The three international organizations that appealed
to me are: Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), FHI 360,
and Save the Children
ACEI is a charitable organization that shares
approaches to educating children in order to enhance their skills and abilities
to be successful in life. This
organization consist of a community of educators and advocates worldwide that
have come together with their background, education, and experience to explore
ways to educate and advocate for children.
Their mission is to promote and support the education, development and
wellbeing of children.
As I explored the website for ACEI, I didn’t come
across a career link but I discover ways to become a member and get involved in
global initiatives. At the local level,
the organization offers professional development, information on obtaining CDAs,
and award, grants, and scholarships to future your education as it relates to
ECE. They also offer summits or
conferences each year, to help your build your global COP and utilize the
information shared at international events.
One of the opportunities that captured my attention was becoming a
diplomat for education. By becoming an
education diplomat, I can help shape the world by advocating for the quality of
education children are to receive. For
more information, please visit http://www.acei.org/
The second organization of my choice is FHI
360. FHI 360 is a nonprofit human
development organization that’s simply dedicated to improve lives through areas
of health, education, economics, nutrition, gender equality, etc. This organization serves at least 70
countries, plus the U.S. I am attracted
to this organization and would like to become a part of their community of
practice because of the basis of their vision and mission. FHI 360 believes that everything is connected
so in essence it will take all of us to help children meet their full
potential. We must collaborate and
partner with other experts within civil society to help meet the issues that
affect communities.
FHI 360 offers internships, fellowships,
consultation proposals, as well as career opportunities. From the list of jobs I browsed, I didn’t see
anything I was interested in because most of them are analyst, program
management, or financial positions that are outside my expertise. I did see a few jobs related to education,
but it was at the secondary level and I’m most interested in the primary or
early education years. However, they do
offer opportunities to partner with them through solicitation, consolation, and
small business approach. For more
information, please visit http://www.fhi360.org/.
And, in my opinion, to save the best for last, my
third choice is Save the Children. This
organization has created programs and built partnerships to make sure children
have their own rights. As I consider my
own COP, this organization would be one that I would use as a mentor, coach,
and guideline to what it means to influence social change. Save the Children works around the world,
saving the lives of children, through protection, medical aid and assistance,
food and nutrition distribution, emergency disaster recovery, and
education. I seriously considering how
to become a part of their efforts from a long term perspective.
Save the Children does offer job opportunities and
they have several within the U.S and in other countries. One job that caught my interest is the Family
Services Coordinator. This job links directly to the challenge I have set
during this course. One of the main responsibilities
is to help parents set goals and encourage them to get involved in their child’s
education. I know this jobs takes me
away from the ECE field, where I won’t work directly with children, but I will
still impact their lives from a different approach. A lot of parents struggle with which direction
and plans they have for themselves which affects their children. This position is will give me the opportunity
to meet the parents where they are, educate them, get then on track, so in turn
their children will have a better outcome.
Based on the qualifications, I lack an associate degree in social work
but I do have degrees that relate to family and human services. I also lack experience at the adult education
level, but if they will consider the informal encounters I’ve had over the last
three years, where I have trained and educated new teachers, then I might just
qualify. For more information, please
visit http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm
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