“Establishing Professional Contacts”
The
two early childhood professionals I chose to establish contact with is Albania
and Singapore. The steps I took to communicate was
very simple because this is something I have done in the past. My means of communication
will be through email because I found out that phone calls would be very expensive.
What I found out this far is that The
International Step by Step Association (ISSA) is a membership organization that
connects professionals and organizations working in the field of early
childhood development and education. ISSA promotes equal access to quality
education and care for all children, especially in the early years of their
lives. Established in the Netherlands in 1999, ISSA’s network today stretches
across the globe from Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia, Asia, and the
Americas. While ISSA offers general membership and information-sharing to all
interested individuals and organizations, ISSA’s core members are the 31
nongovernmental organizations, located primarily in Central/Eastern Europe and
Central Asia, that implement the Step by Step Program initiated by the Open
Society Institute (OSI) in 1994. Within its network, ISSA supports a wide array
of programs that collectively provide a comprehensive set of educational
services and advocacy tools intended to influence policy reform for families
and children, with a special focus on the years from birth through primary
school.
OMEP's aim is to promote the optimum
conditions for all children, in order to ensure their well-being, development
and happiness, both within their family unit and the wider communities in which
they live. This involves OMEP's assistance in any undertaking which will
improve early childhood education in its wider interpretation.
“Expanding
Resources”
The
early childhood organization I chose was the The National Black Child
Developmental Institute (NBCDI) that I am currently a member of. Since I am a
current member of this organization my ability to establish communication was
simple. The National Black Child Developmental Institute is a non-profit
organization, located in Washington, DC in the United States, whose mission is
to improve and protect the lives of African American children. The organization
was established in 1970, and its current president is Carol Brunson Day.
Its
mission is to improve and protect the lives of African American children, by
focusing on the health, child welfare, education, and family support services
and parenting. The NBCDI believes that African American children should
experience having good health, a safe environment, support from family, to
build a positive self- image, and to be proud of the African American culture.
The NBCDI achieves this by having trained professionals and parents to be
helpful to the African American children, by giving children more resources and
tutoring to accomplish success, giving parents and human-service providers more
resources to help the children.
The
different programs that NBCDI have are Love To Read which helps children with
literacy skills of an African American child at an early age. Another program
is Parent Empowerment Project which it helps to educate, motivate the parents
to be their child’s first teacher. Entering The College Zone is another program
that NBCDI offers, it helps students and their parents by providing many skills
and resources that will help with the college application process.
Historically,
NBCDI has built a strong reputation for its work in early care and education
and child welfare. Over the years, our mission has benefited millions of
children and their families. As a leading organization working on behalf
of children of color, NBCDI’s future is about growth and sustainability,
forging new boundaries and promoting strengths-based programs and policies that
lift up our children in the context of their families, communities and
cultures.
Resources:
International Step By
Step Association, http://www.issa.nl/network/albania/albania.html
Singapore
Committee OMEP, http://www.omep-sgp.org/main.html
National Black Child Development Institute, http://nbcdi.org
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