Relationship Reflection

Partnership and Relationship are important because it the building block when gaining the thrust and support of children and families.

 

My family is the most important support system I have.

 

My sister and father are two people I have form great partnerships and relationships with. My father when I was growing up always forms partnerships and great relationships with my teachers. He made a point to keep the lines of communication open, made his expectation known and asked the same of the teachers. As a parent you know what you are looking for and relationships you want to establish and as a future educator it makes it easy to know what parents will expect of you.

 

I work in the school system in a support roll in the front office. Me and my co. workers have to partnership and establish relationships with parents’ in order to solve problems before they get to the classroom.

 

Some of the challenges to developing and maintaining relationships that I have learned from my experience over time understand needs of children and families and making sure their needs are being met.

 

I think my experience with relationships/partnerships, including my ability to be an active, reflective contributor, impact my work as an effective early childhood professional is to get to know the student and families provide them with best program possible.

 

 

 

Blog Assignment: Time Well Spent

Blog Assignment:  Time Well Spent

My favorite quote is:

“I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dream”.

By: David Vitter, U.S. Senator

This has been a great journey. I began this program thinking that I knew everything it was to know about the early childhood field and this would be just a recap of what I already knew. I found that I did not know what I thought I knew.  I take away from this program knowing there are a lot of other professionals that share the passion for children. I learn the importance of getting pass ones’ own biases and providing children with the best quality care.  Lastly, I learn how important it is to surround yourself with people or the ideal communities of practice that can help you succeed in the early childhood field.

One of my long term goals is to continue my journey and do all I can to make sure children and families receive the best quality of care possible.

To my instructor Dr. Davis and my fellow colleagues it has been a great journey. I have learned so much throughout this program. Many things have happen on this journey, but I have continued to move forward and finally have come to the end. I never thought I would complete this program, but through the encouragement of my family and friends I made it. I wish my colleagues much success and good luck to you all. Feel free to contact at redroom3s@yahoo.com or  http://tonettab.blogspot.com

Tonetta Bogard- Marion

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

Save the Children

This organization goes into countries and meets the needs the children

It not really job opportunity, but it would be great to go into countries and volunteer and work with children.

Academy for Educational Development

They have a commitment to partnership on every level and their multidisciplinary approach enables to have a lasting impact on individuals, communities, and countries they serve.

Job opportunities

It would be great to go into countries and volunteer and work with children who are in need.

I think the skill that I am learning within the Master Program would help me in education of the young children. Other aspects I would work with other volunteers and find what I can do help the children who are in need.

Our commitment to partnerships at every level and our multidisciplinary approach enable us to have lasting impactpact for the individuals, communities and countries we serve

References:

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/

Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

        

        

Academy for Educational Development. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.aed.org/en/index.htm

Blog Assignment: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal

The three national/federal organization that appealed to me is the

National Child Care Association because it promotes the growth and safeguard the interest of quality early childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services.

National Association for the Education of Young Children has a commitment to the rights and interests of all children. In that regard, NAEYC believes that individuals in the early childhood field should be hired, employed, promoted, and if necessary, terminated based solely on their competence and qualifications to perform their designated duties, and not on the basis of their gender, race, color, national origin, religious beliefs, age, marital status/family structure (including same sex unions or domestic partnerships), disability, sexual orientation, or any basis prohibited by law.

The National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (ncrece) focuses on conducting research, disseminating research findings, and carrying out leadership activities aimed at improving the quality of early childhood education across the United States

Job Opportunities that interest me

Being an early childhood educator within our local Head-Start

Educating other professional in the early childhood field

Skills and experience I would need to competently fulfill each of these roles is completing my master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies because my degree is in Business.

Reference:

National Child Care Association. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.nccanet.org/

National Association for the Education of Young Children. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.naeyc.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

The three organizations or communities of practice that appealed to me are the Headstart Program, Hope Village, and the local Department of Human Services.

The HeadStart Program provides a quality program for low-income families. They provide monthly workshop to help families become better parents. They also have a Early Child Care program for low- income families with infant children. The Head Start program also allows the parents to volunteer their time in their child or children class room. Sometimes when the parents volunteer it leads to a full-time position.

Hope Village is shelter that provides housing for families who need assistants. These families who have children in the school system are providing with uniforms and the agency works alone with the school to make sure they have everything they need to function in the class. They also provide a clothes closet for the parents who are going on interviews for jobs.

The Local Department of Human Service also works with the school to make sure no children are neglected. When the school report an incident they work with school administrator to make sure those children receive the help they need.

I currently work in administration within the school system. We only have one pre-k program within our school. I hope that the school system will expand the pre-k program and I get the opportunity to work within the school system. My second option is to work within the Head Start Program when an opening comes available.

Skill and experiences I will need is to complete the master’s program and get a job within the early childhood field where I can take what I have learn and put it to work.

Reflecting on Learning

My passionate hope for my future as an early childhood professional and the children and families who I will work is simple, as I have said in the beginning I want to be the voice for children and families who do not have a voice. It is also my hope to create a program where all the needs of every child and their family will be met.

To my colleagues it has been a pleasure to share with each you throughout this program. I have enjoyed sharing through the discussions and blog assignment. I learned so much throughout this program and from you all. I wish you all luck in the future.  I hope to keep in touch with you all. Good luck again to you all as some of you begin or continue your early childhood education career.

Tonetta Bogard- Marion

Impacts on Early Emotional Development

The area of the world I chose was Eastern and Southern Africa. The reason I chose the Eastern and Southern African is because children in these regions many children living with disabilities are denied their right to education. They are also more likely to drop out of school and have lower learning achievements than other children

The challenges that children in this region of the world are confronting  was a great failure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that it didn’t specify the need to include children with disabilities.

These experiences might have an effect on children’s emotional wellbeing and development by

African countries have failed to fulfill this obligation, and children with disabilities are left out of the education system.

My personal and professional reflection and insights I gained as an early childhood professiona; that it that children with disabilities in other countries as well as in the United States are not receiving the help they need.

Reference:

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bege_62637.html