Looking Back

As I look back the one thing that I have not done yet, but desire to do in order to stay more abreast of early childhood happenings is join at least one professional organization. I want to use my knowledge and what I have learned to impact the early childhood field.

Thinking about learning and sharing within a community of educators as we have done for the last eight weeks leaves me thinking about a lot. First, as we learn and grow together we become more aware that we are not alone and when we work together we can accomplish so much more. Secondly, working together enhances the number of voices heard in regards to an issue. While one voice and one person can make a difference, if there is a larger group effort to achieve the same, the voices combined together will get more attention. Finally, one a negative note working together can sometimes lead to different personalities and opinions clashing. When this happens all parties involved lose.

We need to work together as educators, on similar issues, to work better together to impact the early childhood field.