One Hope When Considering Children and Families (By Ms. Jay)

Throughout this course I believe I learned several perspectives on diversity equity and social justice. When I start to consider early childhood education, the community, children and families I hope and envision a world not only accepting differences between people and children but also recognizing the fact that discrimination, prejudices and other forms of micro-aggressions exist.  I hope that as an educational professional I can begin to teach (or advocate) for social justice not just inside the classroom but also with co-workers and people I interact with daily (in the community.) I know I may not have all the answers but I most certainly will continue to learn and be excited about diversity, different cultures and reflect on my progress in order to improve personally and professionally. The number one goal I would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity and social justice is to see the field change for good. And by change I mean change perspectives, change attitudes, change teaching methods, change activities, change professionally, change personally, in order to celebrate diversity, equity until finally eliminating discrimination and any form of micro-aggressions happening around the world. So that our children, the next generation can live, learn, work and play peacefully.  I know this goal can take many years to accomplish, but I believe we can do it!

I want to take some time out to say thank you! To all my colleagues that participated in sharing their comments, insights, and personal stories with me including blog and discussion posts. I greatly appreciate them and they helped me personally and professionally. To professor Ferrari, Thank you for all the hard work (with comments towards course work) in helping my understandings throughout this class. I wish all my colleagues the best as we continue our educational journey.