3 Deeply felt learnings from this program.

Analyze values, biases, goals, and beliefs as they relate to professional learning and experiences.

During my journey to obtain my Master’s degree in Early Childhood studies I have become more self-conscious of the things that I do as well as those around me. My own personal beliefs have played a part in how I instruct my students. However, it was not until this course I stopped and took a long hard look at my professional career. I still believe every child should have every opportunity to reach his/her greatest potential. This course has taught me that I have many more avenues at my disposal then I first thought. I walk away from the course knowing that my values, beliefs, goals, and biases are all related to my student’s well-being. While I know that I might always agree with the parent’s point of view I can now better accept that we are all looking out for the child’s best interest.

Intended/ Unintended consequences of my challenge

            I believe that my intended challenges will be met by helping my students to understand that while we are different and we are still the same. We have different beliefs and ways of thinking but we all are believing in something and we are all doing something. My intended challenges are to have my students start to develop a system of tolerance instead of torment. I will try to help them to start acceptance of each other for who they are rather than picking on them because they are different.

At least One Long-term Goal

            My long-term goal is to see my multicultural study to be implemented in all of our head starts and added to the Creative Curriculum all together in the next five years. I believe that when this goal is reached, we as a nation will start to see a change in our society.

A farewell message to your instructor and colleagues

            To my instructors I would like to say thank you for allowing me to learn from your experiences and wealth of knowledge. Thank you for answering the endless text and emails when I just could not wrap my head around the assignment. I am sure that the knowledge I gained from you and Walden University will keep me reaching for my own stars. I hope that my students will benefit me as much as I have from all of you.

            To my classmates. The first thing I want to say, WE DID IT TOGETHER! Thank you for your endless comments and emails of insight and for pushing me to think outside the box. Your comments through these many courses have given me valuable insight into my studies. I look forward to a brighter future for having known you, my fellow classmates. I have enjoyed reading your discussion and blogs and realize the future leaders of countries will be instructed by the most caring, loving, and compassionate adults in this world.

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

1.      National Association for Bilingual Education.

a.      NABE's mission is to advocate for educational equity and excellence for bilingual/multilingual students in a global society.

b.       NABE tries to inspire, support and generate policies as well as programs and research

c.       I chose NABE because they not only talk the talk but walk the walk, they provide resources for the student and the educators and show by example they respect and can successfully overlap cultural a linguistic border

d.      They also help educators to find jobs though them to other educating institutes

Job Opportunities

Shenzhen & Beijing China: Multiple Openings for Full-Time High School English Teachers

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree or higher; Master’s in TESOL or related field preferred

- TEFL certification and teaching experience (ideally at the high school level)

- Familiarity with US higher education system

- Experience working with teenagers

- Experience living overseas preferred, particularly in China

2.      Save the Children

a.       Our vision

                                                              i.      A world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

b.      Our mission

                                                              i.      To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

c.       I chose to pick Save the Children for their continuing serves of children locally, nationally, and internationally. They are the voice which campaigns for improved and policies to fulfill children’s rights and safeguard that children’s voices are perceived

Job Opportunities

Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) Technical Advisor

Qualifications and experience:

Essential:

• At least 4 years of work experience in child protection in both humanitarian contexts or fragile states
• Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar, or equivalent field experience.
• Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
• Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-Agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, MRM, SC Child-Friendly Spaces Handbook, and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings.
• Previous project and team management experience
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Experience in monitoring and evaluating child protection programmed in emergency
• Ability to work both in an Advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity
• Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection.
• Experience of representation and the ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Experience in preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact, and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

3.      United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

a.       UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmed contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015.

b.      This international group goes hand in hand with my community of practice.

Job Opportunities

Associate Programmer Specialist / Communication and Information Statistics

Required Qualifications Education:  Advanced university degree (Master or equivalent) in statistics or in a closely related numeric discipline, such as demography, economics or statistics, or in a field of social science with a substantial applied statistics component.

Work Experience: Minimum two (2) of relevant professional experience in applied social statistics, ideally in communication and information statistics. - Experience in questionnaire design and implementation or data collection and analysis preferably applied in the communication and information field.

Skills and competencies: Knowledge of global communication and information policy monitoring and evaluation issues and in particular with regards to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda. - The ability to make effective presentations. - Ability to supervise staff. - Excellent organizational skills essential for timely implementation of work plans. - Advanced computer skills in MS Office, statistical and data analysis languages and/or packages, and database management capabilities.

Languages: Excellent knowledge in English (written and spoken)

National Association for Bilingual Education. (2019). Mission. Retrieved from.    

 http://nabe.org/nabes-mission

Save the Children. (2018). Our Vision, Mission, and Values. Retrieved from

https://www.savethechildren.net/

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (2019). Introduction.

Retrieved from https://en.unesco.org/about-us/introducing-unesco