During the past few weeks, I’ve created and strengthened bonds with my peers and will continue to grow these bonds of collaborative learning in my community. As I have listened to and researched and a rave information from various websites I’ve began to foster and share my professional growth and journey with you.
As I embark on a new journey, I’d like to take a minute to reflect on how these resources have enriched my professional development and how you’ve supported me along the way. for starters, I was unaware of the amount of information that was made very early available internationally in regards to issues and trends of early childcare and education. One organization I found most interesting was The Hunger Project. Just knowing that they are vision and mission is to provide every man woman and child opportunity to “live a healthy” life and that they are committed to ending world hunger (Empowering People to End Their Own Hunger, 2020).
However, there were many consequences of learning about the international early childhood field. (1) They really have it a lot worse than we do. They depend on foreign and domestic organizations to help them live a better life. (2) They do not have the same amount of resources that we do educationally. (3) Even though we, in the United States, are separated by millions of miles and see, we have the same issues, trends, and concerns that they do internationally in early childcare. Lastly, (4) knowing that this is going on around the world seems to put a greater burden on educational professionals that want to make a difference in their community and also around the world.
One way I feel that I can make a difference is to make this issue known to those in my field. Getting others involved, whether by donating their time, money, or spreading the word is greatly important. We need to make others aware of what’s going on. This is something that should not be overlooked. I do appreciate all of you for accompanying me on this journey. I appreciate your comments, Responses, and encouragement as it pertains to my posts. Blogging is something new for me. It’s something that I think can make a difference to those that read it. Your feedback and whomever reads and listens to this is important and well received. Let’s encourage one another to create great memories and let’s leave that imprint for the next generation to follow.
Resources:
Empowering People to End Their Hunger. Retrieved April 26, 2020, from http://www.thp.org
Bridging the Gap in Early Childhood Education 