Who am I as a communicator?

Who am I as a communicator?


Before this class I never though about how  I communicate with other people . This week  I gave some insight about myself when It come with communicate with other people. After talk to friends, family and co-workers they all gave me different  view point of how I communicate with them. I found with my co-workers it more information communication. We attend to pass on information about the children and families that we come in contact with . My family and friends it more of updates  what going on in ours lives.  Now that is being of the school year I found myself more as listener to my parents as I am building new relationship with them.

communication style

The communication style that I admire was  Mrs. Caroline Jordan she was Direct at my first job in the field of early children  education.  She was nurturing  and calming voice. She would always give word of encouragement . I remember one time  on  the job we was unsatisfied   with our pay.  She told us to do a sick out and that will get the attend of management   After we did that our pay did change. She would always standup  for staff. I learn for her how to be calm when talk to people and how to listen to what person is said to you.  Years later the experience that I learn from allow me to communication with parents and co-worker in calm way.

Professional Hopes and Goals

                                                   Professional  Hopes and Goals






My hope for working with families that come from a diverse background is that we can build on the background knowledge of the families. Also with knowledge I gain from this class it allow me to reach more families that have a diverse background so we can work together to support the child in the classroom.

One goal is I  would like to more diversity add to the curriculum and  more training for teachers on diversity. So that we can support the families and children.

I would like to say thank you  to all my colleagues for their support during this class. Also would like to thank you for sharing your insight , knowledge, view point .

Personal Side of Bias , Perjudice , and Oppression

Personal Side of Bias , Perjudice , and Oppression



Memory of an bias, prejudice, and or oppression:

I was working at my old job and my co-worker stated that she like light skin children than dark skin children  and at my current job when my co-worker stated that she like mix race children. She also stated that mix race children are beautiful.

I feel that this diminished equity. I feel it diminished equity in that it was saying that children of different color and better than other.
Feelings brought up: I was embarrass that they said and  ashamed of them for treating the children like that.

In order to turn this into an opportunity for greater equity I would have send them to diversity training before they enter the classroom.

Practcing Awareness of Mircoaggressions

Practicing Awareness of Mircoaggressions

I remember when I work at after school program the children was talking about singing voice. Over the summer the children did performed Beauty and The Beast. The child that play Belle sound it white but she was black and one of the boys said you sound white where is soul at. The microaaggression that happen was stereotype.  I could not believe that children at this age all ready are forming stereotype about each other. I talk to the child and explain to him that every body dose not sound the same and everybody voice is beautiful in their own way.  I also learn this week about shunning with culture. For example is your have a mental illness in the Asian culture they shunned you the do not talk to you at. I had parent that was shunned because she suffer from mental illness and only one parent speck to her. The rest of the parent look but don’t say nothing to her.

 

From this experience I found out that children form stereotype are early age. We as teacher should show children the good in everybody. The more they are expose to different culture the more they will learn that everybody is different. I also feel that in  culture when do not accept the difference in people.

My Family Culture

My Family culture


A description of three items you would choose

My music  collection  

 

My Try God Necklace






My family Photos

 

How you would explain to others what each of these items  means to you

In my music collection I have over 5000 cd . My music collection is my escape  from world.

My Try God Necklace  is piece  of jewelry that my mother gave me . It remind me of her love for me.

 My family photos are picture of my family member that are important to me.

My feels for give up two items upon arrival is easy I would let go my music  collection and family photo. My music collection can be replace. My family photo can be replace in my  memory . I like to remember people the way they were.  The one items that I am keeping is my Try God Necklace  because it is what keep me going though the day.


The insight I gain my doing this assignment was that I learn how my parents feel when the came to this country and left everything behind to come here.  For example I had a parent who left her daughter in Ecuador with mom . She had not seen her daughter since she left to come America . I had a lot of parents that left family  member in their country. So do go back and see them  but most of the do not . This experience got me to think about having to come to new place with nothing  and not knowing any body and try to make.

When I Think of Research

When I Think of Research

When I started this class , I had so many topic run through mind that would like write about. After the first week in the class I realized that is course was different from my previous research class.   The biggest challenge for me applying all that learn to my  simulation  research. In taking this course, now  more aware of what goes on in children research. I learn so much from this class about research  that now I have better understand of it .

 

To all of my colleagues thank you for sharing their insight over the past eight weeks. I learned something new from each of you.