Saturday, December 26, 2020

Reflecting on Learning

 








Over the past year or so the passion that I have in relation to my future in early childhood profession with children and their families that I will be working with is to establish and build as solid as possible foundation between everyone involved in my students developmental learning. I think that developing relationship will provide needed information on my students and their families that will enable me to incorporate their cultures, languages and strengths into our curriculum where they can see themselves and others with respect, empathy, an understanding of each other's lifestyles. While I am aware that there will be challenges along the way my plan is to reach out to colleagues and those in my professional circle to ensure that I remain open-minded and unbiased in my daily approach to reaching and teaching the children in my community.  

I genuinely appreciate everyone in my EDUC 6358 course for sharing their personal and professional experiences over the years that have influenced their relationships with families. You all are an exceptional group of professional that I have sincerely enjoyed learning from. I wish everyone the best in all of your future endeavors.   


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3 comments:

Brittany Pyle said...

Hi Violanda-
You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT --- " I think that developing relationship will provide needed information on my students and their families that will enable me to incorporate their cultures, languages and strengths into our curriculum where they can see themselves and others with respect, empathy, an understanding of each other's lifestyles." The most important thing to do is to establish the same respect and acceptance with your classroom families as you expect them to give you. By building those relationships your interactions will become more positive and you will become more of a team. Although there will always be at least one of "those parents" in your room, its important to not get discouraged, and remember that you are a team, and even if your opinions differ, their opinion IS important and should still be respected. Sometimes you will have to agree to disagree, especially if unfortunately the situation deals with a prior bias or prejudice that goes against everything we have been taught and learned in our Anti-bias education, but continue to show both your students and parents respect and empathy. As you mentioned though; use your resources--- your colleagues, coworkers, and superiors are there to help you as well. I know that you have mentioned that you aren't currently working in education yet, but I can tell that you will be amazing, for first of all taking the time to complete this journey, but just by your strength, honesty, and encouragement to all of us. Good luck in all you do once you get started!! ----Brittany

Anonymous said...

Violanda,
Thank you for sharing such beautiful quotes. You show me each week how passionate you are about working with not only the children of early childhood education but the families as well. You show that you care, and that is exactly what children need at this plastic stage of their life. I have appreciated the opportunity to get to know you throughout this course, and other courses as well. You are an amazing educator, and I wish you the best of luck in everything that you do in the future.
-Heather

Anthony Harris-Muhammed said...

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Personal Childhood Web

I have such a long list of people who have made a great impact on my life as a child. My mother is 1 of 10 children and my father is 1 of 12. However, the five people I must name are my mom, my father, my granny, my little brother Kelvin and my English teacher Mrs. Wells. For my mothers' family I am the oldest grandchild. That is a interesting role to have. Everyone looks to you for your first everything. Everyone wants to show you so much and it has all been useful at some point in my life. My aunts and uncles on both sides taught me a great deal. If I were to sum it up I would say that it equated to love and happiness. I was given so much love and support and as I got older I got better with being able to demonstrate the same love and support. My happiness was genuinely their happiness. From cooking to fishing to picking cotton I got to experience the things I encountered in my life by my choice.
My granny was and is my nurse, my ear, my box of all things good.
My brother was my first responsibility and confidant. I value the bond that was created between he and I.
I can say that every teacher that I had growing up had a positive impact on my life as well. My English teacher Mrs. Wells more so as she had been around to teach a few of my aunts and uncles. From the moment she discovered who my family was it became an automatic expectation of hers that I set an example with the others around me in how to speak and carry oneself. This is still something I feel I carry with me today.