Reflecting on Learning

I have recently made the decision to leave my job and return to the early childhood profession.  I am going to become an au pair for two young children and will be living with the family.  I feel that a great deal of what I have learned about children will assist me in supporting these parents in raising their children to become wonderful people who love their family, are accepting of and loving toward others, and give back to their community.

My most passionate hope for my future as an early childhood professional is to instill good morals and values in the young children in my care.  I hope to help them learn about different people, and to give them a comfortable place where they can ask questions and learn about unfairness and differences that make them uncomfortable or scared.  I want to work closely with the parents and maintain a positive relationship with them that will model cooperative behavior for their children. 

I want to eventually begin my own daycare business in which I can develop an anti-bias curriculum and create relationships with families that will better my center, as well as our community.  I want to stay true to who I am; an early childhood professional; and work hard to stay in the field no matter what financial struggles I may face in doing so.  I want to be successful and I want all of the children and families who walk into my life to be positively impacted by the work I do. 

I want to thank all of my colleagues for their questions and insight throughout this course.  You are all fantastic individuals who are in a noble field that you are passionate about.  We are so lucky to have found something so dear to our hearts that we have chosen to seek higher levels of education to better ourselves professionally and personally.  I wish you all the best in every venture and hope to see you in our final class as we end this part of our journey as anti-bias educators.