HEADSTART
Headstart teacher Headstart Teacher The Challenges and opportunities Introduction Headstart is usually a 40 -year-old program that has assisted children from lower income families to cope academically as well as socially with their counterparts (Blake ) As someone who just got an appointment as a headstart teacher , I expect several challenges and open doors of opportunities which I will explore in this essay Challenges The challenge of Societal Discrimination Once an individual takes up an appointment as a headstart teacher the level of respect that society accord to them

is usually low . The society believe that taking up work with low income families and single parents implies that the headstart teacher is also poor , being in the same category . Take for instance if I tell another fellow that I just took up head start job , the fellow is likely to ask me why
Family challenge
The job involves at-home visits that will enable to explore siblings and homelife .The family may think that picking up their children at home is a special request and not a responsibility or compulsion . As these families are usually low income earners , as a headstart teacher , I cannot punish them for late fees . Some parents may also see the time spent with their children as a token of friendship or free hour child care rather than as a job . Difficulties may also arise from uncooperative families especially single parents or divorced families as teachers and parents are both very important for a headstart program to succeed...





