Reflective Essay: Working In The Classroom

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“My love and passion for educating the youth all started with a single high school course,” says a current Kinder Care teacher, Candace C. Pinckney. At Thornwood, the high school Candace attended back in 2007, they provided a Child Development course. In the class, first semester, the students learn the required book material including; essentials and methods to properly care for children at various ages, children’s tendencies/ common personalities at certain ages, the milestones and development of children, and much more. The second semester, Thornwood’s school daycare would open, providing services to families in the community. The students were put into different groups and the groups rotated from four different jobs. The four jobs were the observer, the assistant, the teacher, and the planner. The observer quietly observed the children through a one-way window. The observer was to take notes of the children and could not interact with them. The assistant took attendance for each child, helped the children hang their belongings in the cubbies, played with the children, guided the children to their lessons, and assisted …show more content…
I have learned so much and grown so much as a child educator and a childcare provider. I have also learned so much about myself,” Candace says. “Ever since I started at Family Life, I always had the children’s best interest at heart. I practice being the teacher that I would want my child to have one day. I was and am a part-time student at Chicago State University. I always made sure that I incorporated what I was learning in class to workplace situations. In class, I would actively participate and give my professors details about the situations that occurred at Family Life. I wanted to know how to react appropriately and accordingly to different situations that were bothering me. What I was learning was important to me. I was and am sorry that I cannot say the same for

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