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Time Will Spent Two years ago we started our new journey that would change who we are personally and professionally. Three lessons I learned throughout this program are…. First, I learned that early childhood education is more than providing and developing children's knowledge and learning skills. It is much more than what is typically seen. It is to have a high-quality setting and providing excellent services. To deliver great services needs to have professionals administer, and another aspect is budgeting, program design, rules, and regulations. Keeping these needs in mind will benefit children, families, and society.    Second, I learned that early childhood education is more than one piece that is needed to complete the picture of understanding early childhood programs and settings. It is a diverse field to provide different services that fit the need of children, families, and the community. It is about how this program can impact and infl...
Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally Save the children Every Child Deserves a Future. “For 100 years, we’ve been giving children in the U.S. and around the world a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. The three reasons for saving the children are: Save the Children’s Values, Millions of children in the U.S. and around the world still aren't getting what they deserve. We're talking about children in need. Dying, when the world knows how to save them. Vulnerable children in poverty. Denied an education. Forced to flee violence. Orphaned, abused, abandoned. Children with no reason to smile. No hope for the future. Trust Our Commitment to Children, Giving all children the best chance for the future they deserve – a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Making a Difference, in 2018 alone, Save the Children reached more than 134 million children in 120 countries, including the U.S. Results ...
Jobs/Roles in the ECE community: National/Federal Level Throughout my searching for different early childhood national/federal organizations and agencies that appeal to my professional a passion I found these : 1- Zero to Three Their Mission and Vision “Our mission is to ensure that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. At ZERO TO THREE, we envision a society that has the knowledge and will to support all infants and toddlers in reaching their full potential.” I chose this organization that began in 1977 based on their excellent resources, and they are providing collaborative work and effort to parents, families, and professionals. They believe that  how  they do their work is as important as  what  they do. “By embracing our values, every member of the ZERO TO THREE community contributes to a healthy and positive culture, a more successful organization, and better outcomes for infants, toddlers, and their families.” Also, they v...
Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels                         Looking for communities of practice is a good start that helps me to know more about all the different services that are available for children and families. These agencies are providing many different services that parents and advocators need to move forward to achieve their vision and goals in their particular cases.                The first agency that I will discuss is Children’s Residential Intensive services. The Children’s Residential Intensive services (chRIS) is a full services partnership program implemented by DBH in close collaboration with child and family services (CFS). This agency is a mental health clinic that provides children with different services based on their needs. Also, it is providing the ser...

Special Thanks

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Special Thanks The communication and collaboration course is a motivated learning opportunity which I need to use to improve my communication skills as a leader in early childhood setting. Also, it has helped me to reflect on my self-awareness, knowledge, and understanding. Every topic leads me to know how I can make a change when it comes to negative matters and issues to be positive by applying and using what I learned. Some of these learning tools such as thinking before I talk, how to engage others in a positive way to communicate and how to share the power to build trust with others which will make them engage by communication and collaboration.     Thank you for everyone for their sharing new ideas, addressing important issues, replying to questions, adding new insights, engaging, and collaborating to have a successful learning environment. This positive attitude that you guys have encouraged and motivated me to look forward to your posts and blogs ...

Adjourning

Adjourning Being an educated team who works together to achieve more of what they plan is a blessing. I still remember two years ago when I joined a team to do a project about how to have boundary families in our program. Even though we face many difficulties together by passing duties and giving everyone work on different tasks of the project, but we worked hard to succeed.   We change many roles to make it work for an individual based on their ability and skills. After a few mounts, the team started to success by sharing, respecting, and taking more responsibilities to create a positive working environment. Our attitude toward each other change to feel like we are family members on the same boat. By the end of the project, our relationship was getting stronger which it was hard for us to imagine that we were going toward the end.    To adjourn our year, we commit that we will continue to work together for more future projects. We decided to celebrate our...

Nonviolent communication and conflict Management

Nonviolent communication and conflict Management             At workplace we celebrate different activities and occasions for children and staff throughout the year. Three years ago, a new teacher joins our school. She doesn’t want to participate in these activities at all. Every time she has an excuse which is these activities are not required for the job. So when we have a meeting she always would bring up this issue that she is not part of these activities which excludes herself from the group by not sitting with us at lunchtime, not chatting with anyone.   This behavior bothers the other teachers who are working at this site for more than twenty years and who get used to doing a lot of fun activities and celebration. Those teachers love to make the work environment motivated and feel like home. I took the initiative to talk to the new teacher to explain the benefits of doing these activities for the children and their f...