Post at least three consequences of your experience being a part
of a caring, collaborative learning community for your professional growth and
development. Use any format you choose.
One consequence of being part of a caring, collaborative learning
community for my professional growth and development has to learn information
about families that I may not want to know.
If I find out a child in my class is having issues at home such as
neglect from the parent, it makes it difficult to see past it. I want to do everything I can to help the
child.
Another consequence is not being able to help every child. I have a few children in my class that need
additional resources to help them succeed.
Due to their insurance or the resources being too far, many of them are
unable to get the help. It breaks
everyone’s heart who is involved knowing that the child could get everything
they need but due to the parent’s financial or transportation issues they
cannot get their children there.
The final consequence is that too many people try to get
involved. When there are a lot of people
involved, although they all have good intentions, it becomes too much for the
family and the child. They can become
overwhelmed with information, especially if everyone is telling them something
different. It may be best for only a few
individuals to be informed and understand the situation that a family is in or
any problems that they may be having.
Post one goal for using this collegial experience to enhance your
advocacy, policy, and/or system development work on behalf of young children,
families, and the early childhood community.
One goal that I have to enhance my advocacy, policy and system
development work is to become more familiar with the resources that are available
in my area. By doing this, I will be
able to provide the families and their children with the information that will
help them. I will also be able to help
them find additional services that they might not be aware of. By advocating for them, I will provide them
with a safe person to turn to whenever they have any questions or concerns.
Jacqueline - As an educator it is so important to not only be able to support and advocate for the children you work with but also the families. I think your have set an excellent advocacy goal.
ReplyDeleteGood luck as you pursue this advocacy goal and the ones that follow!
Betsy
Jacqueline,
ReplyDeleteI have truly enjoyed working with you in this class. I have learned how systems work together to address the needs of the family and children. I further agree that advocacy and policy making is support by people who understand systems. I wish you the best in the future, and thank you for blogging with me.
Jacqueline,
ReplyDeleteYou have highlighted the issue of children and families not being able to access resources. Your knowledge of early childhood system has positioned you well to advocate on behalf of children and families and for improvements in the system that served them. Best of success in your future endeavors.