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Saturday, July 6, 2013
Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources
This week, I sent out 4 contact requests (emails) to early childhood professionals outside of the United States. The email to Different parts of Africa were all sent successfully so perhaps a reply email will be received soon.
So, currently I have 4 other emails out there, as I wait for a response. I chose Africa because this is a country that i have always been interested in learning more about and long to visit. i have emailed contacts in Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria as well as South Africa. it is my hope that i will get a response back this week. I decided upon these countries to contact since I really do not know anything about the state of EC in Africa. I'm interested in learning new things and ways that they have that differs from ours. If contact is not made this week, I will be forced to complete the alternate assignment.
The website in which I chose to explore is the "National Black Child Development Institute". This childhood related website was chosen because I am very interested in this website because since 1970, the National Black Child Development Institute has remained steadfast in its mission “to improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy.” As a membership organization with volunteer-based Affiliate networks in over 20 communities across the country, NBCDI serves as a national resource agency providing strengths-based programs, publications, policy and trainings focused in the following areas: Health and Wellness; Early Childhood Development and Education; Elementary and Secondary Education; Literacy; Child Welfare; and Family Engagement. This website is user-friendly and has so much information that correlates with what we have been learning in this program through Walden. I think that the resources available on this site are beneficial to parents, as well as early childhood educators. The newsletter That i tried to subscribe to said page was not found. So I then subscribed to National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, the Spring 2013 newsletter. I look forward to getting even further in this assignment and being able to share and explore with my classmates and new contacts.
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Hi Tajsa!
ReplyDeleteI am curious to know what you will find out about EC in different parts of Africa. It will be interesting to see how it varies/differs from country to country. I too do not know anything about this region.
Talk to you soon!
Anne
I am very interested in knowing what you find out about education in Africa. I think it will be very interesting. Looking forward to your posts!
ReplyDeleteHello Tajsa,
ReplyDeleteHow did you go about contacting the early childhood professionals outside the world? Was it difficult or not? Did you get frustrated at any time while trying to find out how to contact them? I am also very interesting in what you will find out about these different countries.
Hi Tajsa,
ReplyDeleteI hope you are able to get in contact with the professionals you have contacted. I too have been interested in the EC in Africa. If you find yourself unable to get in contact I may be able to help you. Several of the families at my center are from different parts of Africa and have relatives that I may be able to get you into contact with. Good luck!
Hello Tajsa
ReplyDeleteI also tried to email one professional in Africa, but my email is still trying to send. Hopefully you will hear back from your contacts soon and I can not wait to see what they have to share. Good Luck.