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A Tour of a Family Child Care Program. Accessible, Inclusive Website, and Marketing Materials The tour actually begins before you ever step foot into the program.  It starts with a website, social media, and other marketing materials.  To reach families, we have to understand their needs, values, and what is important to them in theirContinue reading “EDUC 6358 Week 2: If I Had a Family Child Care Home”

It is my hope… It is my hope that each and every child has a champion who fights for them each and every day. It is my hope that each and every educator strives to be that champion for children. It is my hope that each and every educator does the reflective work needed toContinue reading “6357: Hopes, Goals, and Thanks”

Literary Inspiration on a Life-Long Anti-Bias Journey …A peak into my library “There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you until the day you begin… to share your stories.” “And all at once, in a room where no one else is quite like you, theContinue reading “6357: Seeing Diversity”

Child: “His skin is the same color as that icky mud!” Adult: “Shh! Don’t say that.” Child: “But Mommy it-” Adult: “I said shush!” This scene was common.  I have seen it many times.  A child says something in public that an adult might think is offensive to others.  The child is being curious aboutContinue reading “EDUC 6357 –Start Seeing Diversity Blog: “We Don’t Say Those Words in Class!””

I invite my Walden Classmates to join me in a Facebook group I started several months ago with the intention of having a safe space to discuss issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion as it relates to the early childhood field. Here is a link to the group if you are interested: http://www.facebook.com/groups/equityinecegroup/ I can’tContinue reading “Let’s Continue Our Conversations”

Adjourning is the conclusion or a group’s time together. It is a time of celebration, evaluation, and reflection on accomplishments and lessons learned. Sometimes when a group is coming to the end, there is a sense of relief, and everyone is running for the hills. This signifies that the group was likely not a successfulContinue reading “Adjourning: The Fifth Stage of Team Development”

When I think about how I approach conflict within the relationships in my life, I realize how often I lean on the conflict resolution skills I acquired when I was a peer mediator in high school many years ago. “Mediation is a powerful tool for satisfying human needs, enabling a quick, efficient, and cost-effective resolutionContinue reading “Managing Conflict”

Using assessments, surveys, and scales to evaluate myself or my skills is commonplace for me. So, I was excited for this assignment and to see the outcomes of my self-evaluations versus the viewpoints from other people. Due to COVID safety precautions, I chose two members of my household to complete this assignment with me. TheContinue reading “Who am I as a Communicator?”

I live and work in Montgomery County, Maryland, where nearly 42% of the residents’ primary language is something other than American English. Many of these residents’ birthplaces, home languages, and cultures are from high-context cultures such as Latin American, Asian, and African nations (Montgomery County, n.d.). In communication, high-context cultures rely heavily on non-verbal andContinue reading “Intercultural Communication Strategies”