Greetings to my new friends at Walden. We made it! We have finished the first leg of our new educational journey together. I must admit, it was a bumpy road. I wanted to share my favorite advocacy moment of my professional career with you all. I had the opportunity to meet with the President in the Blue Room of the White House in April of this year. I had his hand in mine, his eyes on me, and his ears tuned into what I was saying about the importance of investing in our nations youngest children and supporting their parents in their most important role of their lives. It was a moment I will never forget and I wanted to share it with you. There is still time to campaign for your favorite candidate whether it be on a phone bank, or a door knock, or by writing out a check. When you do, make sure they know that you are an early childhood teacher and that you are investing in the campaign in hopes that our elected officials will invest in small children for the future of our country. We have miles to go before we sleep! Now......FORWARD!!
Katy,
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome opportunity. I can't tell you how much I wish I could have been there with you because I know how much the President has supported early childhood education, especially Head Start during his administration. All I can say is WOW what an amazing opportunity.
Wow Katy,
ReplyDeleteWhat an Awesome opportunity. This post has truly inspired me and increased my faith, to believe I can one day stand before the president of our country and fight for the rights of the young children in our nation!
Katy,
ReplyDeleteI feel this is a great section to put my Week 8 Blog Assignment because professional you have reached an amazing accomplishment here and I wanted to extend my thanks in sharing it with us. In knowing that another Early Childhood Educator met the President of our great country encourages me and lights a fire inside me to continue on in my professional career and continue advocating for children everywhere.
What an amazing experience! I am so happy that you had the opportunity to advocate for children to the most influential person in the world. I also wanted to say that I have enjoyed having you as a classmate the past 8 weeks. I have appreciated your input, comments and postings. Good luck to you in the future of your education and career. I hope our paths will cross in other classes.
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Hi Katy,
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you for your encouraging words, and your ability to push others in the field of early childhood. I have been encouraged to go higher in my influences, by viewing your post every week!
Katy I want to thank you for all the wondeful posting to your blog. I have really enjoyed reading your posts and all the great pictures. The pictures I love the most is the one with you and President Obama. Katy so a special thanks to you.
ReplyDeleteKaty it has truly been a pleasure having you in my first class. Your encouraging words and ambition has motivated me in so many ways. I wish you the best and I know that you will continue to do wonderful things for children and families.
ReplyDeleteKaty, What an amazing opportunity this was for you! I want to thank you for sharing all of yours experiences with us the past eight weeks. You are truly an inspiration! I hope that our paths will cross again. Best of luck!
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