Hello, everyone! I spent the last week trying to find a professional contact in the early childhood field that was outside of the United States. I had ZERO luck! I sent emails out to professionals in Haiti, Ghana, Morocco, and Armenia. I don't have any preference to any certain country. I am just so excited about the idea of learning more from any country that is different than the United States. I think that it will be very enlightening, interesting, and eye opening to see how things are in the early childhood education field outside of the United States. I have given up on getting replies to emails. I am assuming that I am in junk folders or that I was automatically deleted because my email address looked unfamiliar to the person receiving it. I am going to start making actual phone calls on Monday. If anyone has found a way to make contact or has any great tips, I would love to hear about it.
I have decided to explore NAEYC's website. The program that I work for is NAEYC accredited and we use NAEYC as the authority on all things early childhood related. I think that learning more about the organization can greatly benefit me in both my classes and my job. So, as I learn more I will be sure to pass it along to all of you!
Best of luck! Can't wait to hear about all of the wonderful experiences and concepts learned from all of my peers. I hope to have my own to share with you, as well!
Wow! You created great flexibility for yourself and I understand your waiting! I hope you hear back just the same from your prospects. It would be great to hear how others who have taken this class managed to gain responses. I love that you work for a NAEYC accredited program. In a 100 mile radius of my area, the only NAEYC accredited programs are associated with Head Start in one county.
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DeleteShana,
ReplyDeleteI hope that you aren't too discouraged! You never know how busy people are, you could still get a response! I wonder if part of the challenge is the language barrier? You might try translating the email using a basic translator like google translate to help get your message across? I hope you get a reply this week!
Amy