Final Blog

Three things I have learned:
This course has taught me so much! Most importantly, it has taught me the needed steps to become an advocate for the early childhood childhood field of which I wholeheartedly represent! I now know the hardships of reaching a goal within a field; and I feel that this class has equipped,me the armor needed to complete my mission successfully. The second thing that I have learned is leadership styles. My goal is to become an adult educator within the field, and knowing or learning my own leadership style can prove as very successful as making or breaking my career as an early childhood adult educator! It also opened my eyes as to what kind of leader various people are in my life! This was a true eye opener! Finally, learning that the dream time can help in my mission of advocacy was a true eye opener! In all honesty, I felt that if I was the one with the dream then I should be the one to accomplish it! This class has truly changed my belief in my prior thinking and has helped me realize that a team is needed....but its all about having the right team behind you!! Picking the right people can definitely make or break my advocacy efforts! This is something I would have never known and I thank this class for my awakening!
The goal that I have set for myself is to always stay educated! My own mission and challenge for,this class has taught me just how important it is to remain educated about what's going on within the field! This is not only a good act for me to follow for the children that I serve, but for my own professional growth as well!
To my colleagues and professor, a sincere THANK YOU is definitely in order on helping me to accomplish my goal of earning my Masters degree in Early Childhood Education. With papers turned in, you professor offered a guiding light as to whether I was traveling the right road or you would reveal whether I needed to take a detour. I truly thank you for that! At times, I wondered why I needed to change my challenge from one thing to another, but after deep consideration and pondering, I realized your thoughts were very valid and I appreciate your efforts on producing a better version of me! To my colleagues, I thank you for sharing your views and thoughts on things I have published through discussion. Many of your ideas were enough to change my mind when making different application decisions and I thank you for that! We have all definitely grown and become a huge family over the course of a few months! We have learned more, envisioned more, and are definitely better prepped at handling any future early educator endeavors that may be ahead! I have truly enjoyed the ride with you all and I wish you nothing but continued success in the future! Pray daily and remember to STAY EDUCATED!!!!

Wk 6

UNICEF- This is a group that I have heard of numerous times since being a student here at Walden. This is an organization that helps disadvantaged children in different regions of the world such as Europe, Asia, Africa, Caribbean, just to name a few. UNICEF works to give disadvantaged children a fair chance. Some areas that they push for is for inclusion and protection of young children, as well as promoting gender equality among these young children. When looking under the job opportunity section, I learned that the team actually promotes internships. They also have a section on their job opportunity link for the role of Child Protection Specialist. The job is located in the Republic of Cameroon. Main responsibilities for this job include justice for children, civil registration, and policy development. A couple of tasks that this job requires includes; developing and preparing child protection projects and advocating with the government.  

Save the Children- This is an organization that I have never heard of. Through research, I have learned that their mission is to give children a healthy start when disaster strikes. Saving young lives is the main goal of this organization. Save the Children helps children by providing education, emergency response, health and nutrition, and disaster response when the unthinkable happens such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and fires. The organization has stations in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Latin America/Caribbean and Middle East/Eurasia. When searching for available jobs I was able to search under the U.S. Field Based positions. I searched under the D.C. Home Office and the C.T. Fairfield for Education/Literacy/Child Development.

International Step by Step Association- Aims for quality and equity for all children and families. The organization reaches those in Europe and Central Asia, holding over 60 members. Everyone involved with this community offers insight on best practices for early childhood education. A few goals are to advocate for early childhood systems for all children, increase awareness of early childhood education, and become a leading network for early childhood education. I was unable to find any job listing for this organization.