Farewell (Cont)

This Capstone class has provided me with so much growth and understanding. It has helped me to become the leader and advocate I want to be. Working on this capstone project, has helped me to put things into action. As a leader, we want to ensure we respect and value other people opinions when we are trying to accomplish a goal.
We want to communicate and collaborate with others to ensure we all working for the common good of not just ourselves put for the whole. It is important to surround and be involved with your Community of Partners, who share the same passion to help you fulfill your vision. There may be others who may have the same interest at heart and together you can accomplish what it is you are trying to accomplish.
Also, researching jobs across the globe, helped me to understand, I can help from not only a local perspective but Internationally as well.

My long-term goal is to ensure the children, not just foster children,  I come into contact with will receive the opportunity to thrive as they should. In addition, I want to work with families as well to ensure they are knowledgeable about their child's development and rights. I want to provide the families and children with the voice and fight for their right to develop and become successful throughout life.

I want to thank all my colleagues for your advice and opinions. Though I had a vision, a statement in mind, I did struggle in the beginning to develop it fully. I personally thank you all for the feedback and ways I could bring this subject to light. Dr. Teri, thank you for your continuous feedback and breaking things down where (I) we can understand. I am not sure about others, but I was a nervous wreck when it came down to our final project. I wanted to make sure all bases were covered. After utilizing the Contact the Instructor tab in our course, I realized a lot of questions I had were asked and answered by many. I know I mentioned it before, but thank you to Angie for taking notes during week 4's chat, thank you Nancy for posting information on writing Introductions and Conclusions and the whole body of students. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You all do not know what it means to me personally. I almost gave up and quit the course because of health reasons, but I kept on. Dr. Teri, thank your for the words of encouragement you posted in the announcements and being on time with grading and feedback. This helped me greatly to improve on areas that I needed to change and helped me with my Capstone Project.

To all, congratulations on your Graduation. We did it!!!
 

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally (cont)

UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.

                                                 
 
 
 
 
AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
Each year the Young Professionals Programme offers to a dozen or so young graduates or professionals just starting their career, from unrepresented or under-represented countries, the opportunity for a career in an international organization.
This programme provides ten (10) recent college graduates and young professionals under the age of 30 with the opportunity to start a career in an international organization.

UNESCO informs the National Commissions and Permanent Delegations of Members States that are eligible to participate in this Programme.

Candidates send their applications to the National Commission/Permanent Delegation of their country of citizenship. UNESCO does not accept applications sent directly to the Organization
AS AN INTERN - If you are a student holding a first university degree, a researcher or a national civil servant, you can do an internship of one to three months at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris or in a UNESCO field office.
To be considered for positions for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization you must possess:

Education: university degree in education, culture, science, social and human sciences or communication or in a field linked directly to the management and administration of an international organization.

Languages: an excellent knowledge of either French or English (the two working languages) and a good knowledge of the other language. A knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, Spanish or Russian is an additional asset.
Note: for applicants from unrepresented or under-represented countries, knowledge of a single UNESCO working language is acceptable. However, once appointed, the staff member must learn the second working language.

Attitude: awareness of the multiple facets of a multicultural world and a commitment to international public service are essential.

Experience: as a rule, two to three years’ experience for junior professionals (grade P-1/P-2); four to eight years’ experience for middle-ranking professionals (grade P-3/P-4); ten to 15 years’ experience, including management experience, for management professionals (grade P-5, D and ADG).
I like this company for their vision and opportunity to hire young professionals who are willing to start a career in this field.

http://www.unesco.org/

International Child Development Initiatives

ICDI is a Dutch non-profit organisation with a world wide brief, and a focus on developing countries. ICDI promotes the well-being of children growing up in difficult circumstances. We work to improve the policies and practices which affect these children by assisting in the development of local capacity (of children, their communities, organizations, and authorities). We believe in the power of children and young people, supporting their rights and addressing the underlying causes for the problems they face. There are so many children who have difficult circumstances and I like how International Child Development Initiatives attend to their goals. They believe that children should not be neglected. They believe in utilizing the child's strengths to help them achieve their goals.

 

They have available short-term assignments that was in past year, in the following areas:

 

In Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Child protection and education

 

Evaluation with follow-up recommendations

 

Evaluation of six after-school centers for children from multi-problem families in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a focus on effectiveness, impact, sustainability, efficiency and potential for replication. The report also included possible scenarios for further development and recommendations on the donor's possible role in these.

 

http://www.icdi.nl/






International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is  collaborate with families, community and professional to ensure every child reach their true potential equally. .



ISSA's mission is to support professional communities and develop a strong civil society that influences and assists decision makers to:

• provide high quality care and educational services for all children from birth through primary school (birth through 10 years old), with a focus on the poorest and most disadvantaged
• ensure greater inclusion of family and community participation in children's development and learning
• ensure social inclusion and respect for diversity.

http://www.issa.nl/index.html


International Association of Early Childhood Education enhance international studies by sharing views among educators and practitioners in the early childhood community and to develop methods for creative teaching and a better learning environment for young children. This is accomplish through annual research conference, seminars, and meetings in different countries.   I like the fact they offer members to join training and practice tours in foreign countries. This provides a global perspective in the early childhood field. Job listing is not available. However, it is affirmed, those driven by and have knowledge of the early childhood field is eligible to attend membership.
 

• http://www.iaece.org

International Association of Early Childhood Education.  Retrieved from http://www.iaece.org

International Child Development Initiatives. Retrieved from http://www.icdi.nl/

International Step by Step   Association. Retrieved from http://www.issa.nl/index.html

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/