This advocacy lesson plan provided the foundation for the lesson I implemented for my current students. This research allowed me to prepare for in-depth conversations and ensure student understanding.

This Needs Assessment gave me valuable practice of gathering and analyzing community needs, rather than making assumptions based off of intentions.

This assessment allowed me to directly experience the vast potential of young children and helped me to remember that you are always your own best advocate.

Developing an action plan was essential in creating my Advocacy projects. It was critical to analyze needs, data, determine goals, mitigate roadblocks, and measure success in order to facilitate successful projects.

As part of a Trauma Informed Teaching presentation, I carefully researched cognitive development as it pertains to early education and have listed my findings above.

The above assignment provided me with further insight as to how early experiences can shape neurological connections that impact decisions over time.