“All great achievements require time.” – Maya Angelou
The four goals that might assist me in becoming more effective in my professional role consist of but not limited to the following:
1. Become a member of NAEYC and DVAEYC ( local chapter of NAEYC)
2. Become a Technical Assistance (TA)
3. Obtain a doctoral degree in early childhood education
4 Work for Pennsylvania Department of Education~ECE Curricula
1. As known, NAEYC is a national organization that advocate and educate young learners, their families, and educators to reach greater levels of education for the success of the young learner. Becoming a member with the national and local chapter of NAEYC might help me navigate early childhood system and engage in public polices due to the unlimited resources, conferences, and professional development services that are offered both national and local. For instance, March 20 & 21, 2015 DVAEYC's annual conference will be held in Philadelphia's Civic Center and the them is "Early Learning~What's PLAY got to do with it?". I am looking forward to attending the two fun filled days of learning, entertainment, and rubbing elbows with many great early childhood educators. In addition, DVAEYC has public policy events such as: Action Day, visiting Harrisburg in May of every year to inform one's state representative of the peril situation of early childhood education; Leadership and Advocacy/ LEAP.. Leadership Empowerment Action Project, a leadership-training program that provides components of leadership, skill-building exercises, political issues in child care, and more.
2. To become a (TA) wit SERK an organization that seeks to increase the capacity of providers to support children's learning and development: and increase educational attainment among practitioners according to their website, is an awesome organization to work as a TA, that might help me navigate early childhood system by the educating of teachers to help young learners and their families. For instance, SERK, offers workshops that are line-up with Pennsylvania Early Learning Standard to empower teachers with the tools to help young learners succeed. Currently, I am a PDS
professional development specialist contractor for the Council~ CDA ~ Child Development Associate. This position has limitations as to how much one can offer teachers, however, a TA would offer tools, materials, and resources for the teacher.
3. The goal of obtaining a doctoral degree in early childhood education might help me navigate in early childhood system, public policy, administration, and so much more in the early learning community. An Ed.D is not a degree that one might obtain under normal circumstances, it is a degree that one obtain from their passion. This is a prestigious degree with endless possibilities of success in one's desired focus. Which bring one to the final goal (at this time)...Early childhood curricula developer.
4. The goal to work with an agency or the Pennsylvania Department of Education that oversee the early childhood curricula. The passion of learning, educating, inspiring, empowering, and preparing young learners, teachers, and families burns inside like fire. However, when the material is not lined up with the development of the child, ability of the teacher, or the understanding of the family that is a problem. To work along side other great educators to create and develop a curricula that remembers the child, teach the teachers, and inform the family would be paramount for early childhood education.
Finally, these are the four goals for 2015, if one might add, these have been the goals since 2007. It is very possible these might remain the goals until accomplished. More so, this policy and system class is exactly what was needed in order to take a more in-depth action on advocacy for better education for the young learner, education for their families concerning how children learn, and eduction and support for teachers as the strive for the success of the early learner and their family.
