Thursday, June 26, 2014

Time Well Spent

I cannot believe the time has come and I have completed my Masters.  The last year and a half to two years have gone by very fast!  Not only have I learned a lot from this class, but I have also learned a lot from taking this entire Master's class.  The first thing that I have learned is about all of the -ism's that take place in education.  I did not realize that there were that many -ism's that students face when they were in elementary school.  I also learned how to deal with the different -ism's that children are facing. 

The second thing that I have learned throughout my entire Master's course is making sure that my classroom needs to meet the needs of the different diversities.  By doing this, I should create a bulletin board that can be viewed by the students and their families.  Doing this will allow for the students and the family to know that I appreciate each and every one of them.  Also, it will allow for the classroom environment to be positive.

The last thing that I have learned throughout my Master's is that children learn the most about themselves at the early childhood stage of their life.  This means that when they are in preschool, the children need to be focused on and have a positive influence.  This will have an impact on how their life is later on in life.

My long term goal would be to get involved in organizations in Arizona and other international organizations.  In doing this, it will allow me to learn about different organizations and help make an impact on others lives.  Getting involved in organizations will also allow me to be able to get my fellow colleagues interested and wanting to get involved in organizations.

Dr. Professor Dartt,
First off, I want to thank you for grading our papers hard.  In doing this, it offered me with constructive criticism to help add detail to my papers.  It also helped me become a better writer.  Secondly, I want to thank you for responding to my questions and e-mails in a timely manner. Thirdly, I want to thank you for creating the newsletters that you sent out to us weekly.  The newsletters gave me a lot more detail on each of the assignments that were due each week.

Dr. Colleagues,
I want to thank all of you for being positive towards me and giving me the advice and help that I have needed throughout my classes.  We all deserve this privilege of having our Master's.  We have all worked super hard for the last year and a half.  I look forward to communicating with you guys beyond our Master's.  If anyone ever has any questions, my personal e-mail is ezze1cm@cmich.edu.  I look forward to hearing from you all!

Some of my famous quotes are:
"Children must be taught HOW TO THINK, not what to think." -Margaret Mead
"How one handles success of failure is determined by their early childhood." -Harold Ramis
"For children play is as natural as breathing and as necessary." -Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Exploring Roles in the Community

The first organization that I chose to focus on is the Arizona Department of Economic Security.  The reason that I chose to focus on this organization is because is close to where I live.  I live and am a third grade teacher in Arizona.  A lot of the students and families here live in poverty where the economy for these families are not very supportive..  This organization gives information to the community not only for children and their families, but for the older generation and for individuals that have disabilities.  The website that I found this organization at is: https://www.azdes.gov/dcyf/adoption/

The second organization that I chose to focus on is Michigan Department of Human Services of Child Welfare.  The reason that I chose this organization is because my hometown is Michigan.  This organization allows you to contact different Foster Care's in Michigan.  Not only can you contact the different Foster Care's, but there are applications that adults can go to to get a foster child.  This allows the children that are in the Foster Care Facility to be taken care of.  The website that I found this information at is:   http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,4562,7-124-60126_7117---,00.html

The last organization that I chose to focus on is Child Family Health International.  The purpose of this organization is to help the children get the medical needs that they need to survive.  This is important because it is important to keep the children in the world healthy and safe.  Knowing that I can have an impact on these children allows me to want to reach out and help the children that I can.

The only job opportunities that I am interested in are jobs that relate to children and making an impact on children.  Teaching or working in a children's hospital would be the only job opportunities that interest me.  There are several different skills that you would need to be successful at these professions.  You would need to be a people-person, knowledge on the different religions, knowledge on the different medicines and also the strong communication with the parents or guardians of the students.

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The first international organization that I chose is Save the Children.  The reason that I chose this organization because the website showed a video of children all over the world that are struggling to make it through each day.  There are children around the world that do not have clothes or food to make it through the day.  I would love to donate $18 a month to help save these children.  It makes me realize that I should not take for granted what I have and that I should help the children when they need it.  I also chose this organization because I want to bring awareness to other people so they can help out with children too.

The second international organization that I chose is UNICEF.  UNICEF provides children and families several important factors to get by in life.  UNICEF helps with: growth and survival of children, education, HIV/AIDS prevention, protecting children, and several others.  UNICEF is known world wide and really targets the children that need help.  I would love to be a part of this organization so I can make an impact on these children around the world.

The third international organization that I chose is Street Kids International.  I chose this website because this organization helps the children that are forced onto the streets.  The kids that they find on the street, they provide education too.  There are so many children around the world that are not getting the appropriate education.  I would like to be one of the individuals that takes in these children and teaching them.

For the Street Kids International, they are looking for individuals to volunteer to work with these children.  This job would be considered a Youth Internship.  The skills that I would need to have this job would be: patient, understanding of the children's problems, good people skills, encouragement and strong education background.  When I say a strong education background, I mean that the individual needs to be educated and know what you are going to teach and the different ways that you are going to teach.