Saturday, December 24, 2011
Week 8 Thank you
I would like to thank all of my colleagues for their helpful discussion posts and blogs. I utilized the information and I will take what I have learned and apply it throughout this field and life. We shared personal and professional insights and information and I am thankful for being a part of this Walden family. This course, resources, professor, and colleagues were very helpful. I wish everyone much success in life and throughout your educational journey. The sky is the limit. Thanks everyone and I hope to share another course with each of you.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Week 7 Blog Assignment
The three ideals that are meaningful to me are:
1. to recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child. This is very important for children. To help the children understand their own qualities, potentials, and potential. Let them know that they can do whatever they want, in life, if it's beneficial and positive. We must also recognize their weaknesses so we can help them improve them. We have to provide productive strategies to assist them in maintaining their education.
2. To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions. The children have to feel loved and safe. We have to provide an environment that promotes this feeling for the children. There are a lot of educators that do it for the money, therefore they may not provide this type of atmosphere for the children. Some children are not aware of their emotions and may not know how to communicate. We, as educators, must help them build on their social skills. Helping them maintain good nutrition will assist with their physical development.
3. We shall make every effort to communicate effectively with all families in a language that they understand. We shall use community resources for translation and interpretation when we do not have sufficient resources in our own programs. Being able to communicate with families from different cultures doesn't seem important to some school officials. We have to provide the resources to the families to assist them in understanding their child or children academic success. The parents must be able to understand what is going on with their children and with the school. This means spending more time with diverse families, via phone, in person, or by Internet. Whatever is helpful for these families we must provide. No one should feel embarrassed or ashamed because they are afraid to ask the educators questions, because they don't understand something that is told to them. This is a big issue and with the right resources and ideas a strategy can be implemented to resolve this issue.
We must provide the highest quality of service and keep up a good reputation for the program, by following all program policies and by not violating laws or regulations.
1. to recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child. This is very important for children. To help the children understand their own qualities, potentials, and potential. Let them know that they can do whatever they want, in life, if it's beneficial and positive. We must also recognize their weaknesses so we can help them improve them. We have to provide productive strategies to assist them in maintaining their education.
2. To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions. The children have to feel loved and safe. We have to provide an environment that promotes this feeling for the children. There are a lot of educators that do it for the money, therefore they may not provide this type of atmosphere for the children. Some children are not aware of their emotions and may not know how to communicate. We, as educators, must help them build on their social skills. Helping them maintain good nutrition will assist with their physical development.
3. We shall make every effort to communicate effectively with all families in a language that they understand. We shall use community resources for translation and interpretation when we do not have sufficient resources in our own programs. Being able to communicate with families from different cultures doesn't seem important to some school officials. We have to provide the resources to the families to assist them in understanding their child or children academic success. The parents must be able to understand what is going on with their children and with the school. This means spending more time with diverse families, via phone, in person, or by Internet. Whatever is helpful for these families we must provide. No one should feel embarrassed or ashamed because they are afraid to ask the educators questions, because they don't understand something that is told to them. This is a big issue and with the right resources and ideas a strategy can be implemented to resolve this issue.
We must provide the highest quality of service and keep up a good reputation for the program, by following all program policies and by not violating laws or regulations.
Monday, November 14, 2011
My Favorite Childhood Book
"The Little Engine That Could" is one of my favorite childhood books. It is about a train with a small engine that chanted the words "I think I can" over and over to get over a hill. The train with the larger engines gave up, but the little engine train was persistent. It didn't give up and it accomplished its goal. The story is similiar to my early childhood life. I got preganant when I was 15, had my daughter when I turned 16. Some of my family and so called friends said I wouldn't finish school, because I had a baby. It was challenging and I started believing them, at times. I often asked myself "what am I going to do?" I went to school everyday, even when I felt sick. I came home and did my homework and chores. After I finished, I fed and bathed my daughter. I didn't have time to go outside and do things that teenage children did, because I had to take care of my child. My mother didn't babysit, so I would take my daughter to school with me. During that time, they had a school for pregnant teens that allowed them to bring their kids with them and during class breaks you were given the chance to go check on your child. It was a good program. I did everything I could to prove to myself that I could do whatever I put my mind to. I never gave up. When I graduated from high school, my daughter was going on two years old. I walked down that aisle and up on that stage, to get my diploma, and all I could think about was my precious little girl. I could see her in the balcony, reaching for her mom and smiling. It was a wonderful day for me and my child. I did it and I never gave up and I am continuing to strive. I am now the only undergraduate and soon to be graduate in my immediate family. I always remember to strive for my goals and never let disencouraging words or people get in your way. I did it and so can others.
Monday, November 7, 2011
LaWanda's Journey: Improvement
LaWanda's Journey: Improvement: We are in a world where there is always room for improvement. There are several things that I feel need improvement such as: the economy and...
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Improvement
We are in a world where there is always room for improvement. There are several things that I feel need improvement such as: the economy and school system, just to name a few. I believe that offering more jobs, with benefits and reasonable pay, will help the economy. The school system needs to evaluate and screen the teachers better, before they place them in a classroom setting with the children. There are too many teachers that are teaching children for all the wrong reasons. Tell me what you think needs improvement in the world, today.
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