“Tell me and I’ll forget, show me and I may remember;
involve me and I’ll understand.” Chinese proverb.
- What inspires and excites you most about your advocacy plan and being an advocate?
My advocacy topic is early
literacy. I chose this topic because I feel that for children to be successful
in school they need to have a good literacy foundation and that starts very
early in life. What inspired and excites me most about my advocacy plan is that
I will be helping children and families to promote early literacy development.
- What challenges and/or anxieties do you feel related to engaging in the advocacy efforts you have targeted?
Challenges and anxiety that I
feel is coming up with both short and long term goals that are SMART. I also
feel nervous about presenting my message to an audience. I am not comfortable
with public speaking or speaking to a group of people. This plan is important
to me so I am very nervous about presenting it.
- What do you believe will be most effective in helping you overcome any challenging emotions you may be feeling with regard to presenting and implementing your Advocacy Action Plan?
I feel that to over come
these challenges I need to continue to use the knowledge that I have gained
from colleagues’ feedback and read and revise my plan often and practice
presenting the plan.
- How can you encourage others in their advocacy efforts, and how can others encourage you?
Whatever topic we chose is
important to each of us, so do your best and keep revising your plan until you
are satisfied with the end result.
I really like the quote you have chosen. I agree that the smart goals are a bit of a challenge. The part that has been hard for me is measurable, especially with my short term goal. My overall plan is measurable but my short term goal has more to do with relationship building and it is hard to measure that.
ReplyDeleteI think that is my problem, coming up with a goal that is measurable. But I find that each discussion and the feedback from everyone helps. Thank you.
DeleteReading to a child during infancy will improve his language skills; the ability to speak well, in turn, plays an intricate part in the development of reading skills. Babies begin to acquire information about literacy from the moment they are born. They continue to build on their knowledge of oral language, reading, and writing as they go through early childhood and beyond. A great deal of attention is now being focused on literacy development in early childhood, an area somewhat neglected in the past. Literacy learning begins in infancy. Families need to provide a literacy-rich environment and literacy experiences at home to help children acquire skills. Families need to be actively involved in their children’s literacy learning when they enter school.
ReplyDeleteKatrina, I completely agree. But some times it is so hard to get the parents involved. This is why this advocacy plan is so important. I have to make sure that my message is convincing enough to get the parents more involved in helping their children to develop literacy skills that will help them throughout school.
DeleteLove your quote you chose. My topic is also Early Literacy. I think parents think their children are too little to start teaching reading to....but its all around our lives.
ReplyDeleteI also had a difficult time creating my SMART goals....after calling Professor McDevitt though she helped me a lot.
Good luck on your presentation!