Saturday, June 30, 2012
International Contacts
Well I must say this assignment has not been easy thus far.....I have contacted over 8 individuals from the resource blog and have not heard from anyone. I am not sure if they think it is some type of joke by me contacting them or what. I thought I was professional in my contact and intializing some type of communication, not sure what to do now but to turn to the alterntive assisgnment. If I do not hear anything by next week then I will be forced to do the alternative, not really what I wanted to do considering I was looking forward to hearing from at least one individual on their trends in issues in their country. If anyone is reading this and has had any luck in a contact please enlightem me on how you got them to repsond. I understand individuals are busy but to hear from another professional in ECE influcing another would really make my day! I just need one contact!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
My Supports
Ahh support, I think without it I would have quit my job a billion times this year as it has been one of the most overwhelming and stressful career changes of my life. My support begins with my husband who listens no matter how frustrated or angry I get because administration offers no support. I think without his strong support and lending an ear I would have gone crazy by now, he is my cheerleader! Someone I can confide in and never questions if I am right or wrong but always knows that I have my classrooms best interest at all times. I beleive if my husband was not the strength I need to go to my job and give my very best, I would not make it. I would be a ticking time bottom ready to explode at any minute he is my decompression chamber at the end of the day.
As for my 4 caregivers in my classroom I cannot live without these group of ladies. They are my strengths each providing a special gift in the classroom that makes it run smoothly. I crinch at the thought of losing any of them and will fight to the death to keep them. We are all so compatible and supportive of each other they take away my stress and vise versa I take away theirs. I beleive if I were to lose one of these lovely ladies I would run!!!!! I have worked with other coworkers when my ladies were out or on vacation and I thought I would just jump right off a bridge. I have a very ecclatic class that needs alot of support and guidance and when the missing links are gone it impacts our world tremonsously!!!!!!!!!!!! I thank these ladies all the time for their support and courage to show up in our crazy world everyday and I value their input and their strengths they bring so we can be the best me (S) we can.
I have two children who have severe disabilities. One is a X who is DD and very defiant and has many behavior issues. Without the support of these extra ladies in my classroom we could not survive. This particular child needs alot of guidance and one on one support and I beleive without it we would just fall apart both mentally and spiritually. X is a constant disruption and disturbance to all the children in the classroom. We need each other to piggy back off of our strengths and continue the mind set and tone of this individual. As for our other friend Y who is an emotional wreck and cries, throws tantrums lasting 45 minutes and longer, that individual is a constant challange everyday in the classroom. The benefits of these particular ladies is we all keep our sanity!!!!! Adminsitration often turns a blind eye to our friends situations until recently when they had no choice but to be involved for disruptive and aggressive behaviors. We often get little to no support but just recently we turn the tables on them by providing them with the company of our friends in the office on a 2-3 times weekly basis. We are now getting a behavior specialist involved and the support of the trainer who often runs and criticizes the situation and how we handle it. In the last six months we have had one of the toughest classroom at our center and now we are getting the support we need to help these two friends become successful in the classroom. I beleive honestly none of us could go on another month with these behaviors but with the Lord's strength and the support of each other always making a pact to have each others back I feel very blessed and forunate to know they appreciate me as much as I love them.
As for my 4 caregivers in my classroom I cannot live without these group of ladies. They are my strengths each providing a special gift in the classroom that makes it run smoothly. I crinch at the thought of losing any of them and will fight to the death to keep them. We are all so compatible and supportive of each other they take away my stress and vise versa I take away theirs. I beleive if I were to lose one of these lovely ladies I would run!!!!! I have worked with other coworkers when my ladies were out or on vacation and I thought I would just jump right off a bridge. I have a very ecclatic class that needs alot of support and guidance and when the missing links are gone it impacts our world tremonsously!!!!!!!!!!!! I thank these ladies all the time for their support and courage to show up in our crazy world everyday and I value their input and their strengths they bring so we can be the best me (S) we can.
I have two children who have severe disabilities. One is a X who is DD and very defiant and has many behavior issues. Without the support of these extra ladies in my classroom we could not survive. This particular child needs alot of guidance and one on one support and I beleive without it we would just fall apart both mentally and spiritually. X is a constant disruption and disturbance to all the children in the classroom. We need each other to piggy back off of our strengths and continue the mind set and tone of this individual. As for our other friend Y who is an emotional wreck and cries, throws tantrums lasting 45 minutes and longer, that individual is a constant challange everyday in the classroom. The benefits of these particular ladies is we all keep our sanity!!!!! Adminsitration often turns a blind eye to our friends situations until recently when they had no choice but to be involved for disruptive and aggressive behaviors. We often get little to no support but just recently we turn the tables on them by providing them with the company of our friends in the office on a 2-3 times weekly basis. We are now getting a behavior specialist involved and the support of the trainer who often runs and criticizes the situation and how we handle it. In the last six months we have had one of the toughest classroom at our center and now we are getting the support we need to help these two friends become successful in the classroom. I beleive honestly none of us could go on another month with these behaviors but with the Lord's strength and the support of each other always making a pact to have each others back I feel very blessed and forunate to know they appreciate me as much as I love them.
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