This week I observed two professionals
that come in contact with families on a regular. Ms. Harris is the family
support specialist, and Ms. Kelly the director of the center. In my observation I saw that Ms. Harris is in
close contact with the families and children as much as the teacher. Her job is to meet with parents after
enrollment and help the parents set goals for their children. She finds out if the parents have any
concerns for their child and help make the transition from home to a daycare
setting be smooth. She also helps parents with resources that
they may need such as jobs, heating, lights, and food. Observing Ms. Harris for these weeks I really
got to see her in action. I saw the
passion and desire to help families; she does whatever it takes to help them. She extends
warmth and love to the children in the center; she conducts works shops once a
month on subjects those parents are interested in such as the importance of
literacy, relationship building, and employment.
I also talked to Ms. Kelly the
director who gave me the operation of running a center and the purpose of a
daycare center in the community. Ms. Kelly
runs the center and her job is to reach the community and to inform them of the
services that they provide. Because this
is a private ran center it has space to make decisions that a state facility
can’t make. She said that the owner
wants the best care for the children they service. She makes decisions numerous times when it
comes to tuition. The goal of the center
is to help families receive quality education for their children and build
relationships with the community. The
center gives to the women’s shelter, give needed resources to the children that
attend the center and offer helpful resources through family support to help
families get back on their feet.
I think the two professional I
interviewed showed me how to help families that are in need. My goal is to generate information about the
seriousness of poverty in our community.
It is right under our nose. Many people
are ashamed to inform anyone about how they are living. As I observed these to professionals handle a
bad situation without making the families feel ashamed.
Insights I would like to share in my
blog this week are; every job in a daycare is crucial if you want to have a
quality center. No job is too big or too
small when you have little hands and feet depending on you! If you’re looking to get rich with money this
is not the job for you, if you’re looking to get rich from the amount of love you
receive from the children you encounter on a daily basis this is the right job
for you.
Name: Velma Meek
Date: April 17 & 23, 2013
Name of Program/Setting: The
children Center
Who I spoke with: Indya Harris-
Family Support Specialist, Wendy Kelly - Director
Velma,
ReplyDeleteI agree that every job in a day care or an early childhood center is important as you never know who will 'touch' reach a student and make a difference. Poverty is definitely worse today than previously because those who have college degrees are taking jobs that were once for people without degrees. It's a sad state of affairs. Hopefully the economy will listen to all those 'experts' and start turning around.
Hi Velma, I think that the Early Childhood profession is not a well paid profession, we all know this, but what it makes this profession different from others is that the people that are in this profession is because they really have a passion for the children and families in need. We are the ones who can advocate for the families we work for; the ones who can make a change in the life of all the low income families by providing them with high quality services and give them all the resources they need to have a better future.
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