Rethinking

Rethinking of school through the exposure of the reconceputalist ideas.
Being in the early education field for a number of years have made me familiar with foundation of this field. Reading chapter 3 &4 of “Planning and Administering Early Childhood Programs” by Decker, Decker, Freeman & Knopf made me aware that my relicensing is coming up. Fire inspection...check, Sanitation inspection...check, Health records up-to-date...check, staff credentials in order...check; ok, ok everything is in order. Keeping the foundation in place and inspected is important. Actually it’s very important. It helps to keep children safe and teachers qualified.
The book causally talked about “zoning”. Maybe on the mainland “zoning” is causal. In my experience “zoning” is the extremely difficult. You are asked to go to the building department (the words make me quiver). Once you’re in the building department you take a number and wait...hours, if you miss your number (yes I have), being hollered through a diluted speaker, from you must begin again. Once attaining an audience with the person at the window (thinking all clarification will come now!); you begin to wonder if they are really speaking English. In my experience zoning issues take years and loom over an already stressed director’s head.
Even though the previous two paragraphs describe a lot of work and a base which needs to be kept in place at all times; a more important subject is in the ability develop and evolve and consider other possibilities that might exist beyond what is known. Spending moments of discomfort, stretching what we know to include and expand our teaching practices. When we determine to move in these ways we will find that our staff or those around us will follow.
Critical disposition has led to examination and receptualization of accepted ways of thinking about early childhood education and associate practice and care. Parents (for the most part) love their child and want the best for them; I stand behind this theory because I love my children. Parents have the right to choose the best early childhood center or care for their child based on their identities, culture, philosophy or anything else that is important to them. There are certain teaches and ideas I want presented to my child. Sorry there is no “Universal Child”. All children come with a back ground and or culture. These things must be honored not abolished for the sake of “Globalised Childcare”. It’s the core of the family.
We need to rethink and recognize agency, voice and complex identities without losing our individuality and the beauty of diversity. I worry with some of the literature I read that we are trying to create a generic Early Childhood Education system. One that, for the sake of political correctness or is it federal money, dilutes the very fiber of our communities and the unique differences they hold.