Thank you

Three deeply felt learnings from this program:

I take from this program the willingness to make a change. The positivism of what a smile and a hug offer from a child. I take from this course that diversity is what makes us unique and opens up our humane side of coexist and understand one another. I take from this course that following my dreams with passion will conduct me to places I can make come true. I have learned that collaboration and communication are key in every professional life and that I am not alone in this road, there is always somebody that waits for me.

Long-term goal

My long term goal would be to be maximal leading authority of the early childhood field in my community, and who knows where my passion can take me.

A farewell message to instructor and colleagues

To doctor Dartt and my classmates thanks for your support and your input throughout this course. Dr. Dartt thanks for your constructive feedback and your time. I am not going to lie, but there were times that I felt I couldn’t do it anymore. I was so overwhelmed and frustrated because I couldn’t spend the amount of time I wanted with my daughters. But now I see everything better and that hard work pays off. Thanks to our collaboration and constructive criticism I leave this course aware that I need to make something for the early childhood field and for this world. Now, I have taken it personal and cannot stay with arms crossed, somehow I will ascent in my career.  

Job Opportunnitites

Looking at the job opportunities I found out that experience ranges from 5 to 9 years in general. I purposely looked for jobs that I see achievable right now and jobs that I would like to have in the future as experience shows up gradually. Some of the jobs that I can have right now are as a pre-school teacher it the parent child centers of my sate. They actually have a center manager opening in my town but I need to have at least 3 years of experience. I would also like to work for the Zero to Three Organization but they didn’t have “normal” small jobs, they only wanted seniors to fulfill the positions as: senior program associate, financial analyst, and writer trainer specialist. But the headstart program in my sate, have many good ones such as   pre-school teacher. I had a hard time searching for jobs that best identified my preferences and often had to be transferred to different departments, which was so annoying. But the one that encourages me the most are the postings that are in my state, as my daughters grow. 

Exploring roles

I had previously applied for a job as a center manager in a local head start program but a minimum of 2 two years of experience with preschool children was needed.  I wanted to work in this center because when I went to do my observations I witnessed how they focus on the natural aspect of early childhood education. Parents were interacting with their children and teachers were being understandable with children. I also liked how they empower parents and take them to local and state meetings.

My other choice is as a pre-school teacher in a town 45 min away from mine, the pay is good but the feeling being 45 min away from my daughters just doesn’t feel  right for me. The third choice is to work in a pre-school center where I see a potential job there since it will be only for district employees. Where I live is a small town, there’s not much centers or organizations I could take a look at.  I am currently a first grade teacher and barely exploring my territory. I feel happy, but I’m definitely looking forward to move up in the scale and I know that what I need most is experience, only time will give me that.