1: We shall honor and respect the diverse backgrounds of our colleagues, including such diverse characteristics as sexual orientation, race, national origin, religious beliefs, or other affiliations.
That is meaningful for me as I am in the environment of the diversity. I know the importance of understanding the differences between each other, and values their culture and belief will build a healthy relationship with the colleagues. Team work comes from the basic understanding and trust among the team members. We are here to study together, so we are the community members, which means we are supposed to be team players. At work, I have to consider the diversity of backgrounds even more carefully. It helps me improve my teaching better, and it inspires me of creating more interesting ideas in my work too.
2: We shall continually be aware of issues challenging the field of early childhood special education and advocate for changes in laws, regulations, and policies leading to improved outcomes and services for young children with disabilities and their families.
That code touches my heart, as I always have special need children in my class and I can tell the desperation in parents' eyes. I know parents would like to hear the professional advise from the teachers, and they would like to help teachers at school as well. Therefore, as a a teacher, we should care about those special needs children too, as they have the equal rights to be educated and accepted. Although the special needs children will have various causes or actions, we need to keep ourselves updated with the research of the special education. We do not want to give up any child or disappoint parents. I am really feel sorry for the parents who struggle with the special need children at home, and I would do whatever I can to help them. At the same time, I can tell the joy and hope in parents eyes when my suggestion works with their kids, which make me happy and satisfied too. Therefore, this code is significant for me to be a caring teacher for every child I know.
3: We shall respect, value, promote, and encourage the active participation of ALL families by engaging families in manful ways in the assessment and intervention processes.
I liked that code, as I should say that is what I am practicing and what I need to improve in the future too. We are practicing it, as school want to let parents know that we really values all cultures and backgrounds, and we try to be more open-minded in the international level. We invite families from different cultures to share their beliefs and culture with us, or involve the culture in our teaching in certain units. What I want to improve is, I hope our practice can be more naturally and consistently not just doing a unit or talking to children to be friendly to others.
At work it is so important to be respectful of others diversities and to not let it impact the day. As you said we are their to work as a team and it makes it nearly impossible to get anything done when we are consumed with what others do outside of work.
ReplyDeleteSo many people do not consider the needs of special needs children in the preschool setting and this bothers me since this is where every child gets their first experience of school. We do need better systems and policies in place to make everyone feel welcome.
Sissi,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you mentioned team members, because when I was a director, I always told my teachers that we were a team. Sometimes, we were, and yet, sometimes, we were a challenge as a team. There was a diversity in my staff on many levels, and I honestly do not think that I knew enough then to value that diversity. You have opened my mind to many things during this course, and this blog is just one example. My team had a lot of understanding of what was developmentally appropriate, and I totally trusted them. I just wonder if they trusted each other... thanks, again, for opening my mind to new thoughts.
Hello Sissi, I have to say your number 1 is my number 1 too! I come for a diverse background and find it ver meaningful, useful and helpful to me.
ReplyDeleteYour points inspire, thank you for sharing!
I must agree with you that the first ideal is my number 1 ideal as well. It is very important for children to develop a sense of identity, to see themselves and culture even at such young ages. Teachers may not think that children are aware of these things but they are. Thank you for sharing!
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