Our Last Class...We Made It!

 

 

Three Deeply Felt Learnings

Children deserve their teachers to know not only their curriculum, but the learning methods and styles of each child. Children change and grow, as do their learning styles. Teachers need to pay attention to those changes!

 

Teachers should write scholarly essays, even if they aren’t in graduate school. Organizing our thoughts while using research is the perfect way to enhance an idea.

 

If you like what you do, it is not as hard as one thinks... I truly like my students, and knowing that the relationship I have with them, impacts their future, gives me joy! My students are more like nieces and nephews than “just students”

 

 

One long-term goal

·         My one goal is to publish an article in an early childhood resource

 

 

To Dr. Embree,

I appreciate your dedication to our challenges and making them the best they can be. Your ability to drive our papers/challenges was truly helpful to me and others. I learned so much about my own passion for the early childhood profession while working through my challenge. I realize now more than ever, that I want to be an advocate, but stay in the classroom. I don’t truly want to “become” something else in order to drive my passion. I want to make the most impact with the students that are placed in my care.

 

Thank you to all of my classmates who offered scholarly based information, and added positive messages on my blog. I hope you all find your passion in the field, whether it’s teaching, coaching, advocating or some other professional aspect of early childhood education.

 

This journey was hard for me. In September my home flooded and I had to live in a hotel until December. My daughter had to have emergency surgery in December as well. Just after her surgery she had the first palate expander and braces placed. In January, my other daughter began falling and went through a series of tests to find out she has complete right sided double vision. She is now in vision therapy once a week, and may have surgery this summer. Last week I found out that my new principal decided to move me from Kindergarten to third grade. After 17 years at my school, I will have to leave my school. I simply cannot adjust the type of thinking that type of professional would require. So this year has been tough. Really tough! But today, I am so proud of myself. And proud of all of you too. I am sure you all had some type of struggle that set you back, or made life difficult. We made it Ya’ll! We did it. After countless papers, discussions and blog posts, we did it. I hope you all check back into this blog, as I am going to keep it going and add in some family stuff too! I will check on you all as well. Congrats to you all!

Julianne Green

personal email masparkles@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Info

If I could go anywhere for a few years, it would be to Russia. My daughters were born there, and in order to provide a link to their home country, it would be a fantastic opportunity to bring them back for a couple of years to fully grasp their birth culture.

The Moscow International Portal (MIP) states that the, “

The Constitution of Russia states that access to education, including preschool, is guaranteed for everyone regardless of nationality and citizenship. The early childhood education system in Moscow comprises of several types of institutions. These include kindergartens (they educate and raise children from the age of 3 till 6), day nurseries (they accept children between the ages of 1 and 3), as well as child care centers with a combined range of services for children of all preschool ages” (MIP, n.d.).

Although this seems to include all children, there are many areas that do not provide preschools. Many areas use their rubles to provide orphans with their early childhood experiences. As a visitor to Russia, it always surprised me to see four and five year olds with their families during the day. I often asked myself, why aren’t they in school. Only later did I discover that in most areas outside large cities, most children begin kindergarten in their seventh year. Care for children prior to beginning school is often provided by their families.

 

Many outlying regions have begun to work with the World Bank in order to learn and provide early childhood programs. The Early Childhood Care and Education group writes that
“The teams are developing a quality assurance system based on self-evaluations and external inspections, complemented by modern and easy to use research instruments (ECCE, 2016). Both regional groups and The World Bank have recognized and the programs are underdeveloped and the need is far below the availability of programs (ECCE, 2016).

 

Reference Websites

http://en.ecceconference.com/

 

http://moscow.ru/en/trip_planning/education/preschool/

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