Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

Microaggression is a new term that is discovered I was unaware of the word Microaggression with the help of this course reading and Dr. Derald Wing Sue presentation, I'm now aware of practices awareness of Microaggression. This Journey has challenged my way of thinking for me, my family connotation demeanor.

A challenge I faced in high school.

I remember riding my bike to go watch a football game nearby, as I was arriving I saw a friend of mine named Kyle. Kyle was African American and was about 6 feet tall compared to myself same ethnicities but height of 5 feet 10 inches. It so happened that we met up there at the same time. Kyle was a disturbed kid always having problems in school staying focused, and behavior issues. By all means, I was not a perfect but I rarely got in trouble, getting in trouble was not appealing to me. Long story short Kyle and I talked for a few minutes (at the football game) and we when our separated, hang out with our own friends. Meanwhile, a white woman noticed us talking for a few minutes, I didn't think anything of it because there are several people (adults and children) at the football game. No biggie on my part!

Approximately 30 minutes after arriving at the game, the same white woman was yelling something and was heading in my direction near the gate. I noticed Kyle ran right out of the front gate for some strange reason. Apparently, the white woman was calling the police, I didn't know this until she got closer to me near the front gate.  The police (white male) arrived and the white woman shared with him, that someone took something from her purse; and pointed at me. What!! After I explained to the police pleading my case, the officer put my bike in his back of his vehicle put me in the backseat and take me home.

My experience in high school of microaggression was something I had to deal with on a day-to-day basis of accusing the wrong person. For example, you look like, you fit the description of, you're smarter than the average person of your race. I was unaware of the clashing of racial realities of unintentional and visible through natural causes. I can see how society misinterprets, deliberately, unintentionally us forms of microaggression to persuade others to think a certain way.

The part that I said say What! Early, the white women accuse me of being the wrong person. This wasn't the first time I been accused, I calmly share with both adult figures the height difference and my group of friends there at the game. The white one woman was persistent it was me, and the officer was in the catch-22 to her response compared to a child's reaction. The officer was cool about taking me home. I never been in it the backseat of a cop car, and have no plans of that experience again.

What're your thoughts about the situation or how can you handle the situation differently?

Perspective on Diversity and Culture

Kevin a middle school English teacher: English

Culture is not just simply you ethnicity. It is much more than that. It is a person's religious beliefs, language, clothing, likes and dislikes. It encompasses their whole being. To me, culture cannot be defined simply. It is a person's essence of being. It is the reason I love living in the United States because I feel it makes us a stronger nation due to the fact we do not have one culture represented. It is the mixing of cultures that makes us such a strong and unified nation. With tolerance growers unity. Now if everyone can embrace individuality and accept different cultures then we would be even stronger as a nation. America is an experiment worth fighting for in my opinion.

We as Americans and as humans can learn a lot from diversity. The more diverse the more a person can learn from others. People of different cultures bring so much potential as far as the knowledge that we all can tap into. Cultural diversity is intellectual power if a person is open to it. Look at people throughout history that have tried to stifle diversity. It has not ended well for them. Diversity is not easy but well worth fighting for. I feel that a balance of diversity and equality can coexist but it takes an educated and open mind. I believe that through education you can have both. An educated society can achieve great things. I am glad I live in the time I do. Now has been a time of cultural diversity and striving for equality. Are we completely equal though?  The answer is no. We have a lot more to learn. Education, I believe is the key.

Alma a student: English/Spanish speaker

I believe culture has to do with group norms and expectations.  Diversity is found in gender, Age, religion and other beliefs systems.

Ada a teacher assistant: Spanish/English speaker

Culture diversity in the Hispanic culture was closely related to the other countries culture. Hispanics have their own culture, of working together as a family to provide traditions that are passed down.

When you gave the opportunity to ask friends about culture, each person expresses culture based on their individual experience and upbringing. That's why I believe in the United States culture, can't be small groups of individuals having different backgrounds and a religious purpose.

Culture can be simply sharing other people's interest in a small group setting, completely different from their own culture. I noticed that people are willing and open-minded to share their experience while entertaining your thoughts and ideas. For an example, in the Hispanic culture during Christmas, mothers are traditionally made tamales as a given of thinks to their family members. Regardless if you're part of the Hispanic culture or not, a token of thanks and gratitude. Which was similar to our readings in discussions of this week's assignment regarding culture.

The aspect that I omitted to was really understanding diversity. Diversity cannot be described in one word, phrase or statement, it coexists by education and having an open mindset of accepting other cultures. A journey of endless opportunities.

Video: https://grantcardonetv.com/how-to-create-endless-opportunity-in-life/

The following segment is about endless opportunities for the individual to grow and cover new grounds. Real talk. 6:29 min

My Family's Culture

The three items that I would take with me that would represent my family culture would be the Bible, a recent family photo, and a backpack of drinking water.

The Bible, represents the love of God in the fear of No Evil, through diversity and trials and tribulations. Keeping our passion and comfort alive in his testimony and Adventures of life.

Have any recent photo of family members just in case we get separated or something tragic happens to us. Each of us would have a recent photo represent the love of Christ and the togetherness of one family.

