{"id":5147,"date":"2023-05-02T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2023-05-11T05:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T05:15:42","slug":"why-this-early-childhood-educator-believes-her-calling-is-much-more-than-a-nannys-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/why-this-early-childhood-educator-believes-her-calling-is-much-more-than-a-nannys-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Why this early childhood educator believes her calling is much more than &#8220;a nanny&#8217;s job&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Gracia Lee <br>(<em>This article was first published on <a href=\"https:\/\/saltandlight.sg\/profiles\/if-theres-any-time-to-plant-a-seed-it-is-now-why-this-early-childhood-educator-believes-her-calling-is-much-more-than-just-a-nannys-job\/\">Salt &amp; Light<\/a> <\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a mother of one of her students recounted a strange thing her son had done recently, Cara Lee thought the story sounded oddly familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boy, who was in preschool, had told his parents to spit into some dirt and rub it on his sister\u2019s nose, declaring to them that it would heal her runny nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe mother was like, \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019 But when I heard it, I knew that it had come from somewhere,\u201d said Cara, 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out, the little boy, who comes from a pre-believing family, had heard a story in school about Jesus healing a blind man by rubbing a mixture of dirt and saliva into his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t even tell the children to go home and apply it, but this boy went home and put it into action,\u201d said Cara, a tinge of awe in her voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"the-simple-faith-of-a-child\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The simple faith of a child<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It is this simple faith of children that has encouraged Cara daily in her work as an early childhood educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting out as a teacher in 2004, she is currently deputy pillar head of the early childhood development centres at Anglican Preschool Services, which houses brands like Little Seeds Preschool, St James\u2019 Church Kindergarten and Ascension Kindergarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChildren have a special place in God\u2019s heart because of the simplicity of their spirit. They really need to rely on others to help them, and that\u2019s the kind of faith that God wants us, His children, to have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-1024x575.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-1024x575.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-380x213.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-800x449.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM-1160x651.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.44.56-PM.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cara believes that children in their early years are extremely malleable and can be set on a path of success if they are moulded well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Listing some examples of how she witnesses this faith in action every day, she said:&nbsp;\u201cYou tell them that their mummy will come. They will bawl their eyes out but they really just believe you that their mummy will come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd if you tell them that \u2018Jesus loves you\u2019, they just sing the song with gusto and they believe that \u2018Jesus loves you\u2019 \u2013 and they will go and tell other people!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"receiving-the-call-at-12-years-old\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Receiving the call at 12 years old<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly enough, though Cara is now a veteran in the early childhood education scene, she did not always have a passion for school.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A student at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls\u2019 School, she was unmotivated to study and \u201cbarely scraped through\u201d each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hated studying. I just felt that there was nothing I was learning that was going to make a difference in my life. I was just doing it for the sake of an exam,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though she found little purpose in studying, she discovered at just 12 years old a passion for working with preschool children, after she was roped in to help out with the younger ones at her church\u2019s Sunday School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was in the preschool space that I could actually see the children growing. I could see a lot of fruit, a lot of developmental changes in the early years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt this stage, nothing is set in stone. Everything can change for the better. I thought: If there\u2019s any time to plant a seed, it is now. If you do things right for the kids in the early years, it will make a big difference,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though just an adolescent then, she set her mind on becoming an early childhood educator, even though at the time there was no such local education or training track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to just do a job. I wanted to be in a place where my presence would make a difference in another person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<cite>Cara Lee<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saltandlight.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-4.20.22-PM-3-e1673403134346.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cara, teaching little ones at one of her centres, knew from as young as 12 years old that she wanted to be an early childhood educator because she wanted to make a real impact on lives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time she graduated from secondary school, a new course in early childhood education had opened up in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. However, having just passed her O-Levels, and with more than 300 people fighting for over a hundred spots, getting into the course felt like a shot in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surprisingly, she did. And it was here that Cara found her purpose and truly flourished.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was everything I was not in secondary school. My parents were like, \u2018What came over you?