International Organizations Addressing
Early Childhood Ed.
This week’s blog assignment was to check out
international organizations in which I may be able to use my degree in Early
Childhood Education. I looked into five different organizations and share
information about three of them here. Although I found the missions of each of
these t be interesting, I don’t believe any of them to be viable options for me
for two reasons: I am not bi-lingual and my age precludes me from gaining the
type of experience needed to fulfill the requirements needed.
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) UNESCO’s mission is to contribute to
the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and
intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication
and information. The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global
priorities: Africa, and gender equality.
A major objective for UNESCO is education for all. Although I did not find any job openings for
the education department of UNESCO, I did find a description of the requirements
for anyone filling these positions. UNESCO education employees are required to
have an advanced degree in education, must be fluent in either English or
French with a working knowledge of the other, must have a minimum of two year’s
experience, must possess integrity, professionalism, and a commitment to
diversity.
The International Step
by Step Association was established in the Netherlands in 1999. ISSA connects
professionals and non-profit organizations working in the field of early childhood
education. They believe in: equal access for all
children; promoting high-quality and professionalism in early years services
and empowering parents and communities to be part of children’s development and
learning. I could not find a link that shared information about the
requirements that must be met in order to work for this organization.
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has a
position open for Early Childhood Development Specialist (Preschool – 4th
grade) in Uganda. Requirements include: an advanced degree in Early Childhood
Development or Social Sciences field related to international development
assistance, a minimum of eight (8) years of progressively
professional work experience at the national and international levels, in
fields relevant to Early Childhood Development programmes is required, work
experience in a field relevant to development assistance, experience working in
the UN or other international development organization is considered an asset,
fluency in English (verbal and written) is required, and knowledge of an
additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) and local
working language of the duty station are considered an asset.
Hello Anita,
ReplyDeleteOne major thing I noticed about these international organization is that they all have a common goal to help children's development through providing the bare necessity of life to them. This week's assignment is like an eye opener for each and everyone of us to help better ourselves through an ongoing professional improvement especially for those that have interest in working internationally.
Anita,
ReplyDeleteI really liked all of the organizations that you wrote about. UNICEF is a great organization that helps so many different citizens of developing countries and I believe that is so important. It's week like this when I do all this different research about international organization that I feel so blessed to live where we live. I know that the United States has it faults, and in recent situations in where I live things haven't been the best. But we at least have the resources to help our citizens whereas in other countries they do not. Great post!
Chelsea Roach
Anita,
ReplyDeleteI am amazed at how much experience these groups want. I wonder if there are starting positions that are available for people to build the experience that they need. I think that some of these groups would be perfect for people that are just graduating from college, looking to start building their lives, but if they need years of experience, they may not feel that they qualify.
Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteGreat international resources. I was especially interested in the International Step by Step Program. I think it is important for early childhood professionals to have opportunities to collaborate and communicate with others in the field. I think having an organization that focuses on connecting professionals and organizations is a fantastic resource.
Hi Anita, you are so right, the International Step by Step Association is a great organization I believe to work for, in my search I could not find a link that shared information about the requirements that must be met in order to work for this organization.But I do believe with your qualifications you would be the perfect person to work with this organization.
ReplyDeleteHi Anita,
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the Step by Step Association is a wonderful organization. I also did not find a link for employment opportunities to work for this organization. I also had that same problem with Save the Children's website. I was very interested in their job posting, but did not see any links to click on to see if there were any openings. Good luck on your future endeavors!