Final Reflection

[A response required to receive training credits. The final reflection is in addition to required 8 posts for training credit. All posts and final reflections should be completed by Friday, March 6th].

For your final reflection, talk about new learnings, if any, that have come from this book and this discussion. New ideas? New information? New connections? New attitudes? New priorities? Can you identify any one idea as having had the greatest impact on your thinking?

In addition, talk about specific changes in your practices you contemplate making as a result of this experience. Do you anticipate changing the environment(s) you make available to children? Your schedules? Your policies and forms? Your staff orientation and training? Your communications with parents? Who do you feel the urge to talk to about these issues, and what do you intend to tell them?

And, of course, feel free to share any other final thoughts you deem important. Your final reflection should be at least the equivalent of a one-page, double-spaced paper.

Suggestions for Next Book Discussion

If you have a suggestion for a topic or specific book that you would like to be the focus of our next book discussion, post it here. The BAEYC Old Colony Chapter Steering Committee, which hosts this event, would welcome your suggestions. Authors who might also be available to present as part of our next Spring Conference would be of special interest.

Preparing for Second Face-to-Face

What an exciting discussion is in progress - keep it up! Let me go over a few logistics, as we near the end of the discussion period:

1. Next week is the 2nd face-to-face (Tues., Feb. 24, 6:45-8:15, Campus Center, Room 204), but you don't have to have all your posts done by then. I am looking to wrap up the discussion and award credits by the end of the FOLLOWING week, Friday Feb. 27th.
2. One piece of information I have not gathered from everyone is a MAILING ADDRESS for sending you your certificates of participation. You can either give me this information at the final face-to-face or E-mail it to me (gnelson@bridgew.edu). For those who did not attend the first face-to-face, I will also need to know whether you want the certificate to be training hours (for the Dept of Early Ed and Care) or PDPs (for the Dept of Elem and Secondary Ed).
3. There will be one final reflection topic I will post AFTER the final face-to-face. ALL participants who want to receive credit will need to respond to this final post.
4. In making sure you have done enough posts for the credit you want, don't count the "Introduce Yourself" or final reflection posts in your count. If you want 10 hours credit and you attend both face-to-faces, you need at least 8 posts. If you miss one face-to-face, you need at least 12 posts. If you are doing on-line only (i.e., 5 hours credit), you need at least 8 posts. Below those minimums, we thank you for your participation and hope you found it worthwhile, but no certificate will be issued.

I think that's it! On with the discussion.

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