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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 1, 2011

Words of Inspiration & Motivation

T. Berry Brazelton, "Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply."


Susan Ginsberg. (1996). Family Wisdom: the 2,000 most important things ever said about parenting, children and family life.






"We know that teachers are the key to good child care - and as long as teachers are undervalued, American children, too, will keep getting less than they deserve"


Marcy Whitebook.  (1992, May 19). Child-Care Workers Deserve A Raise Well-Trained Employees Are  Leaving The Field In Droves :[5* Edition]. St. Louis Post - Dispatch (pre-1997 Fulltext),p. 3B.  Retrieved October 1, 2011, from ProQuest Central. (Document ID: 53059478).
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3 comments:

aricajill said...

Angella,
Your quotes are very interesting. I really enjoyed the one by Marcy Whitebrook because teachers are so frequently undervalued. We do so much and get so little in return from our society. I always try to the best of my ability when I’m in my classroom. I know some teachers who put in as much effort as they get out of it (which is not very much). I think educators have to be aware that education isn’t the most rewarding job financially, but emotionally it is.
Arica

October 1, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Judi said...

Angella,
How very true Dr. Brazelton's quote is. I see this sometimes when I am dealing with an upset parent. Often the problem gets to my level as the Administrator of the program because someone directly working with the parent didn't understand that what was going on was because the parents does care so deeply. We express our caring in different ways and that sometimes leads to a misunderstanding.

Judi

October 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Deborah Bowler said...

Hi Angella,

I like Marcy Whitebook's quote. I think it is true that teachers are undervalued; however, we are called to this profession to do our very best and be intrinsically motivated. This way, undervalued or not,children will always be valued and will get everything wonderful---children deserve this no matter what.

Thanks for sharing your quotes!

October 1, 2011 at 11:31 PM

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