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Thursday, January 26, 2012

My Own Capacity


At work with the kids!!
The issues that fuel my passion that impact young children and families, and the early childhood field are that we have high quality programs in place that all children have access to, and that we have providers and teachers that have quality educations and are getting better compensation. It really urks me to see a program for children and they are not learning or the person in the classroom is not educated enough to do the things needed to teach the child. I really have an issue with compensation. If I put forth effort to educate myself so that I can better educate the children then I should see a higher compensation.
The skills that I have that will contribute to advocacy efforts are I am persistent, I have a passion for the field, I am capable of researching the issues. I am a minister in my church so I have spoken to big audiences standing up for Jesus Christ, compelling people to change their hearts and minds.
The resources that are at my disposal that could benefit my advocacy work are my links to the superintendent of our Board of education, the connection I have with community partners affiliated with the school I work for. I also have connections with ministerial partners in the community.
I think the fact that I love children, I am becoming current on the issues at hand, and that  I am driven to see change will help contribute to my advocacy work.
I hope to be able to reach out to elected officials and have my voice heard. I hope I can grow in this area of advocacy. I believe I can do it.
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3 comments:

  1. Susann BrownJanuary 27, 2012 at 3:38 PM

    Jamie
    You have mentioned two very important things. Faith based communities and community partners. You really have a strong tool by being affiliated with them. I love to work with my community partners. We will be going to the Virginia Head Start State Conference in March and presenting on using faith based partners in your Head Start programs. They have been amazing for us!

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  2. Gloria!January 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    Jamie,
    I also hate seeing children in classrooms where they are not learning because of the lack of skills of the teaching staff. This also is an issue that fuels my passion. I plan on finding groups that are pushing for early learning teachers to be more educated, especially beyond the CDA capacity as they educate young children and participating in them. I agree with you also in that as teachers advance themselves in education that they are compensated.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2012 at 7:02 PM

    Jamie,
    It hurts sometimes when you educate yourself but do not get compensated for it. Also It is sad to discover that people that work with children have little knowledge about children and parents take their children to programs like these.

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