I am very excited about my new class, Issues and Trends in Early Childhood. I am amazed at all of the information that is available about early childhood around the globe. I can't wait to hear from other early childhood educators and learn about the issues and trends in their areas.
I have contacted early childhood professionals in El Salvador, the Netherlands, Spain, and Germany and I hope to hear from some of them very soon. I am excited about the potential learning opportunities that may occur through networking with these professionals around the world.
In addition, I am researching the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. Since I aspire to be an early childhood teacher at the community college level upon completion of my studies, I thought this was the perfect fit. So far I have read their mission statement (Our Purpose), read about their officers, and learned about their annual conferences. I look forward to learning about all of the resources that they have available.
The NTECTE was my second choice of websites to explore, so I will be excited to read your blog and find out what you have discovered. So far, it doesn't seem like anyone has established contact with other professionals. Maybe email takes longer to get there LOL! Good Luck to you!
ReplyDeleteHi Monette,
ReplyDeleteHope you get a positive response from the early childhood professionals you have contacted. I am looking forward to learning from your interaction with them. I am both amazed and excited about how much all of us will benefit from this process.
Since I am also aspiring to be a full-time teacher in an International school, NTECTE was my second choice.
I look forward to working with you.
Cheers!
Sonali
Monette,
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to catching up on your blog and learning more about your professional journey throughout this course. You selected a wide variety of early childhood professionals, which should provide you with a good selection of viewpoints to compare. I am looking forward to learning along with you about the early childhood practices from these regions of the world.
Tiffany
Monette,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great NTECTE info. I hope you hear from one of your contacts soon....I have sent out a few more myself as I had not gotten a response from my first two. I am looking forward to reading your blog to see what kind of great information you get from your variety of sources! Tammy
Hi Monette,
ReplyDeleteI too hope that you will be able to communicate with one early childhood professionals from one or more countries. I think it is great think that we are granted this opportunity to research the early childhood arena in other countries.