Time Well Spent

As we are coming to an end at our time at Walden University, I realized that there is so much that I have learned. The first and most important concept that I learned from this program is the concept of an anti-bias education. When I signed up for this program, I didn’t realize exactly what I had gotten myself into. As we continued through the program, I was excited to keep learning more and developing my understanding of what an anti-bias education was.

The next concept that has really changed the way I look at things is learning that we all have biases. Throughout this program we have been asked to look into ourselves and see what hidden biases and strengths we could find. It was important for me to figure out my own biases and learning where they came from. It was reassuring to know that my colleagues were going through the same thing and that we could work together and support one another.

The final concept that I learned is that we can all make a difference in the early childhood field. I never believed that my one voice could make a difference. What I have found is that it can, and that if we combine our voices, we can do so much more! This concept has made me look into advocating for the early childhood field, and I am interested in seeing where this takes me.

From learning everything that we have, there is a long-term goal that I have for myself. My goal is to take everything I have learned from this program and apply it not only to my professional life but to my personal life as well. I want to teach my own children through an anti-bias education along with my future students.

With all the knowledge that I have learned, it couldn’t have happened without all of my professors and colleagues that I have met along the way. Dr. Shephard, it has been an honor learning from you these past 16 weeks. The questions that you leave us after each assignment, has helped me to continue my learning and to think deeper about different topics. It has also been your support and encouragement along with my colleagues that has helped me to finish this program.

I want to personally thank all of my colleagues for helping and supporting me throughout this program. By asking questions and sharing personal experiences, I have learned an abundance of information from all of you. I hope that I have done the same for you. I plan to keep this blog up and running to share with you information that I have learned and how my life has been changing due to this program. You can keep in touch with me through here or through my email which is: charlotte_heiser@yahoo.com.

It will be interesting to see how we all put our anti-bias education to practice. I just hope you all remember to celebrate the small successes and to not let anything stop you from achieving your dreams. I wish you all the best of luck and an early congratulations on graduating!