Professional Hopes and Goals

The mean hope I have now after this class is that I’m able to help them without any biases or stereotypes. I hope that from what I have learn I’m able to shear with children and families to make them better people so that we can all live in this world with peace.

The goal I would like to set for early childhood educators about issues related to diversity, equity, and social justice is that we all get a better understanding of each of the areas individual.

Thank you to all my colleague for all of your hard work these eight weeks. To Tameka thanks for pushing me to study more when I wanted to quite after week two. I look forward to hearing form all of you in our next few classes.


HAPPY HOLIDAY TO ALL OF YOU…

Welcoming Families From Around the World

The capital of Togo is Lomé. From the 11th to the 16th century, various tribes entered the region from all directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a major trading centre for Europeans in search of slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared Togoland a protectorate. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé was elected president (Listofcountriesoftheworld.com 2012).

The five was I will prepare myself to be culturally responsive towards this family. The first thing I would she what language they speak in Togo. Then I would learn who is the dominate family member or is it both. Following that I would learn some do’s and don’t with the family culture. Next if I have access to it I would read up on the family and what bring them to the US. Last I would se if I could find some people from there hometown so they can feel a little more comfortable.

I hope that what I have learn will give me a deeper understanding of other cultures then the ones we always deal with in our classrooms. This we even give me a chance to learn a few words in a different language then the one I study in high school and college. It will benefit the family in many ways. The first way it will benefit is that they will be greeted by someone that understand their culture. The will feel more comfortable and more likely to open up to me. It will allow the family to see that their culture is respected and they are welcome in the this country.

　

Reference
www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com 2012. Country of Togo.

My Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

The memory that I have of an incident we I was the subject of bias, was when I got my first teaching assignment.   The parents did not meet me until the first day of school because I was unable to make the parent night the week before school. I was still working for DHEC and was out of town doing a work shop. I got a call from the director the next day telling me all the things the parents said about me during the meeting. One of the things that was said they don’t think I should take the class because I was a male. This was because the other teachers on the staff were all women and that’s all they know. They wanted to know how good of a teacher I would be for the age group I was getting that your. The bias was that I was a male teaching in a woman dominated field.

This bias made it seem as if male was unable to serve or teach young children. One if the things every job has posted is that they committed to equal opportunity, affirmative action, and non-discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, or disability in educational programs, activities, and conditions of employment. It was not the school but the parents that were decimating about my sex.

I did not feel bad at all, it just made me become the best teacher I could be in my first year. Within that year I was name the top teacher at the school and all the parents loved me.

The view of parents would have to change in order to change this incident into a opportunity for greater equity.