PROFESSIONAL HOPES AND GOALS

One hope that you have when you think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds:

The one hope that I have is that I will be able to meet the need of the children and their families. With that being said I will try and succeed in helping the children to grow and share their culture with the other children to give them a chance to learn something new.

One goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice:What I would like to see and the goal I would want is for children and adults to appreciate people differences. I would do my best to teach the children how to handle all the diversity they will see and how to deal with it. Everyone has the right to be themselves and we should help children to understand that we are alike is some ways but it is our culture that makes us.

To all my colleagues:  I would like to say a thank you to all of my colleagues who I learn so much with. I especially say a special thanks to Dr. Horton who taught us all these new things so we could grow in knowledge.  I wish you all luck in your future classes and if you are done good luck in your chosen field.

 

 

 

 

 

Welcoming Families From Around the World

Before I welcome the family from the country of El Salvador I plan to support their culture show them how wonderful it can be here in the United States and my classroom.  I would find out some information about El Salvador about how they lived there.

1. Encouraging a clear line of communication will free the families of any misunderstandings that may develop. In the classroom we are all connected and we need to make sure that we can discuss anything that needs to be addressed.

2. Providing significance learning experiences will support the curriculum or learning program. This will help the family to develop a way of learning and give them the chance of learning a new culture.  They must be able to know that what their children are learning is will help them to have a better life.

3. When we connect in a positive attitudes regarding the culture, we can see just how important each culture is and what the importance of it means.  Be appropriate toward it entirety will allow families, children, and educators to see things from diverse perspectives and how we can learn from one another

4. We should also make real-world connections that have direction and understanding towards certain goals.  When we see a connection, it stays with us on a consistent basis and may not be easily forgotten.

5. We could let them share some stories about their culture and how their life was from El Salvador. Many families may seem guarded about certain topics in their life, but being a good listener and not judging and with communication you build lasting friendships, trust, and bonds that would go far in the educational system.

 

The way I hope this would benefit the family and me is that we would learn from one another and that I could give the family any help they needed. I believe that we could learn from each other by sharing information and letting them know that I care for their child and to help them understand our ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

 

 

One memory that I have of prejudice is when I was working in a school and it there were a lot of Burmese of some of the kids were making comments about how they dressed and the food they brought in to eat. I could see how it was making the kids feel.

The way it diminish equity was that the American kids felt that they were better than the kids from Burmese. They felt their race was superior to them and they should be more American like if they were going to live here.

 This made me feel bad and ashamed of the way the American kids were treating someone who was different and from another country. I just wanted to grab the kids and tell them how rude they were being.

 Like I said above I would like to take the children and talk to them how everyone had the same rights even though they are different. I would explain to them how things were in their country and invite the Burmese kids to tell them about it and how they wanted to keep their culture plus learn the American way of living.