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Just an after thought for my final farewell to my dedicated colleagues

Final Farewell !

Blog Assignment: Time Well Spent

At least three deeply felt learning’s from this program

 

This has been a long journey for me that started more years ago than I can count (took time off to raise my children, get my daughter through college and we both graduated the first time together, me with my Associate Degree and here with her Bachelor’s, watched my son go to war and come back and finally get back to college myself). Without the support of my family I’m sure I would never have finished-but they kept me grounded and made sure I never gave up! So here we are at the end of a chapter of my life and I can truly say I am ready to take on the goals I have set and will tackle whatever comes my way. The things I have learned from working with Walden University and all the great professors and colleagues throughout my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees have really added up, but the most deeply felt would have to be the knowledge passed to me from others in my field. I have learned that I must keep discovering new knowledge in my professional life because everyday something changes. I also learned that everyone needs a solid support team to help them succeed because just like children we also need praise/recognition in order to validate what we do! Having people around you that have similar goals for helping children and families is a great way to make things happen and over the course of my time at Walden I have learned that we are a large group that can make a difference.

 

At least one long-term goal

 

 

 

The long term goal that I have is to change how families obtain services in my area when it comes to finding care for children and having resources available for my families to use and have people available that can speak many languages to help every family. My area is very diverse and transient so I need to make sure everyone is welcome and that I can help them no matter what they need. I would like to branch out on a larger scale within the next five years to include the east coast area and I feel this is possible with the right people on my team.

 

A farewell message to your Instructor and colleagues

 

I would like to say thank you to all the wonderful professors and colleagues I have worked with during my time at Walden University. I can truly say we did this together-we made it to the end and are better teachers, professionals, parents, friends, and advocates for all we have put into our learning experience. For this last and class I would like to say a big thank you to my colleagues for reading my posts and sharing feedback that helped me to grow. To Dr. Teri, I would like to extend a BIG Thank you for helping me to grow in my research methods, APA skills and really learning how to take your feedback and put it into an exciting project that I hope to see to fruition in the near future. I will keep everyone posted here as to how it is going. Best of luck to everyone and I hope we can stay in touch. I would love to get together at some point and really get to know everyone. I will not be at graduation this time as I went for my Bachelor’s and there is no way I can go again-so here’s to seeing you in the future!!! Love to all!!

Do not hesitate to get in touch in your in the D.C. Area-would love to network together!

                

Week 6 EDUC-6990

Blog Week 6:

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

This week our job was to research International organizations that work with Early Childhood Issues and there are many excellent organizations that do hard work to help children around the world and it would be a pleasure to work for any of them-but the ones I chose to look at are listed here.<p>

1)      United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)<p>

2)      United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)<p>

3)      Save the Children<p>

The first organization I liked and would enjoy being a part of is the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) because they are a strong force in the field of Education and issues related to young children around the world. Their mission is to protect children everywhere and in all ways to include, education, health, safety and many other layers of basic needs for children. Children not treated equally in many countries and UNICEF works to change this obstacle. An individual can have a major impact on children’s lives by being a part of this organization. There were many jobs listed, but the only one I have most of the qualifications for is the child protection specialist, they have this job listed for various locations and the requirements would be “responsible for the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Child Protection programme within the country programme (UNICEF, 2013). This would be a fulfilling job by helping children that need more resources and support for their survival. <p>

The second organization I looked into is Save the Children because they stand for making changes in children’s lives that will last. They are a leading force in their commitment to change for children and their families around the world. Save the Children does not care what your gender, religion or any factor is-they will help. This organization helps with food, medicine, and education. Save the Children will go help with natural disaster or manmade disaster to help children work through their daily struggles (Save the Children, 2013). The job that I found interesting here was a Specialist, Early Childhood Development, the requirements for this are to have a Master’s degree, on the job experience, working as part of a team, and knowing another language (this is the only part I would need to work on). I have worked in foreign countries before so I know firsthand how vital it is to understand the differences that come with interacting with another culture. So at this time I would not be able to carry out this job I will keep it in mind for future reference. <p>

The last organization I explored is World Vision (2013) they are a humanitarian organization that has built their mission on helping children and families around the world. They work to stop poverty, injustice, and to make lives better for those that are living in poor conditions everywhere. World Vision can be found anywhere there is a crisis and they are advocates for all those in need no matter their race, gender, religion, and ethnicity (World Vision, 2013). I would gladly work with this organization because I am trying to really advocate for those that need someone to speak for them and they have jobs listed that looked interesting to me, but the one I found most intriguing was for a Grant Officer-All Children Reading (World Vision, 2013), it calls for a person that is able to lead assigned grant funded projects, oversee the implementation process of grants and provide reporting on financial compliance and outcomes for children served (World Vision, 2013). I done some work with administration, but would need more education or job experience when it comes to the part of grants. I am willing to explore this job more to advance my knowledge and help more families worldwide. <p>

 

References

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/

Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

World Vision (2013) Retrieved from http://www.worldvision.org/