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Time Well Spent

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 I can't believe this is my last blog post for this tutorial. Wow, I actually don't know where to start. I applied to this program to get a study abroad permit without resigning from my job as a government officer in Turkey. But unfortunately, I quit because I couldn't get permission. Exactly seven years ago, I was accepted to postgraduate education in Turkey. Then, my son was very young, and it was difficult for me to attend weekend classes with my two children, so I took a break. When I learned that I had been accepted, I was full of excitement. At the beginning of the first lesson and my excitement of learning, I had a tough time. Sometimes I took a break when I was tired, and it was a full 2.5 years. Since that day, my life has been full of ups and downs, but despite all this, I have kept my head high, I am hopeful, and I have dreams. It was a dream come true to enroll in a training program here. This program has taught me a lot about myself personally and professionall...
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EDUC 6990 Week 6: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

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 Blog Assignment: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) works for every child's survival, protection, and development, especially those in the most challenging and outcast situations. It has a strong presence in 190 countries, with 156 Country Offices and 34 National Committees. In line with the Convention on the Right of the Child, ratified by the United Nations in 1989, UNICEF strives to ensure that the international community fulfills the promises made to children. It conducts long-term, international development programs aimed at seven main priorities: child health, education, child protection, mother-to-child diseases, access to clean water, nutrition, and enabling children to participate in decisions that affect their lives. It does humanitarian work, providing support and protection to children in crisis and emergency. UNICEF's work is supported by the voluntary contributions of individuals and institutions. Th...
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6990: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal Level

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This week, I searched three organizations' websites looking for