ISSA (International Step by Step
Association) is a membership organization that connects professionals and
organizations working in the field of early childhood development and learning.
ISSA promotes equal access to quality education and care for all children,
especially in the early years of their lives, and supports family and early
years practitioners' empowerment (ISSA).
This program opens up doors for teachers across the world to connect and
try to make differences in places like: Bucharest ,
Romania , Czech Republic ,
Budapest and Hungary . Although these place our out of our nation I
feel that this organization is designed by people from our nation to help makes
schools better for children all over the world.
I feel that by joining this organization I will have the opportunities
to see how to make the changes in my local area and beyond. I could not find any jobs available but
joining this team will be a great way to connect with others that share in the
passion of quality education, safe places for children to learn and play, and
getting teachers what they need to make a difference in the lives of our
children.
-UNICEF (The United Nations
Children's Fund) is an organization that works globally on many issues
involving children. For example, they are
working hard at working with the children in Syria that have to endure days of
violence in their homeland and within their families. UNICEF is helping to gather water and food
for these families while trying to help the children deal emotionally with the
devastation that they witness everyday.
One job that they have that I would
love to do is: Information Manager, Education in Emergencies. The
requirements for this job are: Advanced university degree in Education, Social/
Behavioral Sciences, Geographic Sciences, Humanitarian Affairs, Political
Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering,
Communications or related technical field.
• 5 years progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels.
• Substantial experience in emergency and crisis situations.
• Experience of humanitarian needs assessments, surveys, humanitarian performance monitoring and evaluations.
• Experience in UNICEF or other UN agency or large INGO and experience in West- andCentral Africa would be an asset.
• Fluency in French and English (written and spoken).
• 5 years progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels.
• Substantial experience in emergency and crisis situations.
• Experience of humanitarian needs assessments, surveys, humanitarian performance monitoring and evaluations.
• Experience in UNICEF or other UN agency or large INGO and experience in West- and
• Fluency in French and English (written and spoken).
In order to apply for this job I would have to learn to speak French,
work for 5 years at the national and international levels, and take evaluations
in humanitarian assessments, surveys, and performance evaluations. I would love to do this job and expanding my
knowledge in these areas would only help me make this a reality. It is in line with my desire to help all
children receive quality education.
-One last source that I would like
to more into would be UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization, 2011). This
organization focuses on building relationships through culture, education, and
communication. Some of their goals are
to focus on Africa and Gender equality
(UNESCO, 2011). Some of us know that
women in different countries aren’t treated fairly and given the same
opportunities in life or education as the men.
This organization helps to close the gap on this problem.
One
of the jobs that I found interesting was the Project Officer (Capacity
Development for Education for All). This
job works with national counterparts to promote participatory nationally driven
efforts to enhance capacities in planning processes, management functions, and
organizational structures to improve educational quality and increase
educational opportunities for all (UNESCO, 2011). The requirements for this job that I don’t
have would be the 4 years worth of field experience in this type of educational
work. I feel that I have most of the
other requirements which were: Planning, Programme implementation, and programme
monitoring, and evaluation. The
education level is to have a masters degree in an education field which I am
glad to say I am almost finished with.
All of the resources above are
resources that I would be proud to work with.
Not only do they reach out to students world wide but they reach out to
their families as well. Either one of
these jobs would give me the opportunity to expand my knowledge of how to give
quality education to all students and how to make our world a better place to
live by providing safe, equal, and functional schools for students to
attend.
References:
Website: International Step By
Step Association. (n.d.). Retrieved: April 9, 2013. http://www.issa.nl/index.html.
Website: United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, fromhttp://www.unicef.org/
Website: United
Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2011). Retrieved: April 11, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/introducing- unesco/
I too liked the ISSA. they seemed so focused on the children, as to where I have seen so many organizations who are more for the business part of it!
ReplyDeleteOn you other part of the post I saw that for one position you would have to learn French, I think that would be cool, oh and it would give me an excuse to finally buy the rossetta stone series I have wanted for years...lol
great post
Hello DeWana
ReplyDeleteThe information that you posted on this organizations was very organized and detailed. I choose all of these organizations too. I believe that they promote quality and care for all children. These are the kinds or international organizations that I do want to be a part of. Thank you for sharing and good luck in your career.