This week I reviewed the newsletter I receive from Smart brief. I did not find anything from the DEC to relevant for this weeks assignment. What I found interesting from smartbrief was an article on the leader within. It talked about how being a leader has more to do with how you think and what you do. A leader is not just about your title. They also talked about how we need more leaders in the education field. Leaders are the ones who make changes in schools and other education settings. This article helped me understand that it is going to be the early childhood professionals that are going to make the big difference in the early childhood field. We know what works and what does not. We need to be advocates for the children we teach or the children in our programs. It does not matter your job title you are a leader and we need to stand up and help out politicians make the proper decisions.
"Leadership is complex and contextual. Our circumstances heavily influence who we are and can be as leaders. In order to understand the complexity, we will all benefit from spending some reflective time considering our backgrounds, beliefs, and actions." (edutopia.org, 2016,p.3).
I did not find anything controversial in this article I just found that it helps me understand more about my profession. I need to realize that its the professionals are the ones that help the economist and the politicians get the information to make decisions and studies. I really found this article to strength my reasoning for entering the early childhood field.
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Edutopia.org (2016) Reflecting on yourself as a leader Reterived on January 30, 2016 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reflecting-yourself-leader-elena-aguilar
I also agree that we need leaders that will help us to continue to help early childhood education. The leaders in the early childhood field are the people that are there to make the best decisions when it comes to our children. We have to be able to listen to our leaders as well as give our ideas that will be able to help the programs as well. I also believe that in order to lead we must follow. So, when we are all working together then we will have even greater outcomes. Great post.
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Since we are in the trenches everyday we know what needs to be done. However not just being a teacher or Director is enough, we need to volunteer, join learning groups that advocate for children. It still amazes me how much more work needs to be done for the children and early childhood professionals. Teachers need constant training to introduce new material to the students and to keep them updated and fresh. Teachers always need to learn in order to grow as professionals and many organization will assist them with funding. Thank you for the information.
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