What is this assignment important?

Being an intentional educator takes effort and planning. Understanding what you know and have learned as you go will help you to make intentional decisions, interactions, and provide intentional support for children's learning and development.

Directions

Write a thorough reflection on what it means to be an intentional educator.

First, describe the concepts you learned within this course and how your ability to be intentional in these areas best supports children's development and learning.

• Explain your growth with the following concepts during this course. Where did you begin, and where are you now?
• Environment set-up
• Teaching strategies
• Guidelines
• Learning styles/preferences/Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
• Early learning standards
• Curriculum models/approaches

Second, explain why self-care is important for educators and how you include this in your schedule.

• If you do not yet have a plan for self-care, how will you include it in your schedule?
• Provide examples and your plans to achieve your self-care goals.

Finally, share at least two (2) professional goals or areas of improvement for you to feel confident as an intentional educator.

• Describe the steps you will take to achieve these goals and improve in these areas.