Best of luck to you. Ashley I know you will succeed in your future because of the experiences you’ve had in this field. I think we all have learned important information from all of our colleagues and field experiences that we will be able to apply our own in to our future teaching. I love your expressions you have on Early Childhood and for having such positive feedback to give to us you will be great as an advocate. Take care best of luck!!!
Brittany,
Thank you Brittany for your awesome post and experiences you had in your observation. I learned a lot of insights from your experience. I think it was awesome that you had the opportunity to work with first graders and observe their work. Best of luck in the future, and I know you will be an excellent teacher and advocate for students and families. Take care!
Thank you colleagues for a great semester. I can honestly tell you this was a great experience for me, I learned a lot from all of my classmates and especially the school I had the pleasure to observe and interview. Among these interviews I had the pleasure to interview professionals and families who were more than delighted to share their insights and experiences with me. It was a learning experience that will benefit me in the long run. Thank you Mrs. Sisie and classmates. Happy Holidays!!
For this module my observations and interactions were mainly focused on the children and their families. On November 18, 2011 Round Lake Preschool had a Parent Day Involvement before we went on Thanksgiving break it was a success. I had the opportunity to observe families and their children play and participate together. This helped me further understand were the parents where coming from. In this special Ed classroom there is a child name Hunter (using a different names) he is diagnose with hearing impaired, he uses a hearing headband to help him hear in the classroom and at home. When his mother arrived to parent involvement she was very happy and ready to help her child and participate in any activity she was able to assist. Her exact words, “I love when the school does these types of activities” Mrs. Hunter (Hunters Mom again different name) says, she enjoys these type of activities this helps her understand more the program of special ed and allows her to ask questions to the teachers about play. I also explained to her the importance play is for her child. We enjoyed our conversation. New insights I learned from Mrs. Hunters point of view, is that parents appreciate the resources the teachers provide about Special Education, she also says building relationships with your children’s teacher is very important. She said she is very pleased with Hunters teachers and therapists because they are working hard to help Hunter succeed and they try to communicate with her as much as possible.
In another case, it was the opposite with Mrs. Perez (change name) for her it is difficult because she is a non English speaker and it is harder for her to communicate with the team and teachers. She told me she is always in need of someone to provide the help she needs sometimes she does not have that options and it makes thinks harder. For example, she mentioned a conference date they had and no one was available to translate, she said, it was the hardest thing ever. The next day she asked her niece to call the teacher and set a date when they can meet again to do the conference but this time with her niece to help her understand. As an advocate for families who have children in special needs it’s very important to meet the parent’s needs, because they need to know their child education. I also was able to observe Mrs. Perez play with her child; she was more interested in starting conversations with other parents than playing with her son. I knew this parent need it a lot of redirection, she is a great parent because she wants to learn and set goals for her son. Mrs. Walker said that she tried to get involved in all the activities as much as she can. I am an advocate for families and one of my topic led to the conversation me and Mrs. Walker were having, I said the school need it more parent involvement days and more resources for the parents in the school. She completely agreed with what I was saying to her. Mrs. Walker is an awesome teacher she tries to do what’s best for the children and always strikes for the best. I’ve learn so much throughout my observations and interactions in the special education field.
