Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

Three international organizations or communities of practice that appealed to me are: 1) United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2) Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) 3) World Organization for Early Childhood Education and Care (OMEP).

The reason I chose UNESCO is because in a globalized world it is important to look at the bigger picture when it comes to children, families, and equality. Children are our future and the future of the world. By focusing on human rights, access to quality education and full freedom of expression UNESCO is working to improve humanity and the global economy for our most vulnerable citizens (http://en.unesco.org).

My second chose for an international organization that appealed to me was The Association for Childhood Education International. The reason I chose this organization was because of their mission statement “To promote innovative solutions to education challenges and inspire action that creates positive, sustainable futures for children and youth worldwide.” As a change agent for early childhood education the ACEI looks at ethics for early childhood programs on a global scale instead of a national one. Creating universal standards of equality; to ensure the optimal education, development, and well-being of children worldwide (http://www.acei.org).

The third international organization that appealed to me was the World Organization for Early childhood Education and Care (OMEP). OMEP has teachers, researchers and child advocates that have come together since WWII to promote the well-being, health, rights, and education of the world’s most vulnerable citizens and their families. The main focus of OMEP is making high quality universal preschool a reality for every child on a global scale, through advocacy and policy making efforts. Universal Preschool is a passion of mine and has been since I entered the early childhood field (http://worldomep.org).

A job opportunity that I found, on an international level that I am interested in is: Consultancy - Curriculum Adviser Pre-primary Education, Honiara, Solomon Islands for the UN.

The main function of this job is “to lead the development of an appropriate pre-primary curriculum for 5 year olds using play-based strategies to achieve defined learning outcomes, develop the syllabus, teachers' guide and the supplementary learning materials for children.” Most of the skills and experience that I would need to competently fulfill this role I already possess; I have curriculum development knowledge, and at least 6 years of experience in the early childhood field, but I still need to gain knowledge of government policies in Taiwan and experience with educational reform. To read more about this job opportunity and others like it go to: https://unjobs.org/vacancies/1491519811108

References:

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/

Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI). (2017). Retrieved from http://www.acei.org

World Organization for Early childhood Education and Care (OMEP). (2017). Retrieved from http://worldomep.org

United Nations Jobs. (2017). Retrieved from https://unjobs.org/vacancies/1491519811108