Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

February 14, 2015

UNICEF

This particular organization sparked my interest because its mission is to protection of children rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Additionally this organization provides ongoing learning opportunities that are vital for improving the quality of education. The employment opportunities that is currently available is Child Protection service worker, Communication for Development (C4D), and Education. I also feel these positions are important skills one must posse is to be passionate about what they do and that is to empower families and their children.

www.unicef.org

OECD

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gained my interest because its main principal aims to promote the policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. They believe that the government and country work together to provide solutions to common problems.  Furthermore this organization ensures that all people of all ages can develop the skills to work productively and satisfyingly in the jobs of tomorrow. I believe that this organization is crucial for all people and are equipped with the necessary skills to provide quality services to the businesses. Employment availability: Junior Energy Analyst and Conference Support Officer.

www.oecd.org

International Child Resource Institute

This specific organization capture my interest because of its goal to build up the lives of children and families and in which I feel is  in developing the whole child and preparing them to have all they need so they will be able to engage and thrive in their learning environment. Their goal is to improve the lives of children and families throughout the world, enabling them to survive and succeed. I didn’t see any available job opportunities but the mission within itself is an opportunity.  Furthermore this organization provides an opportunity to families and children with the necessary equipments in order to prepare them for a remarkable education experience.

http://www.icrichild.org/

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal Level

January 31, 2015

The National Federation for Just Communities:

I selected The National Federation for Just Communities because it known for coalition of like-minded organizations working across America to bring the values of diversity, inclusion, and social justice to our schools, workplaces, and communities. Also the National Federation for Just Communities is designed for the educational gaps between students to decrease this gap. Furthermore this organization design is to enroll young people ages 16-21 who have become involved with the criminal justice system for the first time, and make sure that it is the last time.

Our Mission: The National federation for Just Communities supports its member organizations in the human relations work of building community by advancing inclusion and justice throughout the United States.

Our Vision: The reality of inclusion and justice for all is the practice of every community.

The National Association Education Young of Children (NAEYC):

National Association Education Young of Children (NAEYC): I selected this organization because it is known for its excellence and outstanding services to educators, children, childcare centers, teachers, teacher associations, and any person concern for children. Furthermore the organization is committed to early childhood children to help them reach their foundational years while they are in their early learning years.

Vision Statement:

All young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.

Mission Statement:

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

The Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA):

The Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) I selected this organization because it is committed to improving the quality of care and education for young children and their families through advocacy and professional development.

Job Opportunities:

The National Federation for Just Communities:

Executive Director

Coordinator

NAEYC:

Creative Service Design Manager

Information Technology Support and Research Specialist

SECA:

Team Manager IT

Senior Accountant

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

January 18, 2015

 Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

• At least three local or state organizations or communities of practice that appealed to you, and explain why you chose them

The Association for the Education of Young Children has three layers: the National Association, the State Association and the Local Association. Membership is fee based and includes benefits at all three levels.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 

 www.naeyc.org                                                                                          

"The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)  exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children."

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the nation's largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade.

Founded in 1926, NAEYC celebrated its 75th anniversary with over 100,000 members and a national network of nearly 450 local, state, and regional Affiliates. NAEYC Affiliate Groups work to improve professional practice and working conditions in early childhood education and to build public support for high quality early childhood programs. Membership is open to all who share a desire to serve and act on behalf of the needs and rights of young children.

NAEYC members can receive up-to-date publications that highlight today's topics in early childhood education, brochures, posters, videotapes, books and the Young Children journal. Members will receive access to nationally renowned accreditation through the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs plus access to low-cost insurance plans, childcare information and more

I selected this organization because it is well known and very informative and reliable information that is use global. I believe as an educator I cannot go wrong by using this organization.

2nd organization:

Pre-K Now: Pre-K Now’s mission is to collaborate with advocates and policymakers to lead a movement for high-quality, voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year olds. www.preknow.or

I selected this second organization because it mission to work together with advocation and policymakers to offer all children pre-k children a quality education and shows that preschool children are important and teachers jobs are serious and not babysitters.


