Professional Hopes and Goals

One hope that I have when I think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds are that of :-
(a) Creating an environment that is warm, rich and filled with love and respect for all.
(b) Creating an environment that depicts an anti-bias atmosphere which promotes  positive and healthy opportunities for all regardless of their background.

One goal that I  would like to set for the early childhood field that is related to issues of diversity, equity and social justice is 'implementing strategies that creates opportunites that articulates diversity, equity and social justice for all in a developmentally appropriate mannner that is bias and prejudice free.'



I would like to take the time out to thank all of my colleagues that I have communicated with throughout this course. Your feed backs were very rich and inspiring to me. Today, I can say that I have learn a lot from you all and I am sure you can say the same in return. Thanks again and all the best to you all in your other courses. I do hope that we meet again in the other courses.   

Welcoming Families Around the World

I chose the early childhood setting of a child care center to execute this scenario. The name of the country of origin for the family who has recently emigrated from a different country that I know nothing about that I chose is Cambodia.

Five ways in which I will prepare myself to be culturally responsive towards this particular family are:-

(a)    To learn about this particular family background and way of life, this includes their beliefs and values.

(b)   To be knowledgeable about this family use of language as this in key in the communication process that will take place between the family and I.

(c)    To create a teaching and learning environment that is filled with warmth, love and reflects power, culture and equity among all ethnic group. In doing thus, I can encourage students to care for one another and be responsible for each other inside and outside of the classroom.

(d)     Display equality among all by being humble, patient, honest and most of all caring for the needs of this family and others in a clear and precise manner.

(e)   To have a one to one conference with this family. This can be done by hosting a welcoming party.

 In executing such strategies, I strongly believe that they will be successful as mutual respect will be dispelled amongst all. Second, the child and family will free to express self openly with confidence. This will in turns enhance their self esteem and self concept. Third, this will help me in a professional manner as I will be empowered towards learning and sharing concepts on a daily basis with this family and other respectfully.

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice and Oppression

My memory comes from executing a display competition at work. The day was being celebrated as ' Jamaica Day' wherein each class was given a specific topic to look at for example, food, clothing, music just to name a few. Our group got music to do. We went out and researched the topic and gave our students and parents part to do so as to enhance parents involvement as this is a key element in the education of the young ones (children). On the day of the judging our display our display was the most outstanding one yet we were placed second. After asking a few questions here and there we understood that the master judge and one of the teacher in our group had personal issues, therefore, she used it against us. Now being the person that I am very determined and dedicated towards all that I do I went to the master judge and spoke with her. Surprisingly she was not afraid to say to me, "serve her right because she needs to leave my husband alone." but when I asked my colleague about it she said that they were just good friends.


 The speech of the master judge diminished equity as what she did was not called for, neither was it the time and place to deal with her personal issues. Secondly, no one was aware of the personal matter that existed among them. Therefore, she should not have used that and be biased in judging the display.
With this feeling I felt very disturbed, annoyed and disappointed because professionalism teaches that one should know how to act, conduct themselves as a professional and right there this judge did the opposite.Therefore, in order to turn this incident into an opportunity for greater equity I strongly believe that both the master judge and my colleague needs to sit and talk about their issues because in life two wrong do not make a right and sometimes what we think does not always turn out to be true. Therefore, stooping to think and talk about things make a complete difference.

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