Hi! My name is Ashlyn Nishimura and I am pursuing my Bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education at UHWO. I am a teacher at Seagull School at Ko Olina, working with 3 year olds. Our school is currently in the process of opening our seventh classroom. It is really exciting to see the demand for early education on the west side of our island. While I am not in the classroom, I enjoy spending my time traveling with my husband, bowling, and trying out new places to eat!
When looking through the list of programs, I realized I wasn't familiar with many of them. I chose the programs based on the needs of the children that are in my class currently and how it many benefit the children and families, and I chose programs I have heard of but never looked at the details of the program.
The first program I chose is the Cognitively Oriented Curriculum Model. I believe that even though children are the same age, no two children will develop exactly the same. I think that as a teacher, I need to be aware of each child's developmental abilities and expand their learning on what they already know. The second program is The New School Approach to Follow Through. My classroom is divided by 7 learning centers with the objective of having teacher directed activities but also child-initiated activities or learning. I hope that learning about this program will give me better insight on how to use my learning centers to encourage curiosity. The last program I will compare is the Behavior Analysis Approach. Our school participated in the program Hawaii Preschool Positive Education Program. This program emphasized the importance of positive reinforcement. By learning more about this program I hope to continue to use this method to also learn about behavior analysis methods.
By comparing these programs, I will be able to implement them into my classroom and truly accommodate and meet the needs of each child and family in my classroom. Learning about these programs will also give better insight into how other teachers implement learning the classroom.
Hi Ashlyn,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for introducing yourself! Like you, I also enjoy traveling, eating at new places, though we don't have so many of those in Kona as you probably do on Oahu, and I also like to go bowling (though it's been a while).
I'm curious to see how this class will influence your current work with young children. You have picked some interesting programs to compare in your Informational Essay, and I look forward to reading it. I'm also interesting in seeing how you feel comparing programs such as the Behavior Analysis Approach with something like the Bank Street Model later in the semester. Feel free to question all of the approaches you read about here - what are their strengths and weaknesses? Where does power come into play within each model and who has it, or does not? I hope you will question the readings as well as your classmates, and me as well.
Thanks again and welcome to the class!
Hi Ashlyn!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your commitment and relentless effort to children and education. Seagull Schools is very fortunate to have you as a true professional and role model! I look forward to sharing learning experiences and ideas throughout this semester.
Cassandra
"Children learn from those they love" -Aristotle