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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources


Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources


"Establishing Professional Contacts" 

·         Kathryn Wonnacott – Belfast, Ireland, Nursery Asst. in a preschool of 3’s – 4’s with 52 children within the school.
·         Lina Vasquez – Pre School teacher in Colombia
·         Melanie Buckley – Germany DoDs school system
·         Crystal Trigaux – Incheon, South Korea,2nd level teacher (In American terms equivalent to 2nd grade)
·         Katie Meyler – Monrovia, Liberia (founder of “More than me foundation”, an organization that assists girls in West Africa to get off of the streets and gain an education)
I have chosen to connect with a larger number of educators overseas as my husband and I travel frequently overseas and to learn and meet new people is always a great thing!  I have also connected with new educators that I have not yet met by posting on a social network asking for assistance to connect with educators within the field overseas.  I received an overwhelming response of people and have chosen the first 5 that responded to me.  I am looking forward to new areas of the world that I have not yet traveled to or assisted in an educational manner.
"Expanding Resources," 

I have chosen to further my knowledge with the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies  @ www.naccrra.org.  My purpose for desiring to look into this organization further is that I do not have a strong knowledge of it and it being a leading organization within the field; I want to further my knowledge of it.

For my colleagues at Walden:

What are you hoping to gain from communicating with professionals around the world?  What types of questions or topics will you discuss?
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3 comments:

  1. Katrina OliverMay 5, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Hello Shelly,

    Wow! You had a success contacting your professional contacts. Will you please provide me the network information that you used? I will be more that happy to take a few of them off of your hands. :)

    I am hoping to gain a deeper understanding of the the educational issues and trends in other areas of the world. We know about the things that we have to encounter but it would be nice to listen or communicate with others. In the end, we all have the exact same mission to help our children become good leaders and individuals in society.

    One topic that I want to discuss is longer school years vs shorter school days or vice versa.

    Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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    1. Maisey78May 5, 2012 at 8:23 PM

      I literally just posted something on my Facebook account that said something about needing help with any early childhood professionals in other countries that I can connect with over the next 8 weeks. I got a great response pretty quickly. And if you know anyone that has traveled or lived some place else, ask them if they have a connection that they can help you with. I did tell some people that I didn't need any more so let me send them a message and see if they're interested. How many have you found?

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  2. lachelleMay 5, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    That is awesome that you already receive a response back. I'm hoping to gain a better understanding of early childhood development. I would like to keep up with what is going on in this feild.

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