Week7 Blog Assignment: Getting to Know Your International Contacts

Blog Assignment: Getting to Know Your International Contacts

While exploring the site for the UNESCO (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/), I learned that they have a commitment to putting education at the heart of development and that it was established in 1945. And that this organization helps to reform their education systems at all levels of education and I also read how it promotes literacy as a human right and the basis for lifelong learning.

References

 (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/),

Week 6 Sharing Web Resources

http://www.buildinitiative.org/ 

is the link I was led to from my website. The build initiative builds a strong foundation for our children. This website has a vast amount of information about the policies and ways that they help to bridge the gaps between children and the things that prevent them from having access to early childhood programs.

Things I learned: By 2020 their will be no more "Majority gap" among children because at the moment 45% of children are of color. The importance of closing the other gaps that will exist by income, language and culture both in children and families. Closing these gaps are vital to our future success as a nation.

Retrieved from http://www.buildinitiative.org/ 

Week 5 Blog Assignment

I thought the website http://developing child.harvard.edu/ was very informative and gave me a look into how early childhood is viewed globally. I thought the video on how caregivers unresponsiveness can be harmful to a child's development.
The sections on: Science of Early childhood, understanding interactions and innovation as well as the Global child Development section was very informative and is a resource I will add to my list of resources.

1. Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/

Week 4 Sharing Web Resources

Website: http://www.nbcdi.org/

The specific sections of this website that were revelent to me were the New Sections the showed the current things happening with this association and the events. I also found the section with resources and policy and advocacy.


I found the statements that substantial funding should be available to help programs to move up the quality ladder through environmental improvement and professional development to be the goal of all educational organizations.

I think I received not a better understanding but just again recognized the importance of the investment in Early care quality programs and how in the long run the investment saves money and taxpayers reap the benefits of lower special education classes.

Week 3 Poverty

I have not made any connections and the website that is listed as the alternative didn't work. But I did chose the country of Africa to research.

 Mandela once said " Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it's an act of justice".

Zimbabwe in Africa has not even established that children have rights. And with them not having rights this denies them the basic rights of healthcare, education and food and water and these rights that we guarantee our children have here in America are denied to them on a daily basis.

1 out of every 2 children live in poverty and since the children's rights are no established they are forced into labor or slavery.

The water supply in this area of the country is not sufficient to provide for the population and the children have to drink water that is polluted which then leads to health complications. With the lack of water in the country and the rationing of the water that is available, hygiene is difficult to maintain also.

Retrieved from www.humanium.org/en/zimbabwe

Week 2: Sharing Web Resources

The name of the organization that I selected was NBCDI: National Black Child Development Institute, www.nbcdi.org.is org
This organization is committed to improving and advancing the quality of life for black children and their families through education and advocacy. they provide resources for families  of black children in areas of child welfare, literacy and family engagement, early care and education.

An issue that caught my attention was their section on Early Care and Education Initiative that leads with the quote from Barack Obama, 2008 "Life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children-all our children-a better world"
The organization has a commitment to ensuring cultural and racial diversity in the workforce. They are  on top of that need since our population has grown so much more diverse.

I was also lead to another site resource on Diversity and equality in Early childhood system. www.buildinitiative.org


References


http://www.nbcdi.org/

http://www.buildinitiative.org/

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

I decided to go with the option of the world forum podcast, but I could not find any on the site. So I will continue this week to try to make contact with 2 colleagues from other countries. I have chosen the website http://www.nbcdi.org/. I found this website while looking on the world forum website. It is the National Black Child Development Institute who's mission is “to improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy.”  and has a vision to NBCDI envisions a society that ensures a successful future for all children.