Becoming A Toddler Assistant

- Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education and 5 years of experience in the early childhood program.

My true passion for helping others begins with my mother. My mother, Carla worked for Gallipolis Developmental Center for many years as a nursing assistant. Unfortunately, she sustained a severe back injury that ended her career. In 2006, she was rushed into emergency back surgery after several herniated discs ruptured. This left her with severe back pain that she will suffer with for the rest of her life. As a result, I learned to care and to have compassion for those in need. My passion to work in pediatrics stems from my experience of being an aunt. I became an aunt at the age of four and I am now an aunt to six beautiful,

Being a parent transformed me in unexpected ways. I found myself wanting to provide for my daughter and later my son the same security and benefits my parents had provided for me. I found a job at University Children’s Center. UCC provides care for children from the ages of 6 weeks to 6 years and I wanted to be close to my children. I worked with all the age groups but found my niche in the infant program. I enjoyed the close bonds I was able to form with both the babies and their families. I took great pride in creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. I took classes to become Infant Nursery Room Supervisor. Once again, I excelled in my studies and enjoyed the learning process. Bringing the information I learned into the classroom was

I have been a preschool teacher, teaching mixed age children from 18 months to 5 years, for over 10 years. I started as a work study employee, while attending the Community College of Philadelphia in 2006, to a part-time teaching assistant while attending Temple University in 2010. This led me to a lead-teacher position after graduation and then to a program coordinator. I have developed effective working relationships with children in the past years. This position has helped me improve my teamwork and interpersonal skills by cooperating with other teachers in planning teaching materials according to the Reggio Emilia approach and by sharing teaching resources. I decided that working with children, understanding and assisting in their education,

I am currently a student at Western Michigan University studying Early Childhood Professional Education. I am looking into jobs for this upcoming fall semester, and if given the chance, the Children’s Place Learning Center would be a great opportunity to continue gaining experience for my field of study. I am writing to express my interest in a position as a daycare employee. I am experienced with children from ages 2 ½ to 12. My previous job at a daycare has given me the reassurance that working with children is my passion. I enjoy seeing children grow academically and personally.

I am interested in working with the pediatric population between the ages of 3-8 years old. The first reason for this is my love for children and my goal to stay with my current employer upon graduation which is Hillsborough County Public School District. The second reason is I have had firsthand opportunity to work with special needs children both at work and at home whose needs included multiple tiered services such as occupational, physical, and speech therapy. While working with these children I found great satisfaction and a sense of purpose in helping them obtain life

Continuing my professional growth in Early Childhood is very important to me. The way I could do that would be to learn more things about that area. Talk to different people that have knowledge in this type of expertise. Learn all of the qualifications that it takes to

Becoming childcare professional requires engaging in the profession after acquiring specialized skills and knowledge to provide quality care to all children. A professional is a person who continues to perceive educational qualification to complement themselves. Some of the important skills that form the foundation of childcare professional are how we connect with others, communication as key to developing a relationship and advocacy qualities. To become proficient childcare professional a person confronts many

My primary focus is childhood learning and education. Over the years, I’ve continue to explore, examine and assess, as well as, develop a passion towards the fundamentals of childhood learning and development. As a mature student returning to school, I sincerely believe studying and attaining my Bachelors’ Degree in an Interdisciplinary concentration between educational and cultural Studies will immeasurably enhance and strengthen my knowledge and understanding. With the guidance of my mentor, I am able to develop a degree program that will broaden and establish my skills and competence. My work history and knowledge entails over 25 years in various positions ranging from unskilled manufacturing, fitness instructor, manager and professional page designer for newspapers and magazines.

There are hundreds of career paths and options, which can be overwhelming and exciting. I have looked into many possibilities and wanted to talk to a speech pathologist about their career and responsibilities. Speech pathologists, also known as speech-language pathologists or speech therapists, help individuals with a multitude of disorders, associated with swallowing, speech, and language. They can work in schools, hospitals, specialty clinics, or through private practice. I chose to interview Sherri Anderson, a speech pathologist for Rock Creek Elementary School in the Beaverton School District in Oregon. Ms. Anderson originally got a degree in English, and worked for a bookstore for a decade before going back to school to become a speech

teachers work 8 hours per day. x 5 work days per week totaling 40 hours per week. There are

The second limitation that Speech-Language Pathologists deal with when working with families is educating families. Janice Swanson, a Speech-Language Pathologist in Lincoln, NE, works with families both in a research setting through the University and also a healthcare setting through Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. Swanson says that she engages families in their child’s therapy by educating them. She said that she provides them with strategies that they can use at home to continue to make improvements when they can’t be seen by the Speech Pathologist (personal communication, February 3, 2017). “Family members know the characteristics of their member with a language disorder more intimately than anyone else and come to share this insight with

My career clinically, academically, and professionally has been dedicated to the study of children and families. In college I volunteered as a classroom aid and tutor at elementary schools in New Orleans. I learned an immense amount about child development and family dynamics. This led to several tutoring jobs, college courses on elementary education, and the search for a career that would bring me out of the classroom and into the study of family dynamic and functioning.

I grew up loving children of all ages and wanting to be a caregiver. I was the baby sitter and nanny to the neighborhood and my church ward. When I was in High School’s it was no surprise to anyone that I chose to work in the school’s child care center. I continued working with children at several child care centers until I went to school.

I created a new vision for myself; one where I would work with abused and neglected children in child welfare. I pursued that passion and obtained a Bachelors of Arts in psychology with emphasis in child development. I became a child welfare worker and spent 13 years working up in the ranks of the field. I was at the point in my career where I was supervising 7 case managers, and responsible for 140 children. I came to realize that my drive was no longer there and the fight for the field had left. Through my work in child welfare, I came to learn that so many children fall through the cracks with regards to education and