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technaloegy which best suit the needs!
ol specific handicaps will be given |
special attention.
The course will be held on four
consecutive Wednesday evenings be-
ginning February 6 at 1900 hours
and the cost is more than reasonable

at $40.

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Where To After Playdough?

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Teaching young children is a career

that can come in many forms. While |
some Early Childhood Education (ECE),
graduates work in pre-schools,
others will be more involved in
teaching ECE students at college or |,
university.
Reva Kalef, a well-known local adult!
education instructor, has some inte

esting ideas on the opportunities

available for child educators.

On February 2, Kalef and Anne Sander,
another adult educator, will be |
holding a workshop at Douglas Cdlege'!
to introduce these ideas to working |
professionals. |

Where To Go When You've Finished
With Playdough is a one-day work-
shop designed to show ECE graduates,
and the public, where new employment
opportunities exist in the child
education field.

"People often think their career
reanges are limited, but that's
often because they only assess the
skills used at the professional
level," Kalef says.

"What this workshop will do is
expand their point of view in terms
of what type of work they can do."

One major difficulty is identifying
skills: whether they are learned
through work, daily life, or out of
work relationships.

"A lot of people, particularly those
working in child education centres,

 

| careers outside of the ECE field,”

| goals.

| "When a person does move from one

ji careers.

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may find themselves better suited to

Kalef says.

The way to discover where a person is
best suited to working is through
self-assessment, she says. After
this, the workshop will outline the
different careers available, and
then help in planning long-range

career to another, they will run into
the 'ripple effect'," she says.

"This is where a change has ramifica
tions at home, and at work."

Both Kalef and Sander are well versal
in stress management skills and can ©
offer valuable assistance for ECE

practicioners who do decide to charge

one way of helping ease transitions,"
Kalef says. "And people have to
know where to put their own skills
to the best use, in a situation
where they'll be most comfortable."

This means someone who enjoys working
with people should not become a re-
search assistant just because they
are academically inclined, she says.

"A person's work values are one of
the most important aspects of what
type of job they should look for,"
Kalef said.

The workshop will also incorporate
brainstorming for creative employ-
ment possibilities to help focus
career plan options.

This one day session on career
Planning for early childhood educa-
tors will be held at Douglas Cdlege.
The workshop begins at 0900 hours

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