Course Goals Module 1: Assignment Blog Post As an elementary music instructor, I have some experience about the educational needs of early childhood educational systems. Having experience with grade levels Pre-K-5, I must say, I honestly believe the earlier children learn musical and basic academic concepts, the better understanding they will have of why they exist and how education impacts the world around them. Early childhood systems are currently changing rapidly in order to try and improve underlying deficits in certain programs already implemented in educational systems. In order to prevent underlying deficits, three goals I believe that may help professional educators of young children become more effective are establishing a more clear and positive working relationship with parents and the surrounding community, using the Arts to instill positive emotional development in young children, and providing parental guardian academic training workshops for the parents of those young children. Looking at the first goal, establishing a more effective clear and positive working relationship with parents the surrounding community; this goal may be the most important goal due to the fact that positive relationships often have the most positive effect. Teachers, parents, students, and the community must work together towards the same common goal when it comes to education. Education is part of a community of leaders; that is why this goal is so important to teachers. Secondly, most young children have a love for music, dancing, singing, acting, and drawing. One of these interests can have a great impact on students’ emotional and social development. As a teacher allowing creativity to flow throughout the classroom opens doors for other possibilities that may not have been noticeable beforehand. Young children area motivated by their own creativity and are anxious for others to see what they can accomplish independently; therefore the Arts allows their individuality to shine in a creative and structured setting. I chose the third goal, providing parental guardian academic training workshops because parents and guardians that understand the importance of their child’s education will become more involved in helping the child as well as the teacher. As a teacher, this is important because parents need to understand the skills their children and working on in order to assist them outside of class. I believe all three of these goals will make an impact not only for early childhood educators but as well as higher education. www.mygoalsare.blogspot.com