Job/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

This week I explored the international community of early childhood. I used this opportunity to look at different communities of practices as well as different roles or employment opportunities that I found interesting for early childhood professionals around the world.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was a community of practice that appealed to me.  UNICEF has many parts to their mission statement but it encompasses: “the protection of children’s rights to help meet their basic needs, ensure ethical principals, incorporates development, mobilized political and material resources to help countries, ensure special protection for disadvantaged children, responds to emergencies, does not discriminate, promotes equal rights, and enshrined peace and social progress”  (UNICEF, 2013).  This organization encompasses so much and helps all the needs or all children, I could not find something that I did not believe in for this communities of practice. For this organization a job I found very interesting was a child protection specialist located in Iraq. This job requirements is, “the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluations of the Child Protection programme within the country programme (UNICEF, 2013). I understand that children in Iraq need support with many different factors that are happening within that country. I would feel fulfilled to help these children and have this job.

The second community of practice is the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development  or abbreviated OECD (2013).  “The mission of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world” (OECD, 2013). I feel this organization was important to include because it has some political background and helps governments to find solutions and come up with plans to help better the economic, co-operation, development of children. I could not find a job that I was qualified to do but there were many (lawyers, safety specialists, economic jobs)  that helped better the overall development and economics of children.

The last community of practice I researched is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or the UNESCO (2011).  The UNIESCO is interested in developing the educational value, cultural value, and scientific discoveries to help better people around the world (2011). When I looked at the site for employment  there were none at the moment for the early childhood perspective part of the community of practice but there was research scientists, finance and administrative officer, and director of internal-oversight service.

International communities are just as important as local and national ones. International organizations can see trends and help many different children around the world.

 References:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2013, from http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved October 8, 2013, from http://www.unicef.org/

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/