I am grateful for the time and resources Walden has
given me to explore organizations that benefit young children. I especially enjoyed exploring the
international resources this week. These
resources have inspired me to become an advocate for young children on an
international level someday.
The first organization I chose was Save the Children. “Save the Children serves impoverished,
marginalized and vulnerable children and families in more than 120 nations”(www.savethechildren.org). It is a truly remarkable organization with
young children in the forefront of everything they do. I clicked on the link with the success
stories and loved reading the positive things happening for children! Save the Children has a job opening for a
coordinator for the Early Steps to School Success program. “ Early Steps to School Success provides early childhood education services
to pregnant women and children birth to five years of age, education services
to their parents, and ongoing staff training to the community early childhood
educators” (www.savethechildren.org). This is a job I would love to have one day!! Some of the job responsibilities would be to
recruit pregnant families and children under five into the program, develop and
schedule program activities, provide home visits to the families involved. The job requirements include, an associate’s
degree in early childhood, experience with home visits and leading parent
groups, and experience working with families in rural areas (www.savethechildren.org).
The second organization
I chose was The International Step by Step Association (ISSA). “ISSA promotes equal access to quality
education and care for all children, especially in the early years of their
lives”(www.issa.nl). They hold conferences all around the world
that allow early childhood professionals to meet, have dialogue, and inspire
each other towards equity and quality in early childhood education. ISSA also published a variety of books and
offer online classes pertaining to diversity, equity, and quality early
childhood programs. The International
Step by Step Association has a job opening for an office coordinator, who coordinates
many of the day to day happenings of the association. Job requirements include a degree in a
relevant field of study, office experience, and fluency in English and
Dutch. I am not remotely close to being
fluent in Dutch, so I will need to work on that. ;)
The last organization I chose was UNICEF. UNICEF is an amazing company working to
ensure that children of the world do not have to live with poverty, disease,
violence, or discrimination (www.unicef.org). I loved reading about their child friendly
school model (CFS).
The CFS model compensates for any
shortcomings in the home or community that might impede a child’s ability to
enroll in school, attend regularly or succeed in studies. For example, when
learning is hampered by a lack of food, a school feeding program can provide
children the nutrition they need. In such circumstances it also serves as an
incentive to stay in school, reinforcing its child-friendliness. (www.unicef.org).
My dream would be to travel around the world and see the
child friendly schools in action and maybe even become a teacher in one of the
schools. I am sure I would need to learn
some new languages and have become familiar with the child friendly school
model before I could become a teacher in one of their schools.
References
Save the Children - www.savethechildren.org
International Step by Step Association - www.issa.nl
UNICEF - www.unicef.org
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