What I hope for the future of my professional teaching career, is that I continue to strive and build those positive relationship with my families. To continue to think outside the box and create an safe environment that all families feels welcome. I am also going to incorporate things that I have learned and found interesting during this course, like for example the (persona dolls) that Eric Hoffman introduced me too. That really stuck out for me. The importance of teaching similarities as well as the differences by using dolls (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Another thing that I have enjoyed is introducing things that I have learned to other teachers that I work with.
I also by watching the media clips Leslie Cheung introduced me to the term "cross culture" and also gave me so good ideas on how to bring her families together by using food to promote inclusion and diversity (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). I also learned from Jan Keyser that it essential that the early childhood professional focus on children's strengths rather than deficits (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). This opened my eyes to how I create goals for my children as well as how I do assessments as well as my lesson plans.
To thank you for all of the guidance, encouragement and ideas that you guys has given me. Like always it's been a pleasure, for those who journey is coming to a close with Walden University, we have one more class to go!💃😁 Have a wonderful rest of the week and see you guys in a few days.
References
Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Strategies for working with diverse children: Building on children's strengths. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Strategies for working with diverse children: Learning about fairness: culture, language, and economic class. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Hi Takeisha,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on your opinion to strive and build positive relationship with families. That is actually one of the main practices that will help an educator to become a resourceful anti-bias educator. It is very interesting to learn about families and children to further understand diversity issues they bring along with them to the early childhood setting.
Thanks for your blog posts during this period of learning. Hope to collaborate with you more in the future.
Hello Takeisha, your hopes for the future are so much like mine, making and sustaining those positive and healthy connections with the families I serve. I also asked to put Persona Dolls on our purchase list. I had to write a paper on why I requested them and how I would used them in our curriculum. You mentioned some of great strategies that we have learned and that will be put to use. I especially want to thank you for helping me. The old saying two heads are better than one is so true. I will be looking forward to finishing up this last class and going out to celebrate with you.
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ReplyDeleteIt is definitely a journey establishing an anti-bias learning environment for the students in our care (Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards, 2010). I’m excited to hear that you have been able to work with a few of your colleagues because this is not a job that can be done alone. More teachers mean more self-reflection taking place within an organization, more self-reflection means that we can begin to acknowledge differences and find ways to accept and incorporate them into the curriculum.
Reference
Derman-Sparks, L., & Julie Olsen Edwards. (2010). Anti-bias education: for young children and ourselves. National Association for The Education of Young Children.
Hi Takeisha, it has been a pleasure learning and growing with you. Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts about anti-bias education. I too really enjoyed learning about the persona dolls and different ways of incorporating students' families into the classroom environment. Focusing on a child's strength is what helped calm down both my own and the child's frustration while working on a worksheet earlier last week. I look forward to continuing working and learning with you in this program!
ReplyDeleteTakeisha, thank you for your words of encouragement and your ongoing conversation during the duration of this course. I can really see that you have a heart for anti-bias education and making sure that students feel safe, valued, and loved. I appreciated how you reflected on some of the work that we completed over this course. I think I will also hold a lot of what we did very closely and look for ways to apply my learning. Best wishes!
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