Ready—Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources
Part 1,
Establishing Professional Contacts
For Part 1, I
established four contacts from the early childhood professionals outside the United States
using the websites to generate contacts placed in the Resources for the Blog
Assignment section.
In addition, I clicked on the links
to four websites through which I felt was interesting to me and hopefully to
you that I was able to generate contacts from that were placed in the Resources
list for Blog Assignment section as follow:
The Global Alliance of
NAEYC and UNICEF which has e-mail addresses for early childhood professionals worldwide
in which I used as follow;
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Niger Delta
Academic FoundationDaniel Ibigoni Semeniworima, Director/CEO
Ajoke International School
Mrs.Bimbo Are
New Jericho G.R.A.
P.O.Box 679, Dugbe, Ibadan Nigeria
Tel: 080-23236933
Email: arebimbo@yahoo.com
Germany German National Committee for Early Childhood Education
Mrs. Eva-Hammes-Di Bernardo
Secretary: Ms. Ulrike Konrad-Ristau
E-mail: agj@agj.de
E-mail: ulrike.konrad-ristau@agj.de
Athens
National Committee |
Mail address
|
Hellenic National
Committee for UNICEF 8, A. Dimitriou & 37, J. Kennedy Streets 161 21 Kaisariani-Athens Greece |
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Visitors' address
|
8, A. Dimitriou &
37, J. Kennedy Streets 161 21 Kaisariani-Athens Greece |
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Telephone
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Country code
|
30 | ||
City code
|
210 | |||
| 72.55.555 | ||||
Facsimile
|
72.52.555 | |||
Email
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unicefgr@hol.gr | |||
Reference:
The Global Alliance of NAEYC has e-mail addresses for early childhood professionals worldwide:
http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
Blog Assignment Part 2: Expanding Resources
For Part 2, "Expanding Resources," I
broaden my acknowledgement by using the available resources in the field to
study using one of the early childhood organization’s website outside the United States
and related resources as follow;
Early Childhood Australia: The
Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization
I clicked on one of the links to websites
through which I felt was interesting to me and hope you will enjoy the
information I was able to generate from the contacts that were placed in the
Resources list for Blog Assignment section as follows;
Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization
The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization is a national, non-profit organization funded by the government who provides services for children age’s birth- eight years old. It acts in the best interests of the infants and young children education acknowledge to provide equal rights and benefits to ensure quality services for infants and children in which the organization supports the their education and growth development within the early childhood programs by engaging with the community,society policy makers and private sectors in connection with the The Global Alliance of NAEYC and UNICEF for The Early Childhood Education Programs. The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organizations offers children the same rights and benefits as for all citizens and providing appropriate educational and health resources by establishing an advocacy, champion for the Australian Early Childhood Advocacy organization. Also, ensure access of protections and benefits by ensuring a commitment for the infants and young children by providing support and respect to the highest standards by ensuring equal opportunities in which they strive for high standards that ensure thriving and learning of high quality education, nutritional, guidance, nurturing and mental and physical health services for the well-being of children to have equal rights, benefits and equal opportunities as anyone in their society.
Their Mission and Role is to respect the dignity of children and provide a secure foundation which values the best range of opportunities, options and outcomes for the individual needs of all infants and young children growth and development. According to The (ECA) Australia Early Childhood Advocacy offer “In all aspects provide ethical, professional, well-informed, thorough, articulate and creative work for the infants and young children.”
(http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/about_us/eca_values_statements.pdf page1. )
The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy AD Champions works to provide an effective high quality educational and health services for the young children and protecting the equal rights of the infants and young children best interest at heart for the early childhood programs within their community and society that offer a voice that provides opportunities of equal justice for them in compliance to the standards for early childhood development in order for them to become productive and educational successful outstanding citizens through out their individual lives.
According to The Early Childhood Australia Advocacy ad Champions their work “is their prime focus on infants and young children in early childhood education and care services, but also address other significant issues of children’s rights and well being. We particularly recognize the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, acknowledging past and current injustices and realities around Australia, and we challenge ourselves to work for true Reconciliation.”
Furthermore, “Leadership we stand out as proactive champions for young children. We provide an independent focus on the impacts of situations and events involving them by being an advocacy that is understanding energy and change for ECA members, for others in the early childhood sector and for interested people in the wider community.” http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/about_us/eca_values_statements.pdf page1.
In addition, The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization provides honesty to ensure integrity and sincerity for the children. Also, is open to listen and response to questions dealing with issues or values that involves the well-being of the children by Communicating and working with children by encouraging and promoting Collaboration to build a strong relationship and partnership in connections to establishing positive goals and successful achievement for all children.
Therefore, the Diversity and Justice is a very important role that the Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organizations plays in the lives of infants and children by being active and being a voice for justice and injustice towards children rights in situations and events that may affect them throughout their course of study. The ECA approach is being positively interactive and respecting, supporting the values, morals and the differences of individual diverse cultures beliefs and believes in infants and children gaining successful educational achievement towards their individual goals in life. (ECA Value Statements –September 2010 Page 2/2)
According the newly appointed Assistant Minister for Education the Hon Susan Ley MP made an address to the Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Council meeting in early October. The Minister Ley was” against committing to flexible hours because she of a high increase in services and daily fees. Also, there is a shortage within the workforce, due to most teachers not being trained in the early childhood field and not having a four year degree and According to; “The results of the Workforce Census recently commissioned by the Department of Education (formerly the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations).”
According to the Minister,” ECEC needs to offer services that allow parents to return to work. The Minister proclaimed the Government’s support for the National Quality Framework (NQF), but wants to implement the reforms in a ‘smarter and more streamlined way’ that allows educators to spend more time with children and less time completing paperwork. The Minister acknowledged the growth and change within the sector, incorporating a push towards professionalized ECEC with a focus on education.” (http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_news/early_childhood_n ews/october-eca-council-meeting-2013.html )
Furthermore, there is an issue concerning time due to the increased documentation in which teachers have to provide that does not allow enough time for the teacher’s to spend quality time with the children in their care. According to the newsletter there was a discussion on some potential reductions in red-tape and paperwork (not related to the documentation of learning).(http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_news/early_childhood_news/october-eca-council-meeting-2013.html )
According to Early Childhood Australia “the Minister is keen to identify policies that promote the inclusion of disadvantaged children and children with special needs. Furthermore, ECA sought the Minister’s support in promoting best practice pedagogy for the early years in school settings, including more recognition for the importance of play based learning for five to eight-year-olds. This arises from concerns raised by members working in school settings where the impact of NAPLAN and the National Curriculum appears to be driving a push for more instructional teaching down into the foundation year, particularly in some states/territories.”
References
Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ (Newsletter:http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/contact_us/mailing_list.html )
Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization
The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization is a national, non-profit organization funded by the government who provides services for children age’s birth- eight years old. It acts in the best interests of the infants and young children education acknowledge to provide equal rights and benefits to ensure quality services for infants and children in which the organization supports the their education and growth development within the early childhood programs by engaging with the community,society policy makers and private sectors in connection with the The Global Alliance of NAEYC and UNICEF for The Early Childhood Education Programs. The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organizations offers children the same rights and benefits as for all citizens and providing appropriate educational and health resources by establishing an advocacy, champion for the Australian Early Childhood Advocacy organization. Also, ensure access of protections and benefits by ensuring a commitment for the infants and young children by providing support and respect to the highest standards by ensuring equal opportunities in which they strive for high standards that ensure thriving and learning of high quality education, nutritional, guidance, nurturing and mental and physical health services for the well-being of children to have equal rights, benefits and equal opportunities as anyone in their society.
Their Mission and Role is to respect the dignity of children and provide a secure foundation which values the best range of opportunities, options and outcomes for the individual needs of all infants and young children growth and development. According to The (ECA) Australia Early Childhood Advocacy offer “In all aspects provide ethical, professional, well-informed, thorough, articulate and creative work for the infants and young children.”
(http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/about_us/eca_values_statements.pdf page1. )
The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy AD Champions works to provide an effective high quality educational and health services for the young children and protecting the equal rights of the infants and young children best interest at heart for the early childhood programs within their community and society that offer a voice that provides opportunities of equal justice for them in compliance to the standards for early childhood development in order for them to become productive and educational successful outstanding citizens through out their individual lives.
According to The Early Childhood Australia Advocacy ad Champions their work “is their prime focus on infants and young children in early childhood education and care services, but also address other significant issues of children’s rights and well being. We particularly recognize the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, acknowledging past and current injustices and realities around Australia, and we challenge ourselves to work for true Reconciliation.”
Furthermore, “Leadership we stand out as proactive champions for young children. We provide an independent focus on the impacts of situations and events involving them by being an advocacy that is understanding energy and change for ECA members, for others in the early childhood sector and for interested people in the wider community.” http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/about_us/eca_values_statements.pdf page1.
In addition, The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization provides honesty to ensure integrity and sincerity for the children. Also, is open to listen and response to questions dealing with issues or values that involves the well-being of the children by Communicating and working with children by encouraging and promoting Collaboration to build a strong relationship and partnership in connections to establishing positive goals and successful achievement for all children.
Therefore, the Diversity and Justice is a very important role that the Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organizations plays in the lives of infants and children by being active and being a voice for justice and injustice towards children rights in situations and events that may affect them throughout their course of study. The ECA approach is being positively interactive and respecting, supporting the values, morals and the differences of individual diverse cultures beliefs and believes in infants and children gaining successful educational achievement towards their individual goals in life. (ECA Value Statements –September 2010 Page 2/2)
According the newly appointed Assistant Minister for Education the Hon Susan Ley MP made an address to the Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Council meeting in early October. The Minister Ley was” against committing to flexible hours because she of a high increase in services and daily fees. Also, there is a shortage within the workforce, due to most teachers not being trained in the early childhood field and not having a four year degree and According to; “The results of the Workforce Census recently commissioned by the Department of Education (formerly the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations).”
According to the Minister,” ECEC needs to offer services that allow parents to return to work. The Minister proclaimed the Government’s support for the National Quality Framework (NQF), but wants to implement the reforms in a ‘smarter and more streamlined way’ that allows educators to spend more time with children and less time completing paperwork. The Minister acknowledged the growth and change within the sector, incorporating a push towards professionalized ECEC with a focus on education.” (http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_news/early_childhood_n ews/october-eca-council-meeting-2013.html )
Furthermore, there is an issue concerning time due to the increased documentation in which teachers have to provide that does not allow enough time for the teacher’s to spend quality time with the children in their care. According to the newsletter there was a discussion on some potential reductions in red-tape and paperwork (not related to the documentation of learning).(http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_news/early_childhood_news/october-eca-council-meeting-2013.html )
According to Early Childhood Australia “the Minister is keen to identify policies that promote the inclusion of disadvantaged children and children with special needs. Furthermore, ECA sought the Minister’s support in promoting best practice pedagogy for the early years in school settings, including more recognition for the importance of play based learning for five to eight-year-olds. This arises from concerns raised by members working in school settings where the impact of NAPLAN and the National Curriculum appears to be driving a push for more instructional teaching down into the foundation year, particularly in some states/territories.”
References
Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ (Newsletter:http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/contact_us/mailing_list.html )
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