Final Blog Assignment

First, I would like to start off by saying, I have enjoyed this semester reading your comments, post, and feeling the love and passion my fellow classmates have for Early Childhood. I have learned a great deal from each and everyone of you that I use every day in my new profession. I have recently just offered a head teacher position at Head Start. I am looking so forward to taking what I have learned and using it to help all children.

In the early childhood field all around the world the main focus seems to be:

• Intervention during the early years can assist in the healthy development of children cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically.
•  Participation in preschool programs promotes cognitive development in the short term and prepares children to succeed in school.
• Early childhood programs can reduce educational inequalities.
• Interventions can raise the status of mothers in the home and community. Interventions reduce gender inequalities.
• Early interventions generate economic returns and reduce social costs by reducing grade retention, special education placement, juvenile delinquency, and substance abuse.
• Early childhood development and care in the early years can do much to prevent malnutrition and increase children's chances of survival.

My goal as a Early Childhood profession is to become more involved in the community and help low income families and children  receive the best education possible by providing families with resources that will allow families access to high-quality early childhood programs.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of the summer.

Continue- Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

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teacher training courses for integration of ICT to teaching and learning processes with the aim of improving quality of learning process.

strengthening capacities of policy makers by introducing them Education Management Information Systems, by means of which policy makers would be able to retrieve accurate data from all levels of basic education.

intervention for the development and improvement of technical and vocational education and training in Uzbekistan, UNESCO Tashkent office is conducting country analysis study of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system.

training of trainers courses (ToT) on Education for Sustainable Development – UNESCO in cooperation with National University of Uzbekistan, has designed and conducting ToT courses to integrate Education for Sustainable Development concepts into the existing curricula, and increase awareness among educators and policy makers in Sustainable Development issues.

UNESCO supports comprehensive education sector responses to HIV and AIDS in five essential areas: quality education; content, curriculum and learning materials; educator training and support; policy, management and systems and the use of multiple approaches and entry points. UNESCO leads EDUCAIDS, the UNAIDS Global Initiative on Education and HIV & AIDS, the Organization supports Member States in achieving universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support of HIV/AIDS

UNESCO continues to assist countries in expanding access to early childhood education by, improving its quality, ensuring equity at this vital stage in early childhood care and building a solid foundation for a child’s lifelong learning all around the world. As an educator it is our job to keep up with growing changes in early childhood education and even in other countries we are all fighting for the same cause is to improve the quality of education in early childhood.

Resources:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

The three new inghts I learned fom (UNESCO) United Nations Educational Scientific Cultual Organization is a specialized oganization of the United States. Its pupose is to build peace in the minds of people though education, culture, science, and communication. UNESCO have 193 membes states and seven associate members in five geographical locations:

• Africa
• Arab States
• Asia
• Pacific
• Europe
• North America
• Latin America
• Europe
• Carribean

UNESCO since 1945 has woked worldwide to improve education on the pronciple that education is a universal human rights and that education is the key to social and economic development. In order to improve quality and access to education in Uzbekistan through technical advice, standard setting, innovative projects and networking. Their main focus is to enhance the national education sector by means of strengthening the capacity of teachers’ education institutions, improvement of teaching quality, training opportunities and learning materials. The following  UNESCO education sector is actively conducting following activities:

Sharing Web Resources

My website (NCEBC) National Council on Educating Black Children website I explored was their Helping Parents Help Children Make Good Choices newsletter. The newsletter is put out around the 10th of each month on upcoming events. For example, the last issue that was put out was May 10th newsletter that gave parents tips and survival guide on things to do for the summer with your children, expectations for the upcoming school year, and websites that can help children throughout the summer with their literacy. Other upcoming news NCEBC Continues Partnership with State Department of Education and Local School Districts will be opening free after school literacy programs in several schools in Indiana. The programs is 2 hours a day Monday-Thursday, free transportation and afternoon snack will be provided to students. Augustus F. Hawkins Literacy Center program goals are:

• Improve Academic Achievement
• Improve Social Skills & Behavior
• Improve School Attendance
• Increase Family Involvement