As I enter this course, I feel anxious due to the small
amount of knowledge I possess relating to early childhood systems and public policy. Although I find myself inexperienced in this
field, I understand that policies and systems can largely impact my role as an
educator.
Three professional goals that can guide my path through this
course include:
First, I must understand the ways systems obtain resources,
while also integrating resources to better provide for young children and their
families.
Secondly, to fully engage in public policies, I must become aware
of service integration and funding challenges that ignite concern and
discussion in professional and political networks.
Finally, the goal I will have the hardest time achieving is
to not only understand the systemic angle of early childhood, but one that also
exhibits the confidence to participate in the highly political policy
environment, in which I have never been a part.
Through these goals, I hope to fully understand the dynamic
web entwined to the many facets of policies and systems. Many hours of research within the Walden library will be necessary in order to fully understand and apply the information gathered and learned.
