Getting to Know Your International Contacts

As of week three I have failed to connect with the two original contacts I reached out to, I decided at this point to research a local organization to build a relationship. The Goddard School INC. a franchiser of the popular The Goddard School early childhood education program. The uniqueness with the franchise is how the support structure ensure consistency and each individual school follows the same vision and mission. The Goddard School is a well versed program each program acknowledges all children learn different by offering different teaching styles. “Our talented teachers also collaborate with parents to nurture children into respectful, confident and joyful learners…….. putting your child at the center of our approach encourages your child's lifelong love of learning(Goddard.com)”. This vision is backed by a program originated by the Goddard School “The FLEX program ensure that children have fun while learning the skills they need for long-term success in school and in life (Goddard.com)”. With these methods The Goddard School are building a foundation early on with children, ensuring the academic success as well as social success. These are two main factors contributing to poverty. Until I speak with a member from The Goddard School I will not have their point of view on poverty.

 

 

Reference:

http://www.goddardschool.com/

  

SHARING RESOURCES

 I recently subscribe to the newsletter and blog of the UNICEF. As of yet I have not received any alerts notifying me of a current newsletter. The reason why I subscribed to this stay afloat with the issues and changes in the Early Childhood field globally. I reviewed the last blog post from May 15^th, 2014 “World We Want, youth journalist from Burundi speaks out.” This post addresses the changes our youth globally would want executed. Now all the changes mentioned are not solely related directly with education however education is the start to facilitating the changes. To better understand the perspective given WORLD WE WANT is a platform through Civil Society teenagers and young adults from around the world discussing their idea world. The most interesting viewpoint “Education is the key to solving all issues. If we had better quality education, some youth would create companies after finishing university. Then other youth could benefit from newly created jobs. In this way, the country could become economically developed ().” This is the voice of Peace a 16 year old young journalist from East Africa. We as professionals are striving to change the world through education. This blog post hits home with me because I truly agree all change starts with education. My goal as an early childhood professional is to be an advocate in facilitating change.  

References:

Luthi, Eliane (May 2014). World We Want, youth journalist from Burundi speaks out

Retrieved from: http://blogs.unicef.org/2014/05/15/world-we-want-youth-journalist-from-burundi-speaks-out/

NETWORKING

I went to the following websites provided in the blog resources for The Global Alliance of NAEYC has e-mail addresses for early childhood professionals worldwide: http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance

 I went to the contact us link then the membership link, attempting to join resulted in a fee. I also went to the contact us link sent an email on general information and membership information. I attempted to follow the blog no option was given. I went to the second website UNICEF has local organizations and representatives worldwide. Check out the country specific links and contact a local representative: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html went to the Connect and Subscribe link, I like the Facebook page, and I also subscribed to their blog. I went to the contact us link followed by the Contact internationally I emailed Brazil brasilia@unicef.org and South Africa pretoria@unicef.org asking the steps necessary to connect with an EC professional. At this point I am waiting a response from both emails sent. I will continue to follow the blogs of both websites as well as research other forms of contact I can pursue. I am extremely interested in communicating with a professional from the UNICEF organization.

May 5, 2014

I received a reply from the NAEYC as I understood in order to connect with any professionals through their network you have to become a member. I am still waiting a reply from the UNICEF.