Establishing Professional Contacts
I decided to look into the Global Alliance of NAEYC which was listed under our blog references for this week. I skimmed the list of countries, and decided that I would contact a professional from Spain. I emailed Juan Sanchez on Monday, and I have not heard back from him. I am assuming that he is not interested.
I went back and skimmed the list again and decided to pick China. I once taught ESL there in the summer of 2005. I emailed Dr. Betty Chon Po-King, and I am awaiting a response. I really hope she emails me back.
I do live in South Korea and have some former colleagues that I can ask to be my professional pen pal. If I do not hear back from Dr. Po-King, I will ask the Elementary school principal, Dr. Yurica. We will actually be able to meet in person.
I’m very excited about this assignment because I love learning about different cultures. I was a bit nervous about emailing people I did not know, but that part is over with!
Expanding Resources
I decided to study the Pre [K] Now Organization. My experience teaching was in Pre-Kindergarten. I noticed that this site is linked to twitter, so I have set up a Twitter account to follow this organization. I was amused when I saw this because I thought only teenagers used Twitter. I also joined the News clip email list. This organization will send me daily clips to keep me informed about what is going on in the education community. It has been three days now, and I have not received any emails, so I think I have to go check my spam folder. I’m also excited to learn more about this organization because my passion does lie with Pre-Kindergartners! These little ones are so excited to go to school every day, and I want to be able to keep this passion alive for future years.
Hi Stacey,
ReplyDeleteKudos to you and your family for serving our wonderful country. I can't wait to hear how things function differently in South Korea. I would also like to know how their political views affect their education. I wonder if they have shelter drills because of the situation with North Korea. I remember when I was in elementary school, we had shelter drills because of the "cold war". I always had a sense of fear so I wonder if the children there struggle with that type of fear.
Stacey,
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to learning about programs in South Korea are similar and different from the US. It sounds like you are definitely on your way with your study of an expanded resource - Pre[K]. I hope it turns out to be a good fit for your experience teaching Pre-K. Best of luck on this assignment!
Caitlin
Hello Stacey,
ReplyDeleteI have been successful in establishing communication with one resource and awaiting reponse from two others. Some of the emails that I sent came back as errors.
It is great to know that you have the principal at the Elementary school in South Korea as a resource. I am looking forward to viewing your blog to hear of the your experiences with early childhood in South Korea.
Stacey,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to hearing what you will learn from the Pre K Now organization. I have two pre-k programs in my school so the information will be helpful to them. I hope that your contact with China responds back because that will be good comparison with Korea.
Stacey,
ReplyDeleteI too have emailed outside of the country and have not heard any response. I am however really interested in learning more about what is happening in the field of early childhood in other countries. This first assignement has sparked my interest even more. Can't wait to hear and learn more.
So far I have not been able to make contact with the people in China either, so it looks like it will be the Principal in South Korea!
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