Vsible learning project - e portfolio artifacts & reflelctions
- 1. An Introduction to ECE What experience in(the core courses you have selected) hashad the most impact on you and your learning?Explainin detail why this learninghas beenso impactful. I was very curious, but not very educated regarding the child care system. After learning this ‘An Introduction to Early Childhood Education’ the best impact on me is, now I know the early child care system. Needof childcare isan evolutionwhichstartedduringWorldWarII, whenmenwere away and women were working, they needed child care to ensure that their children were safe. In 1946, legislationpassed to guide child care. There was no metrics or standard of childcare. After twenty one years of World War II, in 1967 a training ground for individuals working in child care has been established. Aftercompletingthiscourse, the mostimpactfulthingonme andmy learning experience are the seven most important elements of Quality Child Care. These are: Staffing, Program, Environment, Group & Ratios,Care & Safety,Regulations&Supervision,andfinallyFunding.Learningthese elementshas ahigh and positive impact on me which will help me to provide professional service in my career. Staffing:This isimportantto considerhow staffsare trained, their status and their remuneration level. My understandingafterfinishingthiscourse of ECEshouldbe in well trained,registeredmemberingood standingof college of ECE. RECE needto be stable,consistent,warm&caring interactions, respectful of all children and their needs. I will follow all those rules and regulations. Program: Everyday care musthave their philosophy statement and everything will be there. Program will supportandrespect parental involvementsothat it understands the child as a part of a family unit. Program celebrates diversity, equity and inclusivity. These indicate that daycare is a place in which childrenshoulddevelopagreaterunderstandingof self, others and the local community. They are also increasing their creative ability, language, literacy and numeracy skill. When I will be an ECE, I will concentrate on these metrics. Environment:Environmentwill be well-designed indoor & outdoor spaces with open-ended materials and also child-sized equipment. Displays reflect children’s recent activities/learning and represent diversity, equity and inclusivity. Groups & Ratios: Small group sizes and high adult to child ratios; this allows for frequent and meaningful interactions between adults and children. Care and safety: Food represents diversity; nutrition meets recognized standards and reviewed by registered dietician. Regulations & supervision: Minimum standards are available to regulate and monitor. Standards are observedandmet; organizes regular staff meetings and provides useful feedback on job performance and assists staff in identifying learning needs and accessing professional development.
- 2. Funding: Adequate publicfundingandnot-for-profitoperation.Affordable parentfeesandfinancingfor staff training. What significantknowledge/skillshave you gainedin the area of childdevelopment/curriculum? The area that I have gainedthe knowledgeis the areaof childdevelopmentis Historyof Early Childhood Education in Canada. The child within a changing world, philosophical approaches to Early Childhood Education,Overviewof developmental theoryinfluencingEarlyChildhoodEducation, Types of childcare settings, Element of quality childcare, The Roles and responsibilities of the Early childhood Educator, Early Childhood Education guiding documents workshop, Child care across Canada, Early childhood education guidingdocuments, Code of ethics&standardsof Practice,Earlychildhood education guiding documents:ELECT/ELF,How DoesLearningHappen,Earlychildhoodeducationguidingdocuments:Early learningandcare assessmentfor qualityimprovement (Quality Assurance), Day Nurseries Act, Quality ChildCare collage. Ireallyenjoyed makingthe collage.Icollectedlotsof quality child care pictures from the different website with the web address and the bibliography. This thoroughly improved my formatting and applying skills; a section which I was lacking before the curriculum. And I made it in so colourful in an art paper; enhancing my creative, artistic, and fine motor skills. What do you believe yourrole and responsibilityisas a global citizen?How have you begunto demonstrate the qualitiesofa “global citizen” thissemester? I believe myrole andresponsibilityasaglobal citizen istotake care of the environmentandtake care in the classroom, and also ensure that friends and my workplace and colleagues are all happy and safe. AfterI finishedmyclass, I have to turn off the computer and turn off the lights because it will save the energyfor the next generation. Not only that, but also in our home; when we will not be at home, we shouldturnoff our lights;especially when it is daytime. I should not turn on the lights, also when I use tap waterafterbeingfinishedIhave tomake sure I turnoff the tap properlyso that water does not drip fromthe tap because thisisourresponsibilitytosave the energyfor the nextgenerations.SowhenIwill work with children I will try to teach them to follow those roles as a good citizen. I have begun to demonstrate the qualities of a global citizen this semester in the seven elements of quality in child care program, and especially environment. I will celebrate diversity, equity and inclusivity.Inthe program, I will respect diversity; for example Hindu people celebrate Diwali so I will organize a program for Diwali in our community and I will give them henna in their hand and do a program withsweets.Imayalsowearsallowerandkumistoshow respecttoHindupeople and showing them the culture of Hindu people; because in a multicultural place like Canada, celebrations like Eid, Diwali, and Ramadan are not celebrated enough as opposed to Christmas and Easter. In the environment, I will display reflections of children’s’ recent activities and those will also represent diversity. How do you envisionyourlearningexperiencesthissemester,will assistyouas an Early childhood Educator?
