Time Well Spent

I am very honored to have participated in the Early Childhood Program because I learned so much throughout the 2 years that I have spent with my professors and peers. Here are the three things I have learned:

             1.     Never put a child or a family in a stereotype nor become bias. As an African-American woman, I have had the experience of going through that and I have learned to not put others in categories because it can be offensive. Never put others in a box due to ignorance.

             2.     Just because a child misbehaves at school, does not mean that they are bad children in general. You will never know what children or people are going through behind closed doors. The child’s family may not have the resources that they need to allow the child to be successful in school such as food or transportation to attend PTA meetings. Find the reason behind a child’s behavior.

             3.     There are so many organizations and opportunities out there for early childhood professionals and parents to get the most out of their early childhood experience. There are so many resources out there that can help us further in what we are lacking in our own situation such as parenting resources or professional workshops to help others. I am thankful for being exposed to these different organizations.

       My long term goal is to become a child and family advocate. I will work my hardest to gain more experience through volunteer opportunities and to get training within this field. I want to take all that I have learned throughout this program and to use it as an advantage to better myself and provide excellent service to children and families. Thank you so much to my professor and my peers for being a great encouragement and for enlightening me on things that I didn’t know myself. I learned so much from you all. God bless you all and good luck on your future journey!

 

If anyone would like to keep in contact:

Email Address: angelboone6@gmail.com

* I would give my phone number but if you would like that, I can email that information to you*

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The three organizations that I chose were Save the Children, UNICEF, and UNESCO. Save Our Children is an organization that protects children around the world in any crisis. They hope to provide children with a healthy start, to transform their lives, and changing the course of their future. The UNICEF organization works to attain sustainable development goals in various partnerships with people to help children and families. UNESCO organization’s goals are almost the same as UNICEF, they work to protect those in human rights, mutual respect, and poverty alleviation. I like these three organizations because they work hard to ensure that the families are trained and helped well enough to sustain their own lives and work to protect children.

Job Titles

                 1)      Family Service Coordinator- Provides support services for Head Start families, assisting parents in learning and using community resources, work with parents on goal-setting, and encouraging parent involvement in their child’s education. The person must have an associate degree in Social Work or related Family/Human Service field. Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Knowledge of the basics of working with preschool children. Keep information on children confidential. (Save the Children)

                2)      Child Protection Specialist- Supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programs/projects. Must have an advanced university degree in international development, human rights, psychology, international law, and other social science fields. 5 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and other related areas at the international level. Experience in supporting policy dialogue and development and writing advocacy briefs and policy. Fluency in English. (UNICEF)

                3)      Child Protection Consultant- Assist the Child Protection program in development and finalization Program Strategy Note and Theory of Change through a consultative process of engagement with key stakeholders. You must have an advanced degree in social sciences, law, social work, or a related field. Demonstrated experience in producing high quality documents in areas of child protection, law, and social welfare systems. Excellent writing and speaking skills in English, ability to work up under pressure and with limited time frames. Knowledge of Rights of the Child and Child Protection principles. (UNICEF)

References

Children, S. t. (2016). Save the Children Jobs. Retrieved from Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6226565/k.5717/Save_the_Children_Jobs.htm

UNESCO. (2016). About Us: Introducing UNESCO. Retrieved from UNESCO: http://en.unesco.org/about-us/introducing-unesco

UNICEF. (2016). Employment at UNICEF. Retrieved from UNICEF: 70 Years for Every Child: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/