Professional Hopes and Goals

One hope I have for working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds is that I can always learn something new to broaden my knowledge about the world.  I want families to feel comfortable when interacting with me and I hope by showing a desire to learn about them and their culture, a wonderful relationship will develop.

One goal I would like to set for the early childhood field that is related to issues of diversity, equity and social justice is for every educator, child care provider, administrator, director, and parent to develop an awareness of their perspective and attitude when they think about people from diverse backgrounds and become enlightened enough by that process to desire to become more open-minded about others different than they are and share those thoughts with children.  Children need positive statements about persons coming from a different background from as many role models in their life as possible.

I would like to thank my colleagues for great interaction during the past eight weeks.  I feel we have grown to know each other even better than before.  I wish you all well during the remaining classes of your program.