Saturday, September 4, 2010
Introduction
Hi, let me introduce myself. My name is Anna Garrett and I am a military wife and a mother. I have been happily married for five years and have a 21 month old son. I was born and raised in Germany where I also met my husband. After dating for about five years, we decided to marry in the US. Ever since, we have moved around the world. Not long after we were married, we moved to Japan were I started working in a Child Development Center. Over the next year and a half, I found myself enjoying working with children and understanding how important Early Childhood Education is. I started doing more research in the area. About half a year after starting to work, I become pregnant. My son's education is very important to me and I decided to find a high quality educational program which I found in military Child Development Centers. Shortly after my son was born, we moved to Guam. Again, I started working at a Child Development Center and worked my way up to become the Training and Curriculum Specialist. I am now in a unique position to directly influence a quality program to ensure children are getting the opportunity to excel. I currently hold a Masters in Education with emphasis on Secondary Education. A few days ago, I started a second Masters Program with Walden University. I am enrolled in a Masters of Early Childhood Studies and hope that I can share with you what I learn in this program as well as life experiences.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteAnna,
ReplyDeleteI wanted thank you for your offer of support in my career endeavors and I intend to seek your advice when I move into the T & C portion of my Palace Acquire training. More specifically, I wanted to thank you for your story in your “A Picture Says a Thousand Words” post, as your personal story of creating of art work with your son serves as reminder of the importance of parent involvement in child development. Sharing your experience is evidence of your own personal commitment to supporting parent involvement and providing high quality early childhood education. I wish you the best of luck with your future courses and your military child care career.
Sondi