Getting Ready-E stablishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

My contacts will be coming from the Alternative assignment.  The websites that I will explore are:

www.globalfundforchildren.org-The Global Fund for Children

Millions of children around the world are born into a stark reality: will they work in markets and 

mines, or go to school? Will they be trafficked into slavery, or be free? Will they be child soldiers, 

or students? These are staggering choices no child should face.  At The Global Fund for Children, 

we transform the lives of children on the edges of society—trafficked children, refugees, child 

laborers—and help them regain their rights and pursue their 

dreams. In other words, we do all we can to let kids be kids—no matter what their circumstances. 

Since 1997, we’ve reached 9 million children worldwide.

www.savethechildren.org-Save the Children

Save the Children gives children in the United States and round the world what every child deserves – a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When disaster strikes, we put children’s needs first. We advocate for and achieve large-scale change for children. We save children’s lives. Join us.

The organization that I will explore is National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE). The list below states the goals of the organization.

To promote the professional growth of our membership

To discuss educational issues specific to our membership

To advocate for improvements in early childhood teacher education

Provide a forum for consideration of issues and concerns of interest to educators of early childhood teacher educators

Provide a communication network for early childhood teacher educators

Facilitate the interchange of information and ideas about research and practice

Use, as vehicles, the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, conferences, resolutions, position papers, and other publications

Cooperate with other national and international organizations concerned with the study and education of young children