\u2019 I was starting to be very sure and very motivated. I really felt like my life was here to make a difference,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She graduated with a diploma with merit and went on to pursue a Bachelor\u2019s degree (and later a Master\u2019s) in early childhood education, before stepping out into the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"a-sacred-responsibility\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A sacred responsibility&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming an early childhood teacher, however, was not a decision that was looked upon highly by those around her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parroting the typical sentiment on the ground, she said: \u201cCome on, you want to be a nanny? What kind of money are you going to earn from this? It\u2019s not even a job. It\u2019s like a child-minding service by all the old aunties. Your parents okay with you doing this,&nbsp;<em>ah?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-8.34.27-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-8.34.27-PM.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-8.34.27-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-8.34.27-PM-380x507.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Despite comments from others suggesting that her job is that of a nanny\u2019s, Cara believes it is much more than that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these discouraging comments, however, she understood that there was something significant that she had been called to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s a calling, there is a spiritual aspect in the work. The work is a form of worship. The fact that something is moving in the spiritual realm when I am working is a thought that I cannot ignore. I cannot shake it off,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I just know I have a sacred responsibility, that the words that I speak have power. The decisions I make have power<\/p>\n<cite>Cara Lee<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It is this that has kept her going for almost two decades, and she is grateful that God has been kind to show her the impact she has made whenever she grows weary.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, she recalled the time when she suspected that a boy in her class had special needs. While she made an effort to educate herself on how to better manage him, she struggled to bring up the issue with his parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was something she could have swept under the carpet, but she knew it would not be the best thing to do for her student. So, gathering up her courage, she broached the subject with his parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully the conversation, though tearful on both sides, went well and the boy\u2019s parents were able to accept that they needed to get him some additional help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember walking out of the conversation thinking that if that was my job to bring them to that starting line, then it was worth it. In the last six months that we had with him in the school, we saw improvements,\u201d Cara recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today the boy is in Secondary 4 and has successfully made it through the mainstream education system \u201cdespite some of his quirks\u201d, she added endearingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"seeing-work-through-faith-tinted-glasses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seeing work through faith-tinted glasses<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming year, Cara will be focusing more on developing her organisation\u2019s Academic Services, which include their programmes, curriculums, professional development and innovation and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though she does not interact as much as she used to with the students, she still finds meaning in making an impact in their lives through mentoring and guiding their teachers and principals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her faith continues to shape the way she carries out her role in two main ways, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is in the choices that she makes. \u201cMy faith really, really helps me to prioritise what is most important. When I make choices, I think about what has eternal value,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do this from choices as small as whether I\u2019m going to call this parent personally or leave it to another leader, to choices as big as whether I\u2019m going to raise my points of disagreement and convictions at the risk of being the only one,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-260x195.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-380x285.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM-1160x870.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/ourlearningjourney.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-09-at-11.45.30-PM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young children learning about Noah\u2019s Ark in school.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is in what she calls \u201csense-making\u201d, or trying to understand the things \u2013 both good and bad \u2013 that happen in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I make choices, I think about what has eternal value.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/saltandlight.sg\/profiles\/if-theres-any-time-to-plant-a-seed-it-is-now-why-this-early-childhood-educator-believes-her-calling-is-much-more-than-just-a-nannys-job\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When there is success, she acknowledges that it is from God. When she runs into problems with people, she strives to forgive them, understanding that they, like her, are on their own growth journeys. And when things do not make sense, she acknowledges that it is okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI need to embrace the fact that I have limitations and I\u2019m not the answer to every question, and that God is above it all,\u201d she said. \u201cThere has to be a point where you stop asking why. I need to ask instead, how shall I best respond?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing her work through faith-tinted glasses has also kept her faithful, even though she still receives comments from others about how she could be earning more elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI allow myself to be a human and take this issue to God. 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