Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally
There are many organizations that we can give insight
on as early childhood professionals, but when you want to look at it from a international
perspective you options get a little slimmer and your information get broader.
Worldomep- this is the first international
organization that I chose to reflect on and give more information in detail.
This is a non-governmental and non-profit organization with Consultative Status
at the United Nations and UNESCO. OMEP was founded in 1948 and they promote the
rights of children’s education in the world of early learning. (OMEP, 2013) The
main objective of OMEP was to bring people together from all over the world
with the idea in mind to share information and initiate action to benefit
children from all over the world. (OMEP, 2013) Employment Opportunity were hard
to come across on this site,
ACEI- The next organization I chose to elaborate on
is Association for Childhood Education International. This organization has a
mission to promote and support the optimal education, development, and
well-being of children worldwide. ACEI wants to share various approaches to
learning and wants to ensure that they are delivered to enhance the skills and abilities
of children worldwide. (ACEI, 2011) ACEI wants to assure that every child in
the nation has the opportunity to receive quality education that will prepare
children to responsible and engaged citizens. (ACEI, 2011) An employment
opportunity that was available was work with administration to gather accurate information.
The skills needed for this job would be to organize well and accurately. You
would need to be able to pinpoint mistakes and gather useful findings, You would
need to be able to work under pressure.
The International Reading Association Preschool
Literacy Collection- This organization is a global advocacy organization that
is passionate about spreading the lessons of literacy. They conduct research
and translate their findings into useful resources for educators, students and
those involved with spreading literacy across the world. They understand that
literacy changes people’s lives and it helps people to reach their full
potential. “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create,
compute, and communicate using visual, audible, and digital materials across
disciplines and in any context. (ILA, 2015) There is an employment opportunity
to teach children how to closely read text, so reading and comprehensive
building. You would need to have a great ability to focus and have patience to
work with adults that may not be able to comprehend as well.
OMEP,(2013) Retrieved from : http://www.worldomep.org/en/page/2/
ACEI (Association for Childhood Education International),
2011, Retrieved from: http://acei.org/about-us/about-us.html
International Literacy Association, (2015) Retrieved
from: http://www.literacyworldwide.org/why-literacy
Ms.English,
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting the link to the International Literacy Association. I took a quick look and was surprised at the global statics on illiteracy, such as 126 million youths are illiterate.
I too was drawn to ACEI in a previous blog assignment. As you have pointed out ACEI wants to assure that every child in the nation has the opportunity to receive quality education that will prepare children to be responsible and engaged citizens. This is important to me because it not only focuses on now, but it focuses on how the children is being prepared for the future and what type of individual he or she would become. Looking ahead is always important.
ReplyDeleteHello Kereba,
ReplyDeleteYou picked some great organizations. I really like the International Literacy Association. It is the first i ever heard of them, but I love their passion for spreading literacy on a global level. What i love about researching different organizations both nationally and internationally is that we have an arsenal of resourses we can draw from and learn from and pass these amazing organizations on to others and spread the word and be advocates for what they are trying to accomplish. I really enjoyed reading your blog:-)