Time Well Spent

"Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day."—Zen Proverb

 This program has taught me so much in which I feel like I have grown personally and professionally.  The different ism’s, persona dolls, and the different environmental situations that children and families come from are some of things that left profound feelings that I will take with me. These various topics are things that I have never heard of before and now knowing them will assist me in my career path.  Learning the new lessons has opened me up to many possibilities which will benefit me as well as the people that I serve.

One long term goal of mine is to provide a culturally diverse environment in my program where children and parents feel safe and can come and express themselves and learn from one another.  Then I want to open my own childcare center that will help change people’s ways of thinking and become accepting of different cultures.

I want to wish everyone best wishes and good luck and all of your future endeavors.  It was great working and learning with you all for the last 18 Months.  I hope that we can still communicate and network with one another to help us in our future journey. 

"It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning." —Claude Bernard

This program has taught me to be open and be more excepting of others.

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community International

Three international organizations that appealed to me were:

1.      Association for Childhood Education International

      http://www.acei.org/

I choose this website because it is promotes that every child have access to quality education and it also influences professional growth for educators. 

There were no job opportunities on this website cause it consisted of different organizations put together to provide place for educators  to help children receive a quality education so they can build a better life in this changing world. 

2.      The Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

http://www.dec-sped.org/

           

This website is an international organization that works on behalf of children with disabilities and special needs.  Their mission statement is to promote policies and advance evidence-based practices to support the optimal development of young children with special needs.

I choose this website since there are many children with disabilities and special needs I wanted to see how people with these challenge internationally.  DEC is committed to promoting parent-professional collaboration in all facets of planning, designing, and implementing early childhood intervention services.

This site only had one job opportunity that was located in Kansas it is for a Post-Doctoral   Researcher at the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project.  The REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  1. PhD in a discipline related to children’s learning, education, and development such as language/communication disorders, early intervention or early childhood special Ed...

3.      NAEYC-The National Association for the Education of Young Children

http://www.naeyc.org/

Founded in 1926, The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 80,000 members, a national network of more than 300 state and local Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations.  NAEYC is the leading membership association for those working with and on behalf of children from birth through age 8. NAEYC convenes thought leaders, teachers and other practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders and sets standards of excellence for programs and teachers in early childhood education.

There were not job opportunities on this particular website.