Thursday, October 24, 2013

Farewell Message







Throughout this program I learned many good things.   

The first thing that I learned was that we need to have a vision in order to make change happen.  

Second I learned that many people share the same passion and interests and that we should recognize that and work together to achieve the common goals. 

 Last, I learned the importance of collaboration and how to collaborate with other to achieve your goals.






My ultimate goal is to impact the quality of services offered in my state by advocacy, training and education to teachers, directors, families, and community people.  I want to influence child care licensing regulations to raise the bar of quality.  I want to lower child-teacher ratios, create infant /toddler, preschool and school age credentials and make them mandatory and make more stringent health and safety regulations.    




Finally, the most expected time during the past two years.  We have completed all the requirements of our M.S degree in early childhood studies. First of all, I want to thank my professor.  Dr. Teri, thank you for your guidance and feedback every week. Without your detailed comments and suggestions the outcome would have been different than the one obtained. Thank you very much for your time and patience and I will always be very grateful for your help.  

 

To all my colleagues, 

Thank you for taking the time of reading my discussion boards and blogs and for providing me with ideas and guidance week after week.  Your expertise, knowledge and experience were a great help during my Capstone Project process.  I am very impressed with everyone’s passion for the field and with all your challenge statements and responses.  I wish you all success in your future endeavor and I hope to finally meet you during graduation.


 Dear Colleagues do not hesitate to contact me if you need help with your advocacy efforts
813-361-7160
marta.laos@hotmail.com
I hope we can keep in touch and continue to share resources and efforts.






5 comments:

  1. I am glad that there are passionate souls like you advocating for better early childhood education experiences. I hope you always find the community of resources you need to accomplish your goals. Thank you for being part of my inspiration each week as I read your posts and learned from your experiences. All the best to you as you continue on your professional journey!

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  2. I want to start by saying congrats, we made it!!! You made some very great points in your post and I wish you the very best in your journey.

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  3. Marta,

    It has been wonderful working with you over these past eight weeks. I can tell through your writing that you have a passion for early childhood education. Please keep that flame burning!!!

    Thank you for all the comments you made during our discussions and blogs. They were extremely helpful in my growth as a professional!

    Congratulations on accomplishing this goal of completing a Master's program! I wish you well as you continue to advocate for young children in your state!

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  4. I want to start by saying Congratulations on a job well done!!! We stuck together and made a difference in each other’s lives through our shared love of children. We wish to make our own mark on social change by helping the families in our community and beyond. My final hope is that we can meet at some future time and join forces to make a joint impact on our society.

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  5. Marta,
    I have enjoyed reading your post! I would like to thank you for the positive feedback given during the discussion board. We did it! I wish you the best on your professional journey.

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