Establishing Professional Contacts
For this week’s Blog assignment we were asked to contact at
least two early childhood professionals outside the United States. I was led to navigate through the UNICEF
organization in hopes of receiving a reply back from an early childhood
professional. I was particularly interested
in reaching out to Pretoria, South Africa, Malaysia and Nigeria. I initiated contact via emailing each of the
organization’s contact email addresses. In my email attempt, I explained who I am, the
reason I was contacting them and thanking them for responding back to my email
inquiry. Thus far, I am still waiting to hear back from someone. If I don't hear back by Monday evening at
the latest, then I will move on to the next step, which requires listening
to archives of broadcasts offered by The World Forum. Hopefully , I'll hear
back, as I am really eager and interested in making contact with an early
childhood professional outside the country that can share his/her experience, expertise and knowledge in the field of early childhood relating to issues and trends.
Expanding Resources
On another note, my selection of choice for this assignment
for “Expanding Resources” required that I take a look at the various websites provided
and choose which organization I wanted to learn more about. I reviewed them all
and have narrowed it down to two. I selected, Association for Childhood
Education International (ACEI) because I wanted to learn more about what this organization is doing on an international level. I also am interested in the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI). My interest in this specific organization as an African American woman helps me to give back and help my culture better educate and prepare our children for their future. Both of these organizations seem fitting and have much to offer.
Hi Barbara,
ReplyDeleteI too have had no luck hearing back from outside professionals but hope to. I am excited to hear about what you learn from Association for Childhood Education International and the National Black Child Development Institute there were many interesting groups to pick from it was a hard decision. I look forward to follow up on your blog!
Best of luck Barbara! I am so interested to read other's findings for this assignment over this course, even if we can't get in direct contact with other educators. I know we'll find out what happens next blog!
ReplyDeleteBarbara,
ReplyDeleteI found it extremely interesting you wanted to know more about Pretoria, South Africa, Malaysia and Nigeria. Three of the four countries you wanted to gather more information on are also three countries I have been interested in for years. One thing that I noticed from reading another one of our colleague’s blogs is that we all used email and our method of trying to contact the early childhood professionals. Hopefully by the end of this course one of us receives a reply. I also really loved that the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) is designed to help our culture. I found that to be awesome. Great post!
- Maribella