International Jobs in the ECE Profession

My first introduction to UNICEF was ten years ago when I was presented with the Convention on the Rights of the Child document.  In February 2010, when I started my Master’s program with Walden University I was introduced to this document again.  I am very encouraged by the mission of UNICEF because their mission is to protect all children from around the world from violence, support good health and nutrition and provide quality educational services.  Currently there is an Education Specialist position open in Bujumbura, Burundi.  One of the job responsibilities is to identify gender inequalities, which is right in line with my Capstone Project.

            Another position I am interested in is the Principal at the Liberty Learning Center, which is located in Belize.  The Liberty Learning Center provides quality educational services for children who are living in the Liberty Children’s Home because they have been abandoned or removed from their birth home due to abuse.  The philosophy of the Liberty Children’s Home is to ensure their approach prevents “damaging effects of institutionalization on children” (Liberty Children’s Home, n.d.).

            The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are an international organization with a mission to “support early childhood policy development with the aim to build on a solid foundation for a child’s lifelong learning” (UNESCO, 2012).  My ideal job with UNESCO will be to work with the Education For All program.   This program provides comprehensive early childhood care and education for the most vulnerable children with the administrative functions housed in their Paris, France field office.

My blog address is:  http://makelearningfunforchildren.blogspot.com/

References

Liberty Children’s Home (n.d.).  Retrieved from http://www.libertychildrenbelize.org

UNICEF (n.d.)  Education Specialist, P-3, Bujumbura, Burundi.  Retrieved from  https://careers.unicef.org/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9NTA2NzQ5OTc4M0MzNzBDRUUxMDAwMDAwOUU3MTBGMEYmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3d&sap-client=100&sap-language=EN&sap-accessibility=X  

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (2012).  Education for All Goals.  Retrieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/efa-goals/