- 3. My learningexperiencesthissemesterwillassistme asan Early Childhood Educator responsible for the development and implementation of activities in a variety of ECE settings for children from infancy to school age. I will create playenvironmentstosupportthe overall development of young children. I will collaborate withcolleagues,parents,families,children,andrelated professionals. I will ensure support services are available for the children and families they work with, and for their colleagues and profession. As an ECE I will be warm and caring with children and I will be stable and consistent. I will focuson promotionof appropriate behavior using positive child guidance techniques. I will make sure programswill celebrate diversity, equity and inclusivity. I will make sure quality in child care & safety, foodrepresentsdiversityandnutritionmeetsrecognizedstandardsandreviewedbyregistereddietician and promotion of hygiene for children and environment. I will follow the day nursery act. I made the qualitychildcare collage withsevenelements thissemesterwithlotsof qualitychildcare pictures.From the collage, I just picked one of the pictures which shows quality child care because in the photo, “HelpingChildrenwithTheirColouring Activity,” are representations of quality of Staffing. The RECE is teachingtwochildrenatonce the proper techniques on how to color. The children seem engaged with the activity,andthisis mainlybecause of the positive andwarmattitude and showing that the RECE has on them.She isusingthe propertechniques,because she is holding the child with one arm to keep the childengagedwiththe lessonandnotmeanderoff.Thisrole hasthe childlearning,andrespondingwith a showing of because they know that the RECE is trustworthy and helpful. Therefore those are the reasonswhyI believethesepicturescorrelatewiththe elementStaffing. That’swhy I have been chosen this picture to my collage as my art effect. RECE Helping Children with Their Colouring Activity
- 4. The Learning Environmentand Keys to Success: What experience in(the core courses you have selected) hashad the most impact on you and your learning?Explainin detail why this learninghas beenso impactful. Afterlearningmycore course ‘KeystoSuccess’ I have gainedalot of informationwhichactuallyrequired to work as an Early Childhood Educator. My experience is resourceful which has given me extended level of knowledge about ECE. This is needed in every step of my career. The core course keys to success have given me in depth knowledge about how to involve creating positive and emotional changes with children. This is really impactful because I learned how to communicate with children, theirfamily,co-workers, colleges,andfriends in a professional and positive way. Indeed, in most parts of Canada,there currentlyexistsagapbetweenparentalleaveandthe startof formal schooling,andthe limitedchildcare spacesthatare available are often very costly for parents. My goal was to learn more aboutchildeducationsothat I can focusmy activitiesthatwill help me to reduce poverty, address skill shortages,andimprove productivitythroughoutmycareeras a childcare provider.Learningtakes place inall stagesof life andthe biggestimpacthappeninearlylife where Iwanttoput my effort as child care provider. This is where I gain my experience and knowledge base through this course. What significantknowledge/skillshave you gainedin the area of childdevelopment/curriculum? I have gained the knowledge in the area of child development is Human communication, Communicating in a Digital World, Academic Policies and Plagiarism, Adapting to Canada’s changing Faces, Verbal and Non verbal communication, understanding Interpersonal Communication, Group Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Conflict Resolution, Listening, Critical Thinking an Reflective practice,CreatingCaptivating presentations/Language and Delivery, how to use digital toolbox, visual reflectionof yourprogress,introductiontomy portfolio-purpose,use,elementsand navigation, the Art of reflective professional, how to make digital animoto. I really enjoy making the animoto. What do you believe yourrole and responsibility isas a global citizen?How have you begunto demonstrate the qualitiesofa “global citizen” thissemester? I believemyrole andresponsibilityisasa global citizenwill be totake mysurrounding thingsthatmeans where we live. Mymainrole as a global citizen is to promote peace, fight poverty, hunger and sickness and to improve education. I have gained knowledge about how to spread the word ‘Global Citizen’ withinthe community,trytofindmethodologytosolve majorglobal problems.Spreading and involving otherswithglobal citizenshipconcepts is not something that will happen overnight. This is an ongoing process for human mankind. I have begunto demonstrate the qualities of a global citizen this semester is language diversity. I have begunto respectothersregardlessof ethnicity,race andculture. There are many people in Canada with
- 5. multicultural backgrounds, especially in my community. There are various churches, mosques and temples. I learn to accept the values, beliefs and opinions of people through my decade of living in Canada. People fromdifferentcountriesbringinuniqueskills, religions, and ethics. For example I have learnedaboutBuddhismfromone of myneighbours.Ihave alsolearnedsome smalltracesof Urdu from one of my fellow classmates. I can gain knowledge regarding the religion, and as a global citizen I organized a special event for Muslims in my community where young children can learn about the religioninafunand interactive way. Through this example, I get to teach younger children about their religion, which further enhances my role of being a global citizen. How do you envisionyourlearningexperiencesthissemester,will assistyouas an Early Childhood Educator? My learningexperiencesthissemesterwillassistme asan EarlyChildhood Educator;Iwill be challenged to findnewexperiencestoshare withchildren,guide children,nottoleadthem, andmove ina direction that intereststhe child. Asaguide,Iwill allow the childtochoose theirlearning and playing style while making safety will be my major concern. I will become a partner in learning and encourage children to find their own answers instead of providingthe answersforthem. Bybeinga partner, teachers learn with the children and share in their experiences. As an Early Childhood educator, I will be prepared to interact with parents, children, support staff, the general public and administration. If I do become an ECE, the expertise that I have gainedthroughthe course wasextremelyhelpful;Ilearnedaboutthe importance of having fire drills in schools. School fire drills must be taken seriously – everyone in the building must participate. It is important to have two ways out of the school. Our children are our next generation; they should be cared for and be taught the proper skills necessary to have a good life. I will learn to apply these skills when I do become an ECE; every month there will be a fire drill that will be practiced thoroughly with the children. I made digital animoto this semester it was all about me. I really enjoyed to make this digital animoto, soIgave 5/6 picture to the animoto.Now Ipickup one of the picture fromthe animoto. Thisis picture isshowing Ilove tospendtime withkids, sothat’swhyI gave some times children’s party at my home. This picture also showing diversity that means different cultures children’s are together sharing their knowledge idea language. Interesting thing I try to make for them different culture food also. So they really like it and they learn other culture’s food, dress, language and they enjoyed it.
- 6. Love to Arrange Children’s Party