Time Well Spent

This program has allowed me to grow in my professional life as well as my daily life.  I have learned a lot about being a successful leader in the early childhood field and I have become more confident that I will be able to manage my own early childhood center one day.  What I have learned about communication has also allowed me to become a better listener and to develop positive relationships with colleagues as well as friends and family members. 

My primary long-term goal is to create an organization that would help young children in need.  I am hoping to become an advocate for young children and families and to make positive changes in their lives and in my community.

In this last post I want to thank you Dr. Darragh for all your support and feedback that allowed me to improve my skills.  I also want to thank my colleagues for their support in blog posts and discussions.  Finally I want to thank my family for encouraging me to pursue my studies and for believing in me. 

I can’t believe we are graduating this weekend! I will miss you all and I am really thankful to have spent the last two years getting to know all of you and to have learned so much from your ideas and experiences!  You have all made me a positive change in my life and I wish you all good luck in the future!  Congratulations! We did it!

I would love to keep in touch, this is my email: Ghayna@gmail.com

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

            The first international organization that I chose is the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which supports children’s survival and development, basic education and gender equity, HIV/AIDS prevention, and child protection around the world.  This organization appealed to me because of the work they do in my home country, Syria.  This issue is especially dear to me because I have already lost family members in this conflict and I know many others who are struggling to survive.  War is the only thing the very young children of Syria have ever known, and working with these children to make sure that violence does not become a normal behavior is imperative.  Working with the UNICEF to help the children is something that I am hoping to be able to do. 

            The second international organization that I chose is Save the Children, this organization gives children around the world a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.  This organization appealed to me because it gives children around the world an opportunity for success by providing quality education, emergency response, quality health and nutrition programs, disease prevention programs, improving livelihoods, disaster prevention and protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence. 

            The third international organization that I chose is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which has several sectors such as education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.  The mission of the UNESCO is to build peace, eradicate poverty, contribute to sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.  The UNESCO focuses on education in Africa and promoting gender equality. 

            These organizations offer many job opportunities as well as volunteering opportunities.  There are also international professional vacancies that offer the opportunity to work abroad.  Another job vacancy I would be interested in is working at UNESCO as a translator or interpreter because I had the opportunity to learn languages at school and I am fluent in English, Arabic and French. 

References

Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/

United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2011). Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing-unesco/