Communication Skills to Enact Change
I spent the last two days in a leadership conference. The keynote speaker today and yesterday focused on communication skills in early childhood.
Adam White is a business man turned motivational speaker. He contends that if early childhood teachers want the professional recognition and clout that they deserve, they have to communicate their needs, desires and issues to people who have the power and influence to make the changes. Adam said that we have to recognize our own worth, at that point others will also see our value.
Bev Gaffiant-Brown said that we have to have three things. Competence, character and courage. With these three attributes, we will be able to craft issues and policies that the general public will understand and potential support. We have to communicate our passion and vision. We must not give up at the first sign of adversary. Change does not come easily.
Make sure your goals are clearly articulated and written for your audience.
I agree with Adam White in order for us to get the professional recognition and clout that we deserve, we have to communicate our needs, desires and issues to our law makers and lobby for them to change the current policies regarding early childhood educators.
ReplyDeleteChenieka Morgan-Mills
I have spent years preaching the need for ECE professionals to stand up for their cause. A former employer made the comment to me once that if ECE professionals ever united we could bring the business world to its knees.
ReplyDeleteThe only logical reason I have come up with for the majority's lack of action is ECE professionals are nurturers by nature. The concept of fighting is alien to them. It is something we must all get over. We need t fight if not for ourselves for the children. Marjorie Akins