3rd organization:
National Head Start Association (NHSA): NHSA is dedicated to meeting the needs of Head Start children and their families. The Association provides support for the Head Start community by advocating for policies to strengthen Head Start services; providing training and professional development to Head Start staff; and developing and disseminating research, information, and resources that enrich Head Start program delivery. www.nhsa.org

I selected this third organization because I work for this agency and believe in the mission they provide for their families and children. It try to offer parents a way to become self-sufficient and become off the system. It help them to owe their on business, go back to school, and offer training how to be the best educator for their own children. Also the teachers are educated with majority of them BA degrees and 50% of them holds a master in education with 30% with specialists, and 10% holds doctorate degrees. I know first hand they have excellent teachers and care much for their children education and provide services that will make them lifelong learners and productive citizens.




Job opportunities (currently available or not) that interest me:

Head Start center director: It offers leadership roles that allow me to strength the program, advance my workers, treat all people fair, respect, and most of all help the morale of the students, families, and workers. Also help different organizations and leaders to get involve with the students behavior and education. Most of all at the center where I work the teachers need a helping hand with discipline problems and substitute list. 

College or university teacher (full time or adjunct teacher): I want to teach adult students to fulfill their dream and be excellent at this admiration. 



Skills and experience that you would need to competently fulfill each of these roles

To become a Head Start center director only thing I need is a 12th grade education. However it is difficult become a center director for this agency because it is usually a buddy system or you in the click which I am neither. Most people become one through volunteering their service, which I cannot do because I have a lot of work to do. Therefore I just keep praying and believing God for a higher position. Also rather is there an opening position avaliable. Furthermore when I first started working for Head Start I was hired as a teacher associate and seven years later the center director offer me a teacher's positon and maybe this will happen the exact same way.

To become a College teacher I have to hold a master which as March 2015, I will have a master degree. Hopeful this degree will open doors for me.

August 23, 2014

As We Take Our Different Paths

This journey has been wonderful and short with a little butterflies and anxieties started off with the unknown or expectations from the instructors and colleagues but the more I went on this journey I found it to be extremely important and successful. My journal could not have been a success without my positive, uplifting, and inputs from the most caring colleagues I have ever encountered. I found these colleagues to share the exact goal, vision, and plan I have for my professional and personal life. They brought as a collectible team new insights, informative information, and engaging knowledge to use in my preschool classroom on a daily basis. Furthermore I can utilize this information in practical ways in my everyday personal life. In addition I hope all my colleagues great success with their specialization as we complete this journey as educators with a new degree within our belt. I may see some of you all on my ending journey with the last two specialist classes but if not success with your endeavor and journey throughout your life. I hope I have made adjourning friends forever even though I may never meet any you all in person but I am a facebook or a blog away. Hope we forever keep in touch!

August 10, 2014

Working within a Group

I have worked with numerous of groups while in undergraduate and the workplace. I found some of them to be productive and unproductive. But the key to any successful teamwork is mutual trust and respect because without it will certain not going to work. Furthermore each team member should be commitment and dedicated to the group, the goal, the vision, and mission of the organization. Before reading the assigned reading for this week I had no idea that trust is the glue for making a team to succeed. I knew we had to have respect and value for each other’s opinion that is part of the group. However now I do understand that mutual trust has to be there for the group work to be done. Without trust one will assume their ideas and thoughts only will work, the person who is responsible for his or her part will complete it, and if not I will do it for the person and this will bring on conflict. Therefore conflict may arise but should not because I don’t trust each team member to complete their part and not a responsible person.

In my opinion I believe high-performing groups are the hardest to leave because they accomplished a project that designated an end date, follower through conflicts, and master the acquired task. Most of hard the team has gain mutual trust, become one, respect each other’s, value others ideas and thoughts, and found a mutual friend forever even if they don’t ever work together again. And most of all they work together as a team to complete a goal. In addition, they have successfully accomplished the five stages of development of a team forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning.

