Lettie's Experience

Specific blog assignment 9

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            Lettie noticed what she didn’t want to do, which was to pour piles of papers onto parents, her staff, and herself.  She also had a clear thought about what she wanted to do, which was build relationships.  In all that she did she made sure that she did not want paperwork and that she wanted to build relationships.  I felt like she knew that relationships were important and therefore she built upon the foundation of the triangle.  I noticed that even though Lettie did have important paper work to fill out, she didn’t just throw the paperwork at the parents and expected a deadline.  In all of her examples, Lettie looked over what was required and then she did her own little twist on expressing the requirements rather then the parents and staff having to fill out form after form.  She used her managing side of the triangle as a foundation to what she implements in her classroom as well as to the families.  From the coaching side of the triangle, Lettie coached everyone as a group.  Not only did she coach her staff, but she coached the families as well. 

            I think orientation would be a stage that I would like to revamp.  I would like to also include the families not only in meeting, but also into the classroom not during center hours.  I would like to include the families from the start, the “We are waiting for you,” book is an amazing idea that includes families right from the inquiring stage.  I would like to include families on the learning of all the children not only their own child. 

            Lettie included everyone in the center, from center philosophies, to classroom meetings, and to solving situations.  She was inclusive in all of the examples, and she tried her hardest to allow everyone to have a say into decisions that were to be made in the center. 

I would want to strengthen my relationships with my parents, so that we can develop meetings that include everyone.  I want to have informal times with the parents, in the part of the story when they said that they invite parents into the classroom and they leave pictures, I thought that was an informal way of including families into the classroom.  I want to practice talking to groups and not offend anyone’s perspective.  I want to spend time with my parents and my staff so that I can feel comfortable having meetings with them.  I want strengthen including everyone not only in conflict resolution but also with my vision.