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Hello! My name is Angella Hart. I have worked in field of early childhood for over 20 years now. I began my career teaching in a childcare center, I later owned and operated my own home childcare, then returned to center-based care through a Head Start program. In 2000 I left Head Start to begin working as a case manager for the State of Florida with children and their families who are at risk of abuse and neglect. In 2002 I moved to the northeast after accepting a position as Director of Early Childhood and Youth Development working with low income families of refugees and immigrants. In 2006 I had the opportunity to open a brand new Nationally Franchised childcare center closer to my home. Here I worked closely with the owners of the school and the corporate office in order to open and run a successful school. In 2010, I returned to Florida and I continued to work for the same national franchised school, under a different owner. Im am extremely happy to be back in warmer climate with my 3 sons (young men) who are all over 18.

Personal Childhood Web

The 4 people who nurtured and cared about me as a child were:
My Mother, Father, Older Brother and Younger Brother.

Sharon, my mother has always been there to show unconditional love regardless of the stress that children can bring to you. This has helped me in raising my own children.

Bill, my father has always been there to show me the importance of takin care of responsibilities. This has impacted my life as an adult and single parent.

Ron, my older brother has always been there to watch out for me as his little sister. There are only 15 months in age between us. We have been close since childhood and remain close now.

Tim, my little brother was always there to look up to me as his older sister. I enjoyed teaching him things and often pretended he was my student. I belieive that I helped him to be ready for Kindergarten! We had 3 years between us, and unfortunately, Tim was killed in a car accident at the age of 24, so our adult life together was cut short way too soon.

There is not a 5th person for me to name specifically, because as a child, we moved quite a bit until I was in 5th grade. So my "early childhood yers" were basically influenced directly by our immediate family. I do feel that I was close to our extended family members and friends, however none of these have really impacted my adult life because I too have moved around alot since graduating high school.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

3 IDEALS

The three ideals contained in the NAEYC and DEC codes of ethics that are meaningful to me, and how they are significant to my professional life.


NAEYC:
I-1.2 To base program practices upon current knowledge and research in the field of early childhood education, child development, and related disciplines, as well as on particular knowledge of each child.


I-1.3 To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities and potential of each child.


I-1.8 To support the right of each child to play and learn in an inclusive environment that meets the needs of the children with and without disabilities.


These ideals are meaningful to me as a early childhood professional because they speak to the purpose of why we are working with children. In order to run a successful program that is designed to meet the needs of the children, it is extremely important that we stay in tune with best program practices as well as current knowledge and research in the field of all areas of early childhood. In doing so, we must always recognize and respect each child and their families unique qualities, abilities and strengths of each individual child and their family. If we do not recognize their individual qualities, this would mean that the child's needs are not being met. Our purpose as early childhood professionals is to ensure that each child is able to reach their full potential. In order to ensure the children receive all of the necessary supports, we must recognize that the environment is set up in a way that every child is able to play and learn in their environment. This also means that we must be prepared to modify or arrange our play areas at any time to welcome every child that enters our program or classrooms.
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Rhonda Crabbs said...

Angella,

Thank you for sharing your life with us the last seven weeks. I have enjoyed getting to know you, and your family. I appreciate your comments on my blog and for supporting my continued search for EC knowledge.

Rhonda

October 26, 2011 at 8:55 AM

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