The first international organization I chose is Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). ACEI's mission is to promote and support in the global community the optimal education, development, and well-being of children, from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society. They promote policies and practices that support children’s healthy development, love of learning, and joy in living. Our public education campaigns bring to light both the promise and the vulnerability of childhood. They act for the sake of the children themselves and for a more just, democratic, and ecologically responsible future. In addition they believe that every child in every nation deserves a childhood full of hope, joy, freedom, and promise for the future.
I chose this organization because they are really focused on early childhood on a global scale just as I am. I am very much interested in attending the global summit they will hold at the Intercontinental Hotel in San José, Costa Rica March 31, 2016 to April 3, 2016. The 2016 Global Summit on Childhood brings together individuals from around the world and across disciplines to explore the role of childhood in ensuring a positive human future during a time of rapid change
Being a part of (ACEI) is important to me and I like the fact that they deliver education news and information to individuals, schools, and institutions worldwide. My goal is to do likewise. I love traveling around the world and learning about other organizations and their involvement in the field of early childhood education. Even though no employment opportunities exist at this time this is a wonderful organization for me to be a part of.
The second international organization I chose is Save the Children. The mission of Save the Children is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Their vision is in line with mine in that every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
I chose this organization because of their firm conviction, values and integrity. They see to it that all children have the opportunity to succeed and this is extremely important to me. We all know that education improves life-long health, income and prospects. Save the Children works to ensure that every child receives a good quality education and gains the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in the 21st century. They also support programs that are proven to promote learning in school and in the community. And we influence global and national policy to improve children’s access to quality education, from pre-school care through to adulthood. I would also love the opportunity to be a sponsor for a child in the USA.
One of the career opportunities that interest me with Save the Children is the Interim Internal Communications Director. The communications director is responsible for leading the change of the communications function internationally, as part of the recent communications review, working closely with stakeholders within the organization as well as across the wider membership/movement. Some of the skills and experience I would need and I feel I qualify for are:
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Proven communications leadership at a senior level, in a complex, global organization, with the demonstrable ability to work in a networked organization, influencing others through 'soft power'
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Experience in leading the creation and implementation of a strategy, demonstrating the ability to identify the necessary steps towards an ambitious goal.
• Proven communications leadership at a senior level, in a complex, global organization, with the demonstrable ability to work in a networked organization, influencing others through 'soft power'
• Willingness to travel overseas for up of 15% of the time
• Ability to work in a culturally diverse setting
• Commitment to Save the Children's values and ways of working
I think this would be a great opportunity for me to expand my horizons and do my part in saving all children. I would love the opportunity to travel overseas and see what other countries and doing when it comes to early childhood education.
The third international organization I chose is the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI).
ICRI envisions a world in which all children and families are able to fulfill their greatest potential. All children deserve access to high quality, stimulating, developmentally appropriate early childhood care and education. They believe that early intervention promotes the healthy growth and development not just of individual children, but of entire communities. I chose this organization because they are determined to reach children all around the world. Some of the places are Kenya, Chile, India, Nepal, USA, Norway and more. I would love to travel to some of these countries.
There are no employment opportunities at this time but I am very much interested in the volunteering my services. At this time the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI) have a particular need for volunteers to work on fund development, research/writing, and office administration. This would indeed be a wonderful experience for me.
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ReplyDeleteThe term inclusion captures, in one word, an all-embracing societal ideology. Regarding individuals with disabilities and special education, inclusion secures opportunities for students with disabilities to learn alongside their non-disabled peers in general education classrooms.
We might expect therefore to see a culture of inclusion resonating through policy and practice in early childhood settings. There are early childhood teachers who support such legislative and policy goals, who are committed to inclusion, and who are developing more inclusive early childhood services. Yet, it is also evident that discrimination and exclusion is experienced by many. Teacher education plays an important role in supporting inclusion and assisting teachers’ development of knowledge, skills and attitudes that will support them to teach all children. In this paper, we write as a group of teacher educators and demonstrate the challenges we took up to move beyond traditional approaches to inclusive education and to open up theoretically and practically diverse possibilities for thinking and doing inclusion differently in early childhood teacher education.
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