Week 6 blog assignment

For this week's assignment regarding international organizations, I would choose United Children's Fund (UNICEF), Save the Children, and United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO). I have known UNICEF for a long time and I pay close attention to the website to find out what are happening to children around the world. UNICEF updates information and responds to situations and disasters very quickly, so that children who are affected can get support as fast as possible. The next international organization is Save the Children. This organization strives to help children to improve their lives by providing enough food, needed education and literacy, and medical care. It focuses not only the States but around the whole world. The third international organization I chose was UNESCO, which it works to support civilizations, cultures and peoples, and promote respect to each other. Civilization is an important part for children as well as recognizing cultures and differences.

I would like to work as an early childhood educator in various preschool settings to support children and teach them the necessary skills to become civilized. I would also like to be a trainer for other early childhood educators so that children can get the best support and education. I want to be an officer working in one of these organizations, to collect useful information and resources for children, families, and educators so that we can continue to meet the needs for different groups. 

Week 4 blog assignment

I chose National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Early Childhood Education of British Columbia (ECEBC), and United Nations Children’s Fund Canada (UNICEF Canada). NAEYC has so many useful resources for helping teachers in developing their knowledge and skills by providing research, conferences, and journals/articles. I have found the website to b e useful to my capstone project. I chose ECEBC because I would like to work as an early childhood educator in british columbia when I go back to Canada, and this website provides updated information in the child policies, resources and job opportunities in BC. British Columbia is a multicultural province and the website also supports teachers in helping children recognize cultural diversity, so it would be very helpful for my capstone project as well. UNICEF Canada would give me wider perception when I look at early childhood education, and I’d like to learn more information about children from different countries.

I would like to work as an early childhood educator in various preschool settings with different age groups of children, so that I gain enough experiences as working as a teacher. I would also like to work as an administrator so that I learn to manage the school setting, including financial piece, human resourcing, professional development support, parent/family conferences and so on. After having leadership skills, experiences towards working with children, families, and different teachers, I would want to open my own center and have my own business.