INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS
At the beginning of this week, I thought about how exciting it would be to have the opportunity to correspond with two professional contacts from other countries. I started the process by contacting a women in Nigeria. She runs and international school. The second person I selected was an individual in Mexico. The email I sent to Mexico did not work and it kept coming back. The third contact was in Russia as part of the Russian Education Fund. Unfortunately, I have not heard from any of these contacts. So I made a last futile attempt and contacted 4 different countries through UNICEF. The countries, Madagascar, Russia, Israel and Jamaica. I have not yet heard back. But my hope is to give them through Monday.
And if need be I will complete the alternate blog assignment.
The organization, which I chose to "discover," is NIEER. This stands for The National Institute for Early Education Research. The organization promotes quality preschool programs in the United States. It does this by offering research advice to policy makers, researchers and educators. It works with states policy makers and other organizations. I find the sight interesting as it takes a long strong look at how we can increase quality of preschool programming throughout the country. It also offers and provides easy access to their newsletter Preschool Matters Today. The website is http://nieer.org/
I think you will be surprised at the current trends and research, which they disseminate on, issues effecting young children and their families in regards to Quality ECE programming.
Millie,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like most of us are in the waiting process. I, like you, are excited about the thought of connecting with early childhood professionals internationally, Hopefully, we will get good news next week.
Thank you for giving more insight into NIEER. That sounds like a website that would be very helpful, especially since we are focusing on trends and issues in this class. I will have to give that another look!
Millie,
ReplyDeleteYou have reached out to many potential international professionals. Your plan in seeking multiple colleagues hopefully will succeed.
Great organization to research.
I look forward to the further development of your Blog.
Dr Longo
Hi Millie,
ReplyDeleteI am very excited too about this project. I hope we all can establish contact with at least two educators. Like you, some of the emails I sent kept coming back and I felt very frustrated, I think it will be rewarding to hear something from any contact.
The National Institute for Early Education Research sound like an interesting organization to learn more about. Now I know there are tons of organizations that I haven’t heard about before, even though I knew something about the NIEER your post gave me a better idea about it. Thanks!