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Sunday, September 7, 2014

Part 1: Establishing Professional Contacts

I chose to contact a variety of individuals from various countries.  Learning about child development in other countries something that I am very excited about and looking forward to.  I hope I get a response from at least one in the next week.  Here are the individuals I chose to reach out to:

Haiti
Step by Step Program / Tipa Tipa
Dominique Hudicourt
Email: tipatipa@hainet.net

Romania
Step by Step Centre for Education and Professional Development
Carmin Lica
Email: carmenlia@dnt.ro

 Armenia
Step By Step Benevolent Foundation
Ruzanna Tsarukyan
Email: ruzanna@sbsbf.am

Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association
Dr. Betty Chan Po-king
20 Somerset Rd. Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: 852-23396005
 Email: sannas@ycef.com

 Belarus
 Belorussian Parents' and Teachers' League "Step by Step"
 Iryna Lapitskaya
 Email: sbtbyst@openby.com

Croatia
Open Academy "Step By Step" "KorakpoKorack"
Nives Milinovic
Email: nives@korakpokorak.hr


Part 2: Expanding Professional Contacts

The resource that I chose to read through and subscribe to a newsletter from is NIEER- National Institute for Early Education Research.  The website is: www.nieer.org.
I chose this resources because it seems to have a number of things that interest me and could help me in my career every day. 

Some of the issues it discusses are:
  • Assessment
  • Special Education
  • State Pre-K Evaluations
  • English Language Learners
  • Governance and Accountability
  • Quality and Curriculum
  • Economics and Finance



 

2 comments:

  1. Kimberly,
    I hope you have success with reaching out to these professionals across the world. I am very excited about this assignment and hope to receive some responses as well. How did you compose your e-mails to them? I tried to personalize it as much as I could. I hope you have some success. Good luck!

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  2. Kimberly,

    That was a great idea to reach out to more than two countries because you never know if they will respond to your emails. I chose to reach out 3 other countries that most interest me and still waiting for a reply. I am interested in finding out what others have learned from the countries they chose.

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