Friday, October 18, 2013

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3


 Saudi Arabia, most early childhood professionals are not qualified; they mostly have bachelor degrees but not in the early childhood field.   This is due to the culture; most women prefer to work in the morning and get home early; that is why most women find themselves working in schools.  Fortunately, many schools offer workshops and trainings for new teachers; actually in the school I work in, we are implementing the common core standards curriculum, and so we are doing a lot of training.  
My colleague shared her professional goals, which are learning new skills and offering a high-quality education to her students.  We work together in a private school so she explained that her professional hopes were that all children, even in public schools, would have access to high-quality education.  Actually, Saudi Arabia is not her native country so her dream was to go back home some day and offer a quality education to children.  

4 comments:

  1. Thanks Ghana,

    It was interesting to hear about your colleague and about the educational qualifications in other countries!

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  2. Hi Ghayna,
    I think teachers who want to stay motivated, and in the light of the limited training and resources; individual effort to learn new skills is highly required. I think that the sense of self-achievement is great and always keeps us on the right track.

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  3. Hi Ghayna,

    It is wonderful to know that your school is offering the common core standards. It is awesome to know that what you are learning you are able to give back to your school and community. It would be awesome for you colleague to go back to her home land and teach and inspire there as well as those around her. Thank you for amazing blogs.

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  4. Using common core curriculum standards can help to ensure all students have equal opportunities to achieve academic success.

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