final assignment

In the past 8 weeks, I have learned so much about the education system internationally and in our own country. One of the main things that I have taken from this course and the assignments is that learning about education internationally allows me as an educator to compare the systems to the United States and what is working and what is not. When looking through the website SAVE THE CHILDREN, it talked about how children really appreciated the fact that they could go to school. Even though it was hard to make it to school every day, they really felt blessed to even have a school or were allowed to go. I believe that children and even adults do not see what a blessing and do not appreciate education. Working internationally is not easy. There are many challenges that people like Bob has faced. The international guidelines and carrying equipment. The government, money, and social life are different. It takes a lot of time and passion. The third thing that really resonated with me was how many people; professional educators do not do more international work. I think that this has been a real eye opener. It has made me more aware of the world’s activity when it comes to education. I am really interested in working somehow with Bob. I have offered him to be pen pals with my children. I have also asked if there is a way I can get involved.

One goal that I have is to sign up with an international organization. Last weekend I had to renew my first aid and CPR. The instructor asked me if I have done this program with them before. She is through the American Red Cross. I told her that I go through it every two years. She wanted to know if I would like to be an instructor. She gave me so many benefits to doing it. One was to travel and being an educator would really boost my resume. I hope in the next few months that I am in the process of being certified to instruct and soon travel.

Week 7 Getting to know your international contact.

This week I heard from one of the contacts  that I had been trying to get in touch with. The reason why I am just writing my blog was due to the fact that he is right now in California getting ready to make a trip to Chile for the second time. His name is Mr. Bartlett (Bob). We went to the same school in high school. He was about four years older than me. I remember him and  his family always hosting international students and always being involved in international club and traveling. I had reached out to him a few times in the past few years to help him with donations on some of his trips and when I was student teaching he helped me connect with a pen pal down their for my 4th grade class. Recently for this course, I have had a hard time getting ahold of him due to him preparing for another trip to Chile. He is going to be restoring another school like he did two years ago. I asked yesterday in an email about if this is what he thought he was going to be doing this for the rest of  his professional career? "I started off in Chile when I was 18 as a volunteer. When the church found out that I was going to school for International education and policy, they took over my education and as long as I did schooling they would pay for it and let me work there. This is what I have wanted to do since middle school. The church gave me the biggest opportunity of my career.....Since then I have come director of the Language department. I specialize in the correspondence between facilities in the U.S and in Chile." I asked him about professional development and what was the most important thing to keep up on as far as working between two countries. He said that it was policy and monetary. Monetary could get "sticky". "very dangerous". That language doesn't always translate perfectly. I asked him what the near future holds for him, especially going back to Chile. "I leave in a week. I will going to meetings with stake holders and then right onto base to build the new school facility. I am all over the place. This time I am going to enjoy the process more. It is my third time going to South America and I know the process. I hopefully will not be as STRESSED!!!! I can enjoy what I am doing"

Over all the conversation was short. However, I saw passion in his email. He was capitalizing words for emphasis. He was cracking jokes and showing thrill for this trip. He hoped to correspond with me when he could when he goes to Chile through some emails and pictures. I hope to hear from him. to get where he is now took a lot of work, dedication, education, passion, and time! THis is what it looks like to be a professional.

Week 6 --Sharing Web Resources

This week on the Zero to Three website I checked out some of the outside links. One of the links that I looked more in-depth at was the Early Childhood Website: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ehsnrc. There was so much to do from there. For being 24 and in the generation of the internet, I am not a big fan of it. I never had internet until I was in college. It still feels weird to click a link on something like a webcast. However I found one really interesting from just reading it. It was called “Early Head Start and Child Welfare: A Compelling Collaboration for Supporting Families and Young Children Webcast”. It is an 86 minute webcast where professionals sat around a table discusses ways the two organizations worked together to provide a stable learning environment for children. This conversation brought up how the children were affected developmentally and how to work with children in a child care setting. The great thing about this webcast was that I could take notes with the PowerPoint that they provided with it. There was also a guideline that could be printed out to show when things were talked about. I collected all of these resources. I may not have listened to the whole thing from start to finish but I got to skip around and check out the different topics.

                This week the e-newsletter gives resources about domestic violence and mental health. You can read the descriptions about the books or texts that were suggested. However, you cannot download them without buying them.

This week we talked about the three barriers: accessibility, awareness, and responsiveness. Zero to Three had great resources for parents to use when finding a high quality program. One resource that I found was “Choosing Quality Child Care”. This goes into detail of what questions to ask a facility and themselves while looking. The resource also gives in detail what the program should look like, how it is ran, and what types of things should be seen physically. There were links to regulation laws and liscensing. I thought that that this was an amazing resource that all families should have when seeking child care for their children. The direct link is: http://www.zerotothree.org/early-care-education/child-care/choosing-quality-child-care.html.

Week --Sharing Web Resources

This week on the Zero to Three website I checked out some of the outside links. One of the links that I looked more in-depth at was the Early Childhood Website: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ehsnrc. There was so much to do from there. For being 24 and in the generation of the internet, I am not a big fan of it. I never had internet until I was in college. It still feels weird to click a link on something like a webcast. However I found one really interesting from just reading it. It was called “Early Head Start and Child Welfare: A Compelling Collaboration for Supporting Families and Young Children Webcast”. It is an 86 minute webcast where professionals sat around a table discusses ways the two organizations worked together to provide a stable learning environment for children. This conversation brought up how the children were affected developmentally and how to work with children in a child care setting. The great thing about this webcast was that I could take notes with the PowerPoint that they provided with it. There was also a guideline that could be printed out to show when things were talked about. I collected all of these resources. I may not have listened to the whole thing from start to finish but I got to skip around and check out the different topics.

                This week the e-newsletter gives resources about domestic violence and mental health. You can read the descriptions about the books or texts that were suggested. However, you cannot download them without buying them.

This week we talked about the three barriers: accessibility, awareness, and responsiveness. Zero to Three had great resources for parents to use when finding a high quality program. One resource that I found was “Choosing Quality Child Care”. This goes into detail of what questions to ask a facility and themselves while looking. The resource also gives in detail what the program should look like, how it is ran, and what types of things should be seen physically. There were links to regulation laws and liscensing. I thought that that this was an amazing resource that all families should have when seeking child care for their children. The direct link is: http://www.zerotothree.org/early-care-education/child-care/choosing-quality-child-care.html.

Week 5 getting to know your international contact

There was no contact this week:(

I explored the Harvard University's "Global Children's Initiative ".  I read about the Zambian Early childhood development project. It discussed how the area and the surrounding areas were working on an anti malaria initiative. This program worked on all areas of development and assess the outcome of the program. The program is continuing today after the first year showed great suits. One thing that really hit my interest was how al. Areas of development were assessed. I would like to know what type of  steps swerve taken within the program to work on the development of the children. Another thing that was interesting was the health of the children came first. A child cannot grow or develop in ill health . Searching the website I see may pho of the programs look at the health of children first.. Before sent other help starts.he program also mentioned fine motor skills as a huge importance in these children's development. I found this to really spark curiosity in why. The results state that fine motors allow for children to succeed in school. It's harder if those fine motors for writing and other activities are not there. Found this interesting due to not hearing this stated before in other readings. I know as a professional how important fine motor skills are.howepver nanny readings only have a small segment for fine motors. This project takes into account that fine motors is very important.

http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/