“Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how
to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing
industry.”
― Bill Drayton, Leading Social Entrepreneurs Changing the World
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/advocacy
What inspires and excites you most about your advocacy plan and being
an advocate?
My advocacy plan is on the importance of social/emotional
development in young children. It excites
me to know that by intentionally building relationships with children from
infancy a provider can make a big difference in how that child is able to
handle their social development, such as making friends or being social, and
also their emotional development, such as knowing how to control their emotions
or handling how to share. The relationship
between the caregiver, parent, and the child is one of the most important
relationships that the child has during the first five years of their life and
I want to revolutionize social/emotional development at least at my center.
What challenges and/or anxieties do you feel related to engaging in the
advocacy efforts you have targeted?
My biggest anxiety is that others will not understand the
importance of social/emotional development.
I do plan to implement my plan in my community. I am sure that others are going to get tired
of me talking about the importance of social/emotional development but I
believe strongly that this is such an important issue for young children that I
am not going to give up. I do not have
any control over what the other centers and their employees do about
implementing social/emotional development but I intend to make sure that my
employees know what it is and how to properly implement it. I want the children that are entrusted to my
center get the best care in all aspects of their development.
What do you believe will be most effective in helping your overcome any
challenging emotions you may be feeling with regard to presenting and implementing
your Advocacy Action Plan?
Presenting the plan is going to be pretty nerve racking
because I am not sure how the people I am presenting to feel about
social-emotional development. I also do
not know some of the people that I will be presenting very well, even though I
have worked with them over the past couple of semesters I still believe that
they look at me as just someone in childcare and not really knowing what is
going on in the educational world.
How can you encourage others in their advocacy efforts, and how can
others encourage you?
I believe that the best way to encourage others is by giving
them positive feedback concerning their advocacy efforts. I believe that positive feedback motivates a
person to perform more effectively and do more in their advocacy efforts.
Others can encourage me by providing positive and helpful
feedback concerning my advocacy efforts.
I do not want everyone to agree with what I plan to present but tell me
where I might need improvement. I would
much rather hear about improvement from my classmates than from co-workers.
Hello Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI love your quote. After reading your advocacy action plan, I can see the passion that flows from you.Social emotional development is essential in all children. I have often spoken to the parents to let them know that social skills are as important as the academics.
I feel that when you present your advocacy action plan your passion will spill out, this will cause all concerned to take a serious look at your plan.Good luck.
Dear Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI agree that social/emotional development is important for children. When they start school they need to learn how to make friends and express their feelings. I feel that every case you present in front of a group of people are going to be nerve racking. It's important that they understand our point of view. I feel that you have a passion for children and you want them to use their social and emotional skills at school.
Thanks,
Teresa Smith
Hi Kathy,
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I love your advocacy plan and I can tell that you are very passionate about the social/emotional development of children. I agree that presenting your plan can be "nerve racking" but I believe that since you believe so strongly in your plan that the nerves will soon disappear and everyone will see that you are doing this for the well being of the children in your care and the children in the community. I also believe that we should encourage each other when it comes to our advocacy plans since we are all trying to what is best for the children.
Good luck on your plan I cannot wait to read more about it.