2nd Phone Conversation

During my phone conversation with Lidia, I learned that she lives in San Diego, CA and is majoring in Child Development. She is happily married and is currently supervising 5 sites as a Childcare Coordinator at the YMCA. She enjoys working with children and works in a predominantly Hispanic community.

Lidia worked her way up to her current position and the conflict that she has encountered is that some of her fellow co-workers do not take her seriously because she was part of the group. Some staff members are too busy talking on their cell phone during work hours and are not interacting with the children or implementing their lesson plan. We discussed about having a general meeting to review the guidelines regarding cell phone use and the teacher's role in the classroom or on the playground. If that does not solve the problem, then she should give a verbal warning and the last choice is to write them up.

I really enjoyed talking to Lidia and I was able to identified with her in many ways. We are bilingual Latinas striving to obtain our BA's and working towards the same goal--to encourage and motivate children to do their best.