EDU 671 Fundamentals of Educational Research Introduction

Tiffany Parris

A Little About Me: Where did I come from?

• Survived being a child of the 80’s and teen of the 90’s.

• Childhood was very interesting: moving, hardships, life in general.

• Honor Student

• Reunited with my father when I was 12 years old.

• 16 years old (1997): birth of son, moved our my mother’s home

• 19 years old (2000): birth of second son, enrolled in college, married, Reunited with father again

• 21 years old (2002): birth of third son

Joshua

What’s open on Christmas? Chinese Restaurant

Skyler

My Southern boy eating Maryland Crabs for the first time.

Me and Tanner

Cutting up in the car, those bunny ears are from Skyler.

Education/Certifications

• GED (2000)

• NC Credentials (2000)

• Basic Childcare Certificate (2000)

• Level I Administrator (2001)

• BA Early Childhood Education (Magna Cum Laude Honors) (2013)

• Currently pursuing Master’s Degree: Teaching and Learning with Educational Technologies

School From To Degree

CCC Shelby, NC 2000 2000 GED

CCC Shelby, NC 2000 2003 60 Credit

hours

CCC Shelby, NC 2007 2007 9 Credit

hours

Ashford University 2012 2013

BA Early Childhood Education

Ashford University 2013 EDC

9/2014

Pursuing Masters Degree

Life is too short to be serious all the time. We all need a good laugh!!!

• I have experienced several profound moments in my life that have changed my course and direction.

• I fought to make sure I was not just another statistic.

• I realized what I change, overcome, and rise up from I will always be a product of my environment.

Raised by a Single Mother

Domestic Violence

Poverty Teenage Mother

Raped/Molested Divorced

I am a product of my environment !!

Just MeThe only Me I know how to be!!

Dodge SRT-10

No Longer in Production but near and dear to my heart.

The Perpetual Boyfriend

Love of my life we have been together since 2006.

Where am I going?With this degree…..

I am going to follow my dreams.

Become a Child Advocate

Teach in the online forum (Early Childhood Education)

Continue to make a difference in the lives of

children.

I look forward to crafting again…

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?

W. Clement Stone

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

B. F. Skinner

• Share a smile

• Read a book for pleasure

• Take a nap

• Tell loved ones you love them everyday

• Learn how to argue and not fight

• Relax

• BE PROUD OF YOURSELF!!!