Professional Hopes and Goals
By
Anita L. Coles
One hope that I have when I think about
working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds is to
teach the children with compassion and eagerness using techniques in which the
children are accustom; Not only having the desire to teach but to also learn from
the families; Modeling self -respect and self-worth.; and last but certainly
not least, building positive parent/teacher relationships.
One goal I would like to set for the
early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social
justice to design a nationwide adopted model on techniques of working with
families of diverse backgrounds. This particular model would provide techniques
concerning methods on welcoming and respecting diverse families minus making
the families feel as if they are on display because of their differences. By
using this particular model, we as teachers/educators; students; parents of
student; communities; political figures, and individuals throughout the world shall
learn and understand the importance of equality and justice is for all mankind
and not just for a selective few (Derman-Sparks & Olsen Edwards, 2010,
p. 56).
In other words, I would like one day in
the very near future, to help design a plan that will recognize and acknowledge
our differences without the general feelings of comfortableness and awkwardness
while doing so.
Thank-you
All
I would like to take this time out to
thank each and every one of my colleagues. I may not have gotten around to responding
to everyone’s’ discussion posts and or blogs but I did read them and each one
did inspire me…thank-you all very much, I hope that I was able to have done the
same.
I wish you all the best in your
continuing journey of teaching and learning -–again thank-you!!
Reference
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen Edwards,
J. (2010). Anti-bias
Education for young children and ourselves: National
Association for the Education of Young Children.
Washington DC.
Anita,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, early childhood educators need to understand the importance of the wealth of information that is learned from families that enable programs to provide classrooms that are more equitable. Relationships with children and families come together to create anti-bias learning communities. Thank you for an inspiring eight weeks!
Ooh! I like the idea of having a nationwide model for working with diverse families. That seems like something you could develop for a doctorate program! It could have tiers of steps and interventions for working with families of different nationalities and backgrounds. It was great working with you in this course. Good luck in the future!
ReplyDeleteAnita,
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! I really think we have an opportunity to help families see how important they are to the children, community and country. I have really enjoyed your postings and blogs. I have learned so much from your ideas and experiences that you shared.
Leslie Porter
Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteI love your hopes and plans. Teaching children about citizenship skills is just as important as academics. Thank you for sharing with us your insights throughout the course!
-Dina.