The backpack of clean water, other countries struggle with clean water. The Rice's would have a backpack of water and a water filter that cleans water through ditches canals and lakes. This can be our bargaining strategy for food and other resources.

After arriving in the new country perhaps I was told that I was going to have one item and that would be the backpack full of water and filters. The Rice’s is Walk of Life is a part of Biblical history, as well as recent photos that I can no longer take with us. Since our body is made of about 80% of water the Rice’s will utilize this resources for housing, food, clothing and other resources of Lifestyle. While sharing the gospel and creating a new family photo.

The insight that I gain from this experience about family culture, culture difference, and our family values, is the diversity ethics of cultural values of lifelong learning skills. Educators in the field of Early Childhood need to seek to understand diversity culture as a part of their Lifestyles and acceptance.

When I Think of Research in the Field Of Early Childhood

Is When Lifelong Learning Begins!

When I think of research in the field of early childhood, it reminds me of the banking system. The banking systems are designed to help educate regarding checks and balances and other economic situations. In the field of early childhood research, I would say how many deposits or withdrawals that you're investing in the individual child.

When You Deposited!  

Deposited:
When Guardians are depositing social and economic values, lifelong learning skills, reading and math skills, I wouldn't reference this to depositing culture values so that the child has a chance to understand later on in life.

When You Withdrawal!

Withdrawals:
When guardians withdrawing from their child health issues, or neglect their behavior influence of emotion with friends and themselves, I would say the guardians are aware of the child major problem of social and emotional issues. These withdrawals can affect a child early stage of life and social and emotions skills later in life.

My proposal to the situation regarding deposits and withdrawals is for the guardians to have well-balanced lifestyles. Providing necessary assessments (Assessing Qualitative Research) for the individual child to be successful in later stages of life. Guardians should provide food water and shelter rather than neglect violence in other harmful issues.

Educators are consulate revising quantitative research designs regarding early childhood research. For an example, participants observation focusing on how the research collected by observation or natural cause. Direct observation, educators are directly observing what is taking place in their environment, school environment or any other situation. Both of these scenarios are valuable to quantitative research designs of learning with an open mindset.

Life 

In the recent article Empirical Study of Parents Perceptions of Preschool Teacher Competence in China, parents from both urban and rural areas want their child to be love and respect by teachers and their influence. Parents are possessing their child to be successful in the early stage of life, and teachers are doing the same as well. Parents share their love by demonstrating and be a part of their life. (individual child)

Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2016, 4, 1-7
Published Online February 2016 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jss
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2016.42001

EECERA Ethical Code for Early Childhood Researchers

The EECERA ethical code is intended as a guiding framework for all those involved in early childhood research and the publication and dissemination of its results. The ethical principles and guidelines have been developed by a working group of EECERA Trustees through a collaborative process with, amongst others, the involvement of the Coordinating Editor of the International Journal of Early Years Education.

EECERA Ethical Principles These principles are set out with the intention of encouraging Early Childhood researchers to work in the spirit of aspiring to achieve these high ethical expectations within all aspects of their work.

Example:

• The child, family, community and Society emphasis on child development
• Justice and equality
• Social contribution  and much more

I was amazed of the research practice guidelines such as responsibility towards participants voluntary and informed consent. Research must be voluntary, informed consent of honesty information that the individual can agree or disagree.

Volunteer participation consists of the right to participate in one of the most basic information of all research opportunity. Allowing the individual to agree or disagree on a certain topic, issue or trend.

Enclosing the code of ethic in early childhood serves its purpose for young children value and creates the next generation of high standard hopes and practices in the workplace and in the school environment.

Early Childhood Australia: This is the Australian equivalent to the U.S. based NAEYC. You can access several links to early childhood research from the menu on the left side of the homepage.

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

Uplifting Stories

In the field of early childhood imagine that educators can focus on curriculum software rather than lose valuable time assassin each individual child in the classroom. From my experience working in the Head Start program the number of students can fluctuate from 15 to 21 students at a time. Teacher assistants are constantly taking data and observing children's learning in real time.

Examples of

• Capturing conversations
• Asking engaging questions
• Letting the individual communicate, Expressions, feelings, emotions
• Observing cognitive and emotional delays
• And much more

All this takes times to observe the individual child and response according to the situation. There's a lot of software programs for children to experience maximum growth opportunities while using a tablet, computer, and other devices.

From my experience, the software program that I recommend is called Lexia Reading Core5. Not only as a software engaging and motivating for students it is also kid friendly. Educators should invest in their child's curriculum, in which Lexia Reading Core5 provides worksheets, charts, data and assessments built within the program. Something I would have invest in a Head Start program or any other organizations.

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My Personal Research Journey

On this complex Journey, a finding research that is reliable versus non-credited resources is an I open it for myself. Personally, I have the opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. Adolph Brown in person. He has shared his experience growing up in the Head Start program along with his hopes and fears and challenges of life. His inspiration words of “real talk” are something that I would like to pass on to young Educators in the field of early childhood. The struggles of life can be overwhelming and buried at times, if only one person (myself) is willing to make a difference in the individual life as early as 3 years old, I’m willing to listen and support learning opportunities for all children. Working together, playing together, we can accomplish more than one standing alone.

