I thought long and hard about a person I admire the most who demonstrates excellent communication, and that person is my Godfather. My Godfather is full of wisdom, faith, love, determination, and charisma. He is the man that keeps me on my toes. He is that person that when he speaks everyone listens. He has this demeanor about himself that stands out over any person he come in contact with, which make him an effective communicator. I would love to pick his brain, so I can get a glimpse of his wondrous wisdom. Being around my Godfather just makes me want to be more like him. I try to model myself after him at times, and friends are always coming to me for help. I even had a friend say, “It’s just something about you. You have this Orr about you.” I believe that Orr comes from my dad because now I am more confident when I speak, and people want to hear what I have to say. So, yes I would love to model some of my own communication behaviors after my Godfather because it makes me a better person. Because of him, I am more responsible, independent, wiser, and my faith is stronger in Christ.
Friday, June 29, 2012
"Modeling Competent Communication Skills"
I thought long and hard about a person I admire the most who demonstrates excellent communication, and that person is my Godfather. My Godfather is full of wisdom, faith, love, determination, and charisma. He is the man that keeps me on my toes. He is that person that when he speaks everyone listens. He has this demeanor about himself that stands out over any person he come in contact with, which make him an effective communicator. I would love to pick his brain, so I can get a glimpse of his wondrous wisdom. Being around my Godfather just makes me want to be more like him. I try to model myself after him at times, and friends are always coming to me for help. I even had a friend say, “It’s just something about you. You have this Orr about you.” I believe that Orr comes from my dad because now I am more confident when I speak, and people want to hear what I have to say. So, yes I would love to model some of my own communication behaviors after my Godfather because it makes me a better person. Because of him, I am more responsible, independent, wiser, and my faith is stronger in Christ.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Professional Hopes and Goals
I have enjoyed collaborating with you all to make this class one of the
best class ever for me. I would like to thank you all for your blog posting,
and the response to my blog postings. I wish you all the best in your future
endeavors here at Walden University. Live Laugh Love!
Another goal that I have set for myself related to the issues of
diversity, equity, and social justice in the early childhood field is to learn
as much as I can about those issues, so I can find out the ways I can get
involve so I can help children and their families. I want to become an advocate
for young children and their families, so I can help those who can‘t help
themselves. I want to run a private preschool, so I can help the low-income
families who can’t afford the education they deserve. Dr. Derman-Sparks
(Laureate, 2011) states we find these joys to be self evident that all children
are created whole and endowed with extraordinary intelligence with dignity and
wonder and worthy of respect; the embodiment of life, liberty, and happiness,
every girl, and boy is entitled to love to dream and belong to a loving village
and to pursue a life of purpose.
Reference
Laureate Inc. (2011). Diversity and equity work: Lessons learned (EDUC6164: Perspectives on Diversity and Equity ed.). MD: Walden University.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Welcoming Families From Around the World
The name of my family’s country of origin is India. I choose this India
as my country because I wanted to know more about it. After reading about
India, I have come to an understanding of how I will prepare myself to be
culturally responsive towards my new family. For instance, I will be sensitive
to their needs because moving to a different country where people might not
understand your culture must be hard. I will be patience when it comes to
communication because we have to be able to communicate with one another. I
will also make them feel welcome by encouraging them to get involve with their
child’s education, as well as, asking them for their input about the classroom
environment. I will try to include some of their holidays, so they can feel
somewhat at home, and so the other children can experience something new. I
have learned over the last couple of years working with children that they
learn so much just by experiencing and exploring different things. I want my
children to learn about diversity, and in order for me to teach them, I must
educate myself by staying current on the new information about diversity.
Therefore, I will learn all I can about my new family and where they come from,
so I can prepare myself to be culturally responsive towards their needs.
I hope that my preparations will benefit both me and the new family by drawing us closer. I want them to understand that I am here for them, and I want them to be able to trust me because building a strong relationship with your family can go a long way. All I want to do is give them an environment, where they can feel welcomed and loved because leaving behind your home and love ones is hard enough.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression
This year I have come to the realization that my administration staff
is bias towards the four year old teachers. At the end of the school year
before graduation, the four year old hall is responsible for giving the
children a spirit week. While planning for the spirit week, the administration
staff started changing the way we did spirit week. They didn’t want us to watch
movies, have a cook out, or water slides like the three year old did last year.
When we would ask them why they couldn’t do those things, they would say we
were doing too much, and we had to change everything we had planned for them.
Now, do you know how frustrating that is for a teacher who has to plan for
graduation, end of the year field trips, graduation parties, and finish a NAEYC
book? It was a massive headache, and they weren’t going to make it easy for us.
I tried my best to ignore the other teachers when they would talk about
the administrative staff, and how bad they were treating us, but it was hard. I
just couldn't figure out why they were so hard on us, and why they would let the
three year old hall do whatever they wanted to for graduation. At the end of
the year, I had a talk with the principal about how the year ended. She said
the reason she was so hard on the four year old side was because she couldn’t
trust the majority of them. She said besides me, and my co-teacher, she
couldn’t trust the rest of the group. So, that’s why we couldn’t do what we
wanted to do for spirit week. I don’t think that was fair because the three
year old hall gets to do what they want, and the four year old has to go
through hell before we can do anything. I am a skilful teacher, and I don’t
think it’s fair that my children and I have to suffer because my principal
don’t like the teachers on the four year old hall. As, a professional, I think
she needs to reexamine herself, and how she runs her program because bias
towards individual teachers is not professional at all. She is not giving
everyone an equal opportunity, which what a person in her position is suppose
to do. If I were her, I would take more classing on professionalism, and learn
how to operate a center without bias or prejudice because she is not going to
gain any respect from her employees if she continues. Although, I love my job,
I believe my administration staff needs some work on their leadership.
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