I will assume that adjourning from the colleagues of Walden University will be one of the hardest groups I have to depart from because I have met some everlasting friends,  been together from July 2013 until February 2014, I have learned and shared many knowledgably things to use in my professional and personal life. Most important it will be hard because this group of colleagues respect your thoughts, ideas, and input. They don’t demean, belittle, or discredit your way of communicating. I know that I have learned to love them forever and even hope that I will not forget any of them. I do hope we all can meet each other at the commencement exercise and congratulate each other on the accomplishment of receiving our master. Even like to meet all of our professors that had an important part of our success. I know down the years I will remember each one of you even though the adjourning will be sad, tearer eyes, makeup all of the place, joy, laughter, and excitement. I must even say now I recognized from the very beginning of this class I recognized we didn’t have Ann abroad and I emailed her to see what was the problem, also noticed Nikiesha was not responding to any assignments therefore I emailed her. When the group has such a positive impact in your life you will miss that person and have concerns therefore adjourning is tough but inevitable. Actually this group demonstrates respect, mutual trust, commitment, and value to this university, faculty, and colleagues. I will miss everyone that was part of my success. 

Effective Communication and Conflict

August 2, 2014

This week assignment deals with communicating effective with conflict. Conflict can be productive or unproductive but referrable productive. We as professional educators should always strive to communicate with a calmness and politeless with parents, children, and colleagues at all times regardless what's the situation. Furthermore I have learned how to demonstrate productive communication with conflict by utilizing the techniques Nonviolent Communication(NVC) and the 3Rs by Magda Gebger.

The conflict I am going to share this week is regarding my sister and her immediate supersvior. The conflict was trying to add more workload to my sister which she feels she has extended workload already. My sister feels the supersvior doesn't want to take responsibility as the led DON but desires a workload lite as possible for herself. There conflict is unproductive because the executive director of corporal and the corporal nurse never allow them to discuss the situation with both parties at hand to see how they can what's the conflict all about and reslove the conflict among each other; therefore the conflict never gets resolve. And through the unproductive conflict the problem just brew and brew where it has escalated with outburst and disrespect among the two ladies.

First strategy I think both of them could benefit from is Nonviolent Communication (NVC). By using NVC allows each person involve be considered and compassionated towards each other. This would have allowed no screaming and yelling amongst the executive directors and themselves. They could have spoken with politeness and calmness also respect so the problem could have been resloved. Furthermore it will allow both parties at hand to listen to the other person needs versus their on selfishness needs.

The second strategy I think both of them could benefit from using the 3Rs. By using the 3Rs it will allow every person involve to be considered and compassionated so each one can communicate effectively. Furthermore both of them could learn to listen and communicate with a calmeness and respect. This allows them to build and produce a healthy relationship that would become everlasting.

How I Evaluated Myself as a Communicator

July 26, 2014

How I Evaluated Myself as a Communicator

When reading this assignment it made me to reflect truthful on my communicating abilities and qualities; which I have never exercised before. I only thought I didn't like speaking in public but to take a deep soul search had never entered my mind. 

The first two people I considered was my niece and my baby sister. These two individuals told me some things I think I already knew. My niece said when I talk to others in public for instance at church at Bible class if the people disagree with me I take it personal and my voice escalates and tremble with an angry tone. Furthermore, she says my entire expresses changes. At the end of the conservation I really end up angry and displease with the people.

My baby sister said when I am communicating most of the time I am a cool person with casual conservation but if someone is attacking my character or my children then I get very defensive because my voice escalates and there is a trembling in my voice. Therefore she knows I am upset with the person. But overall I am a cool person to communicate with. She also feels as though I interrupt too much when I should be listening to people conservation and love to give my opinions; which at the particular time I should just listen and not interject.

After listening to both parties I really surprised at their opinions of my communication and listening skills. I thought within myself I was a cool and rashly person to communicate with. Even though the scores kept me at middle but in verbal aggressiveness I scored 72. I suppose my sister says I give my opinions and interrupt too much, well that is true but I can't see or understand why would someone bring you their problems or situations if they didn't want advice. I do know I should allow the person to complete their subject and sometimes people just want to vent their frustration and don't want any advice. Furthermore my niece is correct my voice does escalates and tremble I just be trying to get my thoughts across. I don't know about me be angry with the people but I am disappointed in their beliefs or thought process. 

I believe as a preschool teacher I do listen and communicate with my children extremely well but with my colleagues I can improve my skills on listening with them. I do interrupt and give my opinions upon people when they just want a listen ear. As for the setting at church I need to improve my tone voice and work on my opinions I think towards others.