After listening to the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow, what were your initial thoughts of supporting young children? Hopefully, the song inspires you to think of all ages and opportunities to be an encouragement?

International Early Childhood Field

Brush up on pedagogy strategies by Jennifer Gonzalez

No matter how long a person has been teaching, there’s always room for pedagogical improvement. Transform education in the field of early childhood.

Improving and politically Active is recommended in your local areas starting with small group settings. Most important have an open mind set.

After listening to her podcast you will enhance new age of learning.

Goal setting for Teachers: 8 Paths to Self-Improvement

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/goal-setting-for-teachers/

NBCDI has identified three priority areas, for which we engage in a range of program, policy and advocacy activities at the federal, state and local levels:

1. Empowering Parents, Engaging Communities
2. Improving Childcare and Teacher Quality
3. Ensuring Funding and Resource Equity

NBCDI membership gives you access to resources you need to make a positive impact in the lives of Black children and their families – and it allows us to engage in strengths-based, culturally-relevant education and advocacy. Thank you for sharing this information,

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Educator Awareness:

José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in mathematics education from the City College of New York. He’s also a committed writer, activist, web designer, and father.

https://youtu.be/SwzeLrSm7yU?list=PLUmdo4zbdOArEUoEJ6GTtTNFTRQX0J-Sm

Dr. Brown shares his journey of Teaching & Learning Excellence with a focus on Servant Leadership, Classroom Management, and Diversity & Inclusion.  Dr. Brown continues to love spreading positively infectious and life-altering messages and challenges through accepting invitations as a keynote speaker for corporate professional development & training, staff & teacher in-services, opening convocations, back to school kick-offs, and educator professional development.

https://youtu.be/jEr-AEZeIL8

Professional Goals, Hopes and Dreams

In the surrounding area of Porterville California, I'm willing to invest in quality care in the field of early childhood. I'm positioning myself to be an educator for your young adults in the field of early childhood. Speaking with local colleges in the area, resources from Tulare County Office education, and college professors. I believe that's professional in the field of early childhood one must take a risk to understand our young vision.

Overcoming these obstacles of opportunities in the community may involve networking with others. Networking with professors at local colleges such as College of Sequoia, Porterville College, Bakersfield College, Reedley College, Westhill College also with international resources is a part of a success pathway of life. Through collaborations, one may experience the wealth of knowledge in the field of early childhood programs and facilities.

What I plan to achieve in my professional growth is not to be the most popular person in the field of education, however, be diverse when dealing with family members and children in the field of early childhood. Creating a positive relationship of trust with families, being reliable with resources that support families trends. 

In which brings to hopes dreams and challenges in the field of early childhood. My hope is to empower the community families, Educators, and schools regarding early inventions strategies. My dream is to share “our visions” with one another in an adult setting. Empowering young Educators and family members through their experience/walk of early childhood exposure. In which, willing to be  exposed to many different challenges regarding race, gender, sex or age diversities situation in early childhood. My pursuit of happiness.

Working in the field of early childhood educators are faced with new challenges every year. Whether that's family, policies and procedures and local community affairs. Collaboration is one step closer to achieving a common goal. 

Sharing Web Resource

When is covering Tulare County Office of Education available resources link to poverty, education, and policy and procedures are systemic worldwide.

Tulare County Office of Education offers digital resources that are available from kindergarten up to high school. Education Resource Service (ERS) One Stop Shop for all instructions in creativities for engaging students. Teachers and students can take advantage of ERS' vast library of multimedia and resource tools - all just one click away inside our ERSportal, KidsPortal and TeenPortal systems.

Resource website:

http://www.erslibrary.tcoe.org/

In Tulare County Child Care Welfare Service we ( anyone working with children) are mandated, reporters.

California child abuse reporting law

The first child abuse report law in California was enacted in 1963. The child abuse and neglect report Act (CANRA) was passed in 1980. Over the years, number Amendments have expanded a definition of child abuse and the person required to report. California abuse report law is founded in penalty code section 11165-11174.5

What is Child Abuse?

The law defines a child as:

• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuses
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect
• Severe Neglect

I believe all educated should be informed with any new information on mandated reporting.

If any Educators comes across a child expecting or is in a situation of child abuse, we should report within the first two hours of hearing any knowledge or viewing any incidents.

Reported to CWS (Child Welfare Service)

1-800-331-1158

SCAR reports within 36 hours

PO Box 671, Visalia CA 93279

FAX 559-730-2510

Darcy Massey, CWS Family Advocate

559-623-0371

dmassey@tularehhsa.org

Reporting Line:  1-800-331-1585

As Educators, we should be aware of our curriculum that goes on in child care programs as well as child abuse awareness.

Had the privilege to meet Dr Adolf Brown in person, what a phenomenal speaker that support Head Start and public education. The following video clip is a snapshot, must see and stay connected with.

I'm inspired.