Professional Hopes and Goals

One hope that you have when you think about working with children and families who come from diverse backgrounds.

   One hope that I have from working with children and families from diverse backgrounds is to be more aware and supportive of these children and families. I hope that in the future I am more culturally aware of others. In being more aware I hope to be more supportive of children and families according to their own individual needs. This hope will in turn help me to build relationships and connections with others.

One goal you would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice.

   One goal I would like to set for the early childhood field related to issues of diversity, equity, and social justice is to provide more education and training for professionals. I would love to see professionals in the field receive more educational opportunities related to issues in diversity, equity, and social justice. I believe that this could build a better understanding of the issues and well as better connections with professionals with children and their families.

   I would like to send a special thanks to all of my colleagues. I have enjoyed getting to know all of your opinions and ideas on the issues of diversity, equity, and social justice. I have learned not only from the content presented by Dr. Ferrari but also my colleagues. It has helped me to expand my understanding and ideas of the diversity and equity.