Time Well Spent

 

"Change begins at the end of your comfort zone"

-Roy T. Bennett-

During my journey at Walden University, I have learned about myself and others. I also learned that diversity goes beyond what I had believe it to be. I have enjoyed the media clips and found that this degree has helped me grow as an educator as well as a person. I used what I have learned and applied it to the classroom and found positive changes. This course helped me to realize that I enjoy mentoring and helping others to be successful.  

One Long Time Goal

My long term goal is to become a positive mentor for other educators and families. To gain a position outside of the classroom that can help to provide that service and make a difference within my community.  

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself"

-Roy T. Bennett-

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I spent a long time trying to figure out how to upload my appreciation for each and everyone. 😄Hopefully you can access it. Thank you and 🎓Congratulations On Completing Your Degree! 🎓

Jobs/ Roles ECE Community: Internationally

Jobs/ Roles ECE Community: Internationally

With many of these Organizations, it caught my eye for the mission statement that each one of them have and the vision of the company. These  three different agencies also include education as a big part of their organization. This was the first time hearing or learning about OECD and UNESCO these two companies reminds me of NAEYC. The set up and the goals that they are achieving everyday with educating children and families that are in need. All three covers many countries and also have many teaching tools for educators. 

https://www.oecd.org/

Young Associate 2022-2024 - Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU)(

Job Number:

 14930)

Application Closing Date

: 19-12-2021, 5:59:00 PM

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation located in Paris, comprised of 38 member countries, that works to build better policies for better lives.

The OECD’s Policy Advice and Implementation (PAI) Division is looking for a Young Associate to contribute to its upcoming project on “Resourcing school education for the digital age: Effective digitalisation and future-ready teachers”. The project will support countries in developing system-level policies to transform school education for the digital age, focusing on the digital transformation of school education and enhancing the future-readiness of the teaching profession. The Young Associate will be fully involved in the project’s substantive work and in communicating its results. They will work under the supervision of the project’s Senior Analyst and under the direction of the Head of the EDU/PAI Division.

This was the only job that I found to be interesting and I wouldn't mind applying for.

https://www.savethechildren.org/

Our Mission

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future.

In the United States and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We do whatever it takes for children - every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

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Our Values

At Save the Children, we live by five Core Values: 

Accountability 
Integrity
Ambition
Collaboration
Creativity

      

Job Requirement & Openings -There were no listing for job positions, but they had many ways that you can volunteer.  What they did provide was a list of values that they are looking.

https://en.unesco.org/themes/education

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. 

UNESCO believes that education is a human right for all throughout life and that access must be matched by quality.

Job Requirement & Openings -There were no listing for job positions, but they had many ways that you can volunteer.  

References

Save the children. (2020) http://savethechildren.org/site

United Nations Education scientific, and cultural organization Unif filed and cultural organization 

Organization for Economic co-Operation and Development (OECD).(n.d.) http://www.oced.org 

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/ Federal Level

  

  Teachers has the responsibility to make change in the world, either positively or negatively we will have an impact. The type of impact will depend on us and the way that we see people as a whole in the world. The three organizations that I have chosen to research are the Onslow County Public Library, NAEYC, and Children Defense Fund. 

  The children's defense fund leave no child behind, their mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage and communities. 

There were no job positions for what I have found, but it did have places where you can donate to the defense fund.

Marian Wright Edelman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0e-2-ENOYs

The Onslow County Public Library (OCPL) 

Mission

The mission of the (OPCL) is to provide quality materials and services that fulfill educational, informational, and cultural needs of all citizens in a welcoming and stimulating atmosphere.

Vision

(OPCL) is an essential community resource: offering free and open access to information. Creating opportunities for lifelong learning. Promoting cultural awareness and enriching the quality of life. Leading in personal service research and technology.

There were no job opportunities available related to the field of interest.

NAEYC Workplace Philosophy

Naeyc believes high-performing organizations are inclusive and continually seek to be enriched and strengthened by the wisdom of diversity. 

The jobs that were available were chief executive officer, finance, marketing and membership. None of these jobs would interest me. I tend to see myself volunteering in the areas that are more personal and interacting with the different people, families and children. 

Mission Statement

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

References

Childrensdefense.org 

naeyc.org 

onslowcountync.gov/library 

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community

    I have chosen these three based on the work that these organizations do within the community. One of the organizations I am involved in One Place, I am a teacher in the NCPrek/ Three School Program, that helps at risk children and families. One Place also provides education for parents/ families as well as education for teachers and home childcare providers. I was introduced to the united way of onslow county by my co-teacher she raved about what they represent and as I read about them, I can see why. The last one is Triple P- Positive Parenting Program and this program as well is new to me. My co-teacher also sent me to this site so I can see all the positive things that goes on with this program. 

    I was always raised to help others that need help. To not pity them but to help them accomplish goals they may have. So, through my life I have always participated in activities for the communities and the nursing homes.  Below is the the three organizations that I have researched and a summary of their purpose.

https://www.uwonslow.org/

 

United Way of Onslow County is a locally based organization dedicated to strengthening lives, helping people, and improving community conditions in our local community. They convenu and collaborate with partners from across the community non-profits, government, business, volunteers- to create opportunities for a better life for Onslow County's most vulnerable residents. They support community programs and initiatives that helps those in need and also prevent problems from happening in the first place (United Way of Onslow County).

https://www.oneplaceonslow.org/

Our preschool programs serve more than 700 children in both public and private sites annually. Through planned activities and play, children engage in critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork in a warm, safe, and culturally aware environment. Teachers partner with parents to support each child's individual development, encourage social-development, and school readiness. One place collaborates with Onslow County Schools (OCS) to ensure a smooth transition into kindergarten. Giving children a strong educational foundation today sets them up for a lifetime of success. 

https://www.triplep-parenting.com/nc-en/triple-p/

Triple-P- Positive Parenting Program 

Triple P is a parenting program, but it doesn't tell you how to be a parent. It is more like a toolbox of ideas. 

Triple P helps you:

1.  Raise happy, confident kids
2.  Manage misbehavior so everyone in the family enjoys life more
3.  Set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows
4.  Encourage behavior you like
5.  Take care of yourself as a parent
6.  Feel confident you’re doing the right thing

References

United Way of Onslow County (2021).  https://www.uwonslow.org/

One Place Onslow.  https://www.oneplaceonslow.org/

Triple-P. https://www.triplep-parenting.com/nc-en/triple-p/

Reflecting and Learning

 

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    What I hope for the future of my professional teaching career, is that I continue to strive and build those positive relationship with my families. To continue to think outside the box and create an safe environment that all families feels welcome. I am also going to incorporate things that I have learned and found interesting during this course, like for example the (persona dolls) that Eric Hoffman introduced me too. That really stuck out for me. The importance of teaching similarities as well as the differences by using dolls (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Another thing that I have enjoyed is introducing things that I have learned to other teachers that I work with. 

    I also by watching the media clips Leslie Cheung introduced me to the term "cross culture" and also gave me so good ideas on how to bring her families together by using food to promote inclusion and diversity (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). I also learned from Jan Keyser that it essential that the early childhood professional focus on children's strengths rather than deficits (Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). This opened my eyes to how I create goals for my children as well as how I do assessments as well as my lesson plans.

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To thank you for all of the guidance, encouragement and ideas that you guys has given me. Like always it's been a pleasure, for those who journey is coming to a close with Walden University, we have one more class to go!💃😁 Have a wonderful rest of the week and see you guys in a few days.

References

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Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Strategies for working with diverse children: Building on children's strengths. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Strategies for working with diverse children: Learning about fairness: culture, language, and economic class. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Impacts on Early Development

   

Impacts on Early Development

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The country/region that I chosen to learn or research about is  Aweil South Sudan. The article that I read talked about the women and children of the South Sudan and how famine has affected that region. The article mentions how women would walk with their sick children for days through the burning heat to get to the only health clinic in Aweil North Country, Northern Bar el Ghazal State that border Sudan (Gridneff, L. (2013).

Abuk Wal, a 29 year old mother of 7 has spent the last week in the nutrition stabilization center looking after her 3 year old son that is severely malnourished boy Madouk Deng.  Her son has been admitted six times  with symptoms of (diarrhea, vomiting and sickness) since he has been 7 months old (Gridneff, L. (2013).

Despite the spread of famine being reversed in South Sudan, almost 276,000 children are severely malnourished and in need of immediate life-saving aid.  The children are even more vulnerable to the threat of air borne diseases such as measles (Gridneff, L. (2013).

In result of the famine it caused two countries to move 1.83 million people across the borders (Gridneff, L. (2013).  More than 1,000 children are now fleeing South Sudan everyday (Gridneff, L. (2013). 

 Since January this year, UNICEF and partners have treated more than 56,000 children aged 6 to 59 months for severe acute malnutrition in South Sudan, and aim to treat more than 200,000 severely malnourished children by the end of the year (Gridneff, L. (2013). The challenges these children face educationally is very much so impacted by the lack of nutrition that they are receiving if a child is sick or hungry it will be very hard to focus and attend school. Emotionally the children are lacking the fundamentals of who they are and how they should feel. With the combine work of UNICEF and others they are able to provide these children with some hope.

References

Gridneff, I. (2017). Fighting famine in Aweil South Sudan, as acute malnutrition rates continues to rise. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/

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Sexualization of Early Childhood

 The Sexualization of Early Childhood

https://eviemagazine.com

American children are exposed to a barrage of sexual images in television, movies, music and the internet (Levin, D.E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009).  What I found to be interesting about this topic is that how it has become a norm and I am not really shocked about it. When they started having beauty pageants for the young girls that started from the age of five, and dressing them up as little women, I felt that was to much. The pageants was fine, but let them dress and look like children. 

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Young men and women are spoon-fed images that equate sex with violence, paint women as sexually subservient to men and encourage "hooking up" rather than meaningful connections (Levin, D.E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009). 

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As young men and young girls see children see children their own age dress and act a certain way, they tend to look to what they are doing and try to mock that same behavior or style. The result is that kids are having younger and with more partners than ever before. Eating disorders and body image issues are common as early as grade school (Levin, D.E., & Kilbourne, J. 2009). One way that I have observed the sexualization is in my own personal life. My cousin has a daughter and the clothes that she buys for her is cute, but I noticed that the clothes are crop tops, so she has to put a tee shirts underneath so her seven year old daughter don't look to grown. Children these days bodies are more developed so they already look maturer than they really are. 

• The messages that I  have found with the sexualization of early childhood is that the kids don't get to develop a sense of self.
• The influence that it can have is children identifying with gender specific roles and what they must look like or act like.  

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What can early childhood professionals do to tackle this problem and reduce the negative effects that it has on young children?

• As an early childhood educator, we can provide materials and activities that are inclusive and diverse for every gender and culture. 
• We can read books, use puppets and songs to promote diversity.
• Model positive behaviors and use encouraging words to identify feelings/emotions or events.

References

Levin,D.E., & Kilbourne, J. (2009). [Introduction], So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids (pp. 1-8), New York: Ballantine Books, Retrieved from: http://dianeelevin.com/sosexysosoon/introduction.pdf 

https://eviemagazine.com

https://stylisheve.com 

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