Characteristics of Relationships that makes Partnerships

 We as educators should always look for new ways to build positive relationships with children and their  families as we would our own. Understanding one another differences; whether through, race, cultural, or religion. In order to build healthy relationships and allow these relationships to grow into partnership, we must never be intentionally bias towards people because they are from a different background. We all share the same values and norms, and that is helping children, families and our own loves ones be productive individuals and live healthy lives. Healthy relationships can turn into productive partnerships. Team work is a an effort that we must implement in our personal lives as well as our careers.

Insights regarding Challenges in Relationships..

I'm a firm believer that once we know better we do better. What builds strong relationships/partnerships is learning from past mistakes and making better choices when dealing with situations in the future. Last year I thought that I had build a relationship with a parent and I shared information that I thought she would benifit from. I noticed some things about her child that I felt  as a teacher needed to be brought to the Mother's attention. I shared with her that maybe she should consider getting the child screen. Apparently she became defensive; two days later my director called me into her office and stated, she needed to speak with me concerning a complaint. I knew right away who and what it was about. After this incident, I promised to never offer my opinion pertaining to someone child cognitive developmental skills. Yet, in the teacher hand book states "We as teachers must try and build personal relationships with parents, through effective communiation." This incident allowed me to understand that every parent is not going to be open to hear the the truth about whats best for their child. And every parent will not be able to accept constructive criticism when dealing with their child. I have learned new approaches when talking with parents regarding their child cognitive development.

Ways in which Relationships is positive and Maintaining them..

Just like respecting our supervisors or the parent who we come in contact with daily, we must have the same amount of respect or more for our love one's as well. I once read that we often hurt the people who are most closet to us when we are dealing with life issues. I once was very much quilty of this. Before I went through counseling some years ago; I didn't know how to deal with situations and circumstances that came about in my life. Once I learned how to manage my emotions, than everything else fell into place. Understanding the stress from a bad day at work is to never come home with me and me never to take my home life to work, this has helped me in building better and stronger relationships with people in my life, and on my job

Importance of Relationships/Partnerships

It is always good to have positive relationships with people. Now don't get me wrong, we want be able to maintain good relationships with every one. But the ones who are worth our love, friendship, trust and respect than we must remain loyal to those people. My fiance is not only my soon to be husband, but he's my partner as well. He's always been my best friend since were children. Never thought in a million years that he would one day become my husband. As  I stated in my first blog post, my mother, children, family pet and my fiance are the most important people to me. I wish to continue to maintain positive relationship with them through out my life. 

Relationship Reflection

I have build many relationships over the course of the years, with family, friends, coworkers, teacher-parent, with my students and even intimate relationships. But the relationship that I cherish the most is relationships with my Mother, children and my dog Gracie. My children have always been my life line support. When I was working on my Bachelor's of  Arts degree, my children were my motivation to go back to school. And even now they are very supportive of me obtaining my Master's in the future. My Mother is my rock, through out my life people have told me that I look and act like my Mother. Early in life I couldn't see it but as I've gotten older, I can see me so much in her. My mother has always been a strong woman, and a go getter. She taught my siblings and I how to be independent and never give up in what we believe in. Last but not least my baby Gracie. I've had Gracie since she was six weeks old. She is a Pit-Bull. Many people wouldn't dare want a pit-bull for a  pet; well neither did I, until she came into my life two years ago. I wouldn't change having her for nothing in the world. Until people realize that you can have the same relationship with a pit-bulls that you can have with any other dog than they want be sterotyped as much. It's all in how you raise them. Just and how we raise our children. Raise a child in a postive and healthy environment and more than likely they will grow-up into productive individuals and this stands the same with a dog.

Fellow Collegues!!!!

Hello my fellow Colleagues and not good-buy. I'm sure we will meet again. Maybe we will take a course ot to down along the way together. I have really enjoyed your blogs and Discussion Questions reponses. We all had our own advice and expereinces to bring to the course, and this is what made the course interesting. Learning and growing from ane another is what we did. I will take with me from EDUC 6160, opinions, viewpoints and knowledge that I gained from each colleague, and strive for perfection. I wish everyone nothing but the best on their Educational Journey!

Quote from A Contributor in a Sector of the Educational World!

*Part of being who you are has to do with your feelings, which means you have a wide range of emotions-not just constant sunshiny or happiness."

— Janet Gonzalez-Mena

*The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

Janet Gonzalez-Mena

This quote is exactly what I stand for. When I say in order to persue a career in the Child Development field you must have a great deal of compassion for children. 

And I have always been the type of person that try and lead by example.. But in the eyes of children, we as caregivers learn from them as well. Each child have something valuable and different to bring into our lives and we take with us their differences and become better caregivers/people ...