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