JOBS/ROLES IN ECE COMMUNITY: INTERNATIONALLY

The United Nations Children's Fund

The United Nations Children's Fund works in more than 190 countries and territories to save and improve children lives, providing health care and immunization, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. The UNICEF focus is to build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF appealed to me because it focuses on assuming quality care for the children. They also focus on healthy development of children. Providing mothers and children with quality health care.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of two years related experience with direct donor constituent contact, event planning, or other relevant employment.
Excellent interpersonal, communication written and verbal, organizational and administrative skills
Ability and enthusiasm to communicate USF's mission.
Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

Must be able to balance multiple tasks and adapt to change priorities

Save the Children  

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in 120 countries, including the United States. The goal of Save the Children is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children , and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities     Job Opportunity The Early Steps Coordinator   The Early Steps Coordinator provides Social/emotional development, language development and pre-literacy education activities for children and parents through regularly scheduled home visits. Parent/child support and education groups in schools and community settings Screening and referral for children at risk for developmental delay or health care issues. Transition to school activities that connect parents and children to the preschool or kindergarten they will attend. Responsibilities Recruit families for the program Develop and schedule program activities, including home visiting, parent/child groups, toddler playgroups, transition to school activities and other programmatic activities. Organize and conduct regular parent/child groups in the elementary school when possible Conduct child screenings and referrals Training and Technical assistance   International Step by Step Association(ISSA)

International Step by Step Association promotes equal access to quality education and care for all children(ISSA, n.d.). The ISSA is an organization that supports professionals working in the early childhood field with resources, training opportunities, and technical assistance. This association caught my eye because it focus on access to quality education for ALL children.

 

Reference:
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org

Save the Children. (2001). Retrieved from http://www.savethchildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k/8D6E/Official_Site.htm

 

International Step By Step Association. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.issa.nl.index.html