Tuesday, August 20, 2013

PROFESSIONAL HOPES AND GOALS

  
My hope is to establish an effective and collaborative relationship that will involve  sharing, flexibility, and a commitment to build and sustain open lines of communication and understanding. Listening carefully,
having an open mind, and reserve judgment between the families and myself are very important. Encouraging the children to appreciate and embrace their identity (who they are and where they came from) the more they will be able to move ahead with their heads up high with confidence.  Many families will have the same hope and dreams for the children as well as I do, therefore in order to achieve success working as a team is super important for the future.

 In our diverse society, working with families require paying very close attention to the children and families  individual value system. My goal is to be able to recognize and embrace the families by talking openly about each individual identity  that I know  will help in providing  a positive and rich environment for the children. Being culturally sensitive will make a world of difference in a child's identity. Children need to feel comfortable of their identity. Many children feel like they need to give up their identity to fit in. Working to promote self esteem is important.

 There are so many people to thank. I truly enjoyed our discussions and reading their blogs. I have felt that I grew as a person as well as a professional with everyone's opinions and critique.  Dr. Sheri thank you for those smiley faces. It brought me back to the first grade but this time in a happy place. Thanks to each and everyone of you I feel to complete. I can't wait to meet all you and thank you personally.
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  1. AnonymousAugust 23, 2013 at 11:30 PM

    Ivelisse,
    You seems to truly have a passion for early childhood education in your post every week. I enjoy reading your post. You are right having an open mind and listening is a big part in becoming an effective anti bias teacher. Encouraging and telling children to embrace their culture is a gift to them, to learn to care about who they are. Good luck in the next class!!
    Yvette

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  2. UnknownAugust 25, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    Hello Ivelisse:

    Through each and every course I feel that you and I are growing together. At times your words complete my thoughts, and others give me an "aha" moment. You have been an inspiration to me and would like to thank you for all the responds, posts and comments that have added to me learning experience.
    One hope your shared truly made sense and reflected this course is reserving judgement between ourselves and the families. A very important professional and ethical conduct.
    Thank you for being an awesome colleague and hope to share more classes with you. Take care my friend.. :)

    Best Regards,
    Marijan Kevorkian

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  3. BrigitteAugust 25, 2013 at 11:01 AM

    Ivelisse,

    I strongly agree with your hope to be able to encourage children to appreciate and embrace their identity while you will try to listen to their parents and families. They are very good effort to approach.

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