It’s Almost Summer
For the kids, the phrase, “It’s almost summer,” brings big smiles and sparkling eyes. Summer means two months of freedom…freedom from getting up early, going to school, structure, and homework. For educators, summer means a break in the public school system, but not for those in the private childcare sector. Summer means school agers who don’t want to be in structure attending summer camps all over the city. The end of the school year brings end of year evaluations. Summer means reviewing those evaluations and planning for the next school year. Summer does not mean rest.
A quality program looks at how the previous school year went, identifies strengths and weaknesses, and makes plans on how to increase the strengths and improve the weaknesses. This does not mean that the program is low performing. It means that the program is being proactive in making the education services to advance to the next level. We know as educators that we are always learning and being able to pass that on to our children and their families benefits all.
I have worked with hundreds of teachers and administrators through evaluating programs, providing feedback and teacher education as well as helping to plan for improvement. For the most part, I have always met teachers who are open to learning how increase the quality of their classrooms. Teachers are teachers because they want to help children learn. It isn’t an easy career and we know that the salaries do not adequately compensate for the work, but the teaching field is truly a labor of love. We teach because we love it. I work with centers because I believe that every child deserves quality education, from the very beginning to the very end of their school life. For most children, the very beginning starts at three and sometimes as early as 2 months of age.
Fresh eyes assessing a classroom or reviewing the required center paperwork only can help Directors and administrators know where they stand and where they need to go. Education is about learning and learning is about growing. Organizations can learn and grow along with the children and families that they serve.
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April 11, 2013 1:58 pm
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