"City is such a small word for a BIG place"....Susan Lyon, Director of Innovative Teacher Project of San Francisco is the podcast I listened to in regard to why she got involved and became inspired with working with young learners in the Northern California region. Her specialty is working with children with learning disabilities and emotional problems. She also was inspired to look at how children view the world. The Hundred Languages of Children exhibit help her improved her techniques with working with young learners and adults and proving that this type of quality work can be used and is effective in a public school setting.
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I've learned how important it is to collaborate with
international educators as well, in an effort to improve our early learning
techniques and to diversify our teaching methods. From listening to the podcast to exploring the
two websites, I was also able to learn ways to start educational projects,
attend national/international professional development conferences, and find
ways to help decrease child poverty.
I know poverty exist and is aware of how other
countries aren't as fortunate as the United States of America, but seeing or exploring
it firsthand has given me a closer look at what the severity of and the
challenges we face, not just as educators, but as mankind to curtail this
epidemic. It definitely forces you to
become proactive and seek ways to contribute, donate, or invest time and
physical ability in helping to decrease the impacts of poverty on children.
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