Final Blog Assignment

The three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for me in my personal or professional development are :

1. I would love to be part of UNICEF and maybe one day be part of the peace corp.
Here is UNICEF'S Mission Statement:

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children.

UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress.

UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, particularly developing countries, ensure a "first call for children" and to build their capacity to form appropriate policies and deliver services for children and their families.

UNICEF is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children - victims of war, disasters, extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation and those with disabilities.

UNICEF responds in emergencies to protect the rights of children. In coordination with United Nations partners and humanitarian agencies, UNICEF makes its unique facilities for rapid response available to its partners to relieve the suffering of children and those who provide their care.

UNICEF is non-partisan and its cooperation is free of discrimination. In everything it does, the most disadvantaged children and the countries in greatest need have priority.

UNICEF aims, through its country programmes, to promote the equal rights of women and girls and to support their full participation in the political, social, and economic development of their communities.

UNICEF works with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realization of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.

I have am registering to be an online volunteer for UNICEF and will be advocating for UNICEF.  

2. Within the next five year I would like to be an volunteer for UNICEF and go on missionary trips outside of the United States.  I would like to help build early childhood centers, implementing the curricullum, hiring staff and training the staff in a a developed countries.

3. This class has opened my eyes and heart to children that live in developed countries and I want to educate people in the United States, my town and my own family on the issues and trends that children face everyday.

The one goal I would like to see for the field related to international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations is to have a class like this be part of a CDA requirement, Early Childhood Associates Degree or Bachelors Degree.  I also think it needs to be part of our stated manidated training for all Earlychildhood teachers.  Building relationships with international educators help us decrease the educational gap between countries.  What I discovered in the last eight weeks is that is we need unite as educators all over the world and make sure that we hold our countries accountable for meeting all the targets that were given to us by the United Nations.  Reforming Early Childhood Education is not just a state or country issue.   It is a international issue and if we want to see our children's children grow up to be productive members in our society than we need to start building relationships with our collegues from the global world.