TIME WELL SPENT

 

Wow!!!! I can't believe I am completing my FINAL BLOG ASSIGNMENT for my ECE program. Sitting here writing gives me flashbacks of when I first started out creating these blog post. I had no idea what I was doing but I was determined to make it work. This ECE program has taught me many things that I have processed, shared, and learned from. In this course I learned how step outside of the box. Each blog assignment showed me that there are so many resources and organizations that are helping to make a difference in the lives of children. I learned that there are so many ways in which early childhood professionals can contribute to the early childhood field. Reading everyone capstone challenge really was an eye opener that there are many things that still need to be done and addressed. Lastly, I learned how to be persistent and fight for achieving greatness. When I first began this ECE program I was determined to graduate with a 4.0. Many of these courses were challenging but this capstone class made me sweat, cry, scream, throw in the towel, and get angry. These last eight weeks taught me how to manage my time, spend more time than required on assignments, and reach for greatness. First couple of assignments papers I was devastated. However, after pinpointing the errors I gradually starting to improve. This lesson taught me that even when things happen in the early childhood field never give up.... Any goals worth setting is worth fighting for!!!

My Long Goal is to develop an early learning center that teaches high-quality education. I want a 4 Star Accredited program that requires staff to have certain credentials, training, and field experience. Now-a-days anyone with enough money can open up a child care facility. What will set my center a part from centers who are just trying to make a quick dollar is my center will always have passion, creativity, and mutual respect for parents, children, and each other. I'm looking forward to writing my business plan, creating my brand, and selecting a name for my center.  

To all my colleagues thank you so much for your inspiration, feedback, criticism, genuineness, and your outlook on early childhood field that we are embracing.  I have truly enjoyed you all this semester. Reading your post week after week was awesome and I hope that the communication does not stop here. I will leave my information below so that we can stay connected through email, organizations, and blogs. Much success in the future and never stop learning. Dr. Embree I sincerely thank you for not getting frustrated with me. Every email I sent you provided great feedback and ways in which I could better and I truly appreciate that. My desire is that I hope you continue to build great educators.

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The first international organization that I chose is called Children International. The goal of this organization is to help children and families that are in need. They provide programs, resources, and services that aim to reduce the burden of poverty on young children (Children International, 2015). They also provide educational opportunities for children in poverty. This includes early education to secondary education. Children International currently assists more than 340,000 children around the world and they have 17 agencies in 11 countries (Children International, 2015). I would like to work for this organization because I think that it is wonderful that they are able to help so many children throughout the world. Poverty is an issue in every country and providing children who live in poverty with education, nutritional help, and developmental assistance can be very beneficial. I came across a few employment opportunities on the organization’s website. One position that stood out to me was Program Officer of Health and Nutrition. This job requires the ability to speak both Spanish and English, two years international experience, and the Program Officer must seek grants, organize and conduct training, and establishes partnerships with complementary programs (Children International, 2015. This is not necessarily an education position, however it is always interesting to see the different positions available in an organization that focuses on children.

The second international organization that I found is called Childfund International. This organization also helps children and families who are in need and living in poverty. Childfund provides services for infants, young children, older children, teenagers, and young adults. They have programs that focus on nutrition, health, safety, building positive relationships, civic engagement, and leadership (Childfund International, 2015). This organization has bases all over the country. They currently work in 30 countries and help an estimated 18.2 million children and their families (Childfund International, 2015). One job posting that I found that I was interested in was for the position of Program Director in Afghanistan, which I thought was interesting to read about. The person in this position must plan and monitor all program activities, document best program practices, and lead the development of grants (Childfund International, 2015). This person must have extensive knowledge in grants, international work experience, and and oral and written skills in Dari and Pashto (Childfund International, 2015). This is not necessarily a job that I would want, nor be qualified for, but it is always interesting to learn about these positions.

The third international organization that I found is called Children’s Humanitarian International. This organization’s mission is to empower and educate young people so that they are able to be leaders in their communities (Children’s Humanitarian International, 2015). They work together with the children on some challenges that they may face in their environment. This organization emphasizes diversity and collaboration, efficiency and sustainability, and quantifiable results (Children’s Humanitarian International, 2015). There were no job listings found on this website. However, there were opportunities to join the team as a volunteer, fundraising, events, and partnerships.

References

Childfund International. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.childfund.org/

Children International. (2015). Retrieved from  https://www.children.org/

Children’s Humanitarian International. (2015). Retrieved fromhttp://www.childrenshumanitarian.org/