When reflecting on some personal goals for myself throughout this program, one of my goals was to become more confident in my leadership and teaching skills. I was always a shy kid who was afraid to talk in front of groups of people. This was always a trait about myself that I did not enjoy. One of the reasons I decided to pursue this degree was to not only improve on these skills for myself, but to also help others like me and hopefully make them not go through the same situations and feelings which I did. The personal reason behind this profession was making sure no one else felt like I did when I was a child. Along with wanting to help others, my goal is to better educate myself and deepen the knowledge I have when it comes to helping children develop and finding out who they are.

When reflecting on my professional goals, my biggest goal at the moment is to get my master’s degree which I can use in the future. I plan on moving soon which means I need to prepare for and take all the licensing tests needed for where I am moving. Along with being prepared myself, my goal is to feel confident in my abilities of preparing children for their educational journey. While I have ideas in my head and know the logic, I want to be able to explain the logistics of my thoughts to others in a way that is easy to understand. I would also like to learn effective communication strategies which can be used to communicate with co-workers, administration, and families I will be involved with. My final professional goal is to learn how to interact with parents in a more effective way and have them be active participants in the classroom along with their children while proving a safe space where everyone feels welcome.