of dealing with young children and their families. I have always struggled with the way I speak to people. I often say what is on my mind and depending on the type of person they may be offended or thankful for my honesty. As I have grown in my past three years of teaching, my goal is to keep growing, not loose my vision and become a better communicator. I am an early childhood educator because I want to educate and help young children and their families.
My goal for the early childhood field is a local one. I would want the EC community where I work to better address the diversity that we do encounter. This a small step of printing notices in multiple languages, having ELL staff and translators for conferences are just the details but so important to addressing diversity.
I would like to thank all my colleagues this semester for their insight and contributions to the learning community. Many of you have different perspectives and I am appreciative because your perspectives have helped me to grow as an educator. Good luck and God Bless to all on their journey!
-Alyssa Glenn
Alyssa,
ReplyDeleteIt's more important that you are recognizing an area that you feel need to be improved. I've found that if we can recognize our flaws and then move to correct them in the concern of others, that makes us a much better person. Thank you so much for sharing your own personal views of yourself.
Brenda
Alyssa-
ReplyDeleteI can relate to you when you state that you have always stated what is on your mind and you have offended people in the past. I as well have had to learn to "think before I speak". This class has opened my eyes up even more to the sensitivity that is necessary when communicating with families of diversity. It is easy to make a snap judgement about someone's life opposed to taking the time to truly listen to their desires and needs. I believe I will be able to better communicate in the future as well.
I really enjoyed reading your post and I love how you realize your flaws and working on your change. That says a lot about you as a person. I think making a local change will encourage the bigger change. It is great to impact those that are closer and the teachings can spread. I want to thank you for all your personal stories and wonderful knowledge during this course.
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