Week 8: Thank You

I have truly enjoyed this course! I want to thank all of my colleagues and Dr. Darrargh for making this course an enjoyable learning experience. I have gained so much insight into what it takes to communicate with families, children, providers, and others whom I will come in contact with through my career. I would like to wish all of my colleagues the best as you all embark on various professional journeys, as well as the end of this journey to obtain our Masters of Science in Early Childhood Studies, Only 3 more courses!!!!! Best wishes!

LaQuasia Cousar

laquasia.cousar@waldenu.edu
laquasialcousar@yahoo.com

Week 6

Throughout my 25 years of life, I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of people for various reason, in various settings. While some groups have been more pleasing to work with than others, I still learned a valuable lesson and manged to complete the task at hand. As I think back over the many groups I have been affiliated with, I would have to say that it was hardest for me to say goodbye to my coworkers at my last job, which was a childcare facility! Even though we did not have the perfect working  relationship, we all had formed a family like bond. In spite of our differences, we all knew that our common goal was  to provide the best care possible for the children and families that we served. We all had worked at the center for 3 or more years, so over that length of time we had developed friendships. Even though I am no employed there, I interact with these women often as my current job calls me to  provide services within childcare facilities in Scotland County. My former co workers and myself actually had a while to prepare for my "goodbyes". They all knew that I was months away from graduating and that afterwards, I sought to find a better paying job that allowed me to help even more children in our community. 

Although we all knew I was leaving, we did not know a specific time, therefore I was unable to have an official celebration or last day with my co workers and students. I wished that I would have been able to have some sort of closure. It's sad because whenever I go back to the center to do an assessment or for a Reading is Fundamental visit the children get excited and ask if I'm back to stay. 

I have been apart of this Master's program for a year and a half. After this course, I only have my 2 specialization courses and my capstone. That's roughly 5-6 months left. As I prepare to adjourn this phase in my life, I will likely exchange "professional contact information" with my colleagues. Adjourning is important because it brings closures and will also allow members to remain in contact or connected with one another.