Jobs/Opportunities in the ECE field: Internationally

While continuing to pursue new knowledge and gain a better understanding of opportunities available outside of the classroom, we looked into international organizations this week.

 The first I looked into was the academy for educational development (AED). My reasoning was simple, I had never heard of it before. What I first found was that AED has been acquired and is now known as FHI 360. So I continued pursuit and found that in relation to education, there are currently two opportunities in the United States. The first is a research associate which requires a Master’s degree in international education and completion of research projects. The second is a director’s position which again asks for international education experience but also wants a minimum of 10 post-doctorate years of experience. So while these jobs are out of reach for me at this time and not necessarily of personal interest, it gave me an insight into the international piece of striving to improve education.

The second site I looked at was the UNICEF website. I looked into this website a little more since I have had minimal experience with this site in the past. What I found was that the job opportunities available are currently overseas and since they would require relocation which is not of interest to me I did not pursue the requirements for the positions. However, what I did find was a wealth of information I had forgotten existed through the UNICEF website. So it is now marked in my favorites list in order to revisit the website for information later.

The final website I looked at was the site for World Vision. I am familiar with the website and what World Vision strives to do since I was once a child sponsor. However, I had never looked at opportunities to work for World Vision before and when I did for this blog entry, I found there is a need for a grants officer for All Children Reading. I thought wow, children, reading (which connects to the literacy capstone project I have created), and World Vision, I have to check this out. Unfortunately, I do not have any experience in completing the tasks required for the position nor do I meet the requirements of the position. But knowing this organization is working on tasks such as this will make me stay more abreast of the global happenings through this organization.

The opportunities are available if we want them, or know of others who may be influential.