When I began my career as a preschool teacher in 1991, I had
no idea of the necessity or importance of policies and systems. Also I did not consider how they affect the
day to day operations of school program. However as I matured in my career, I
developed an understanding of having policies and procedures to ensure quality
programs. Over the last decade, my lens
of policies and systems have become somewhat clearer of how the education field
is effected by the political climate.
However as I progress through this class the three specific goals I
would like to accomplish are:
1.
Better understanding the connection between
learning outcomes and federal funding.
2.
How the federal political figures determine
initiatives that will be introduced in the early childhood field
3.
What elements in early childhood systems aid in
determining the need/requirement educational credentials for early childhood
care and education teacher.
These three goals will help me to understanding how research
results of learning outcomes impact laws that are passed at the federal
government level. As the decisions to
pursue new initiatives such as Race to the Top are presented, understanding how
the benchmarks are developed. These goals
will help me in under subsystems and areas I want to focus on to support social
change in the early childhood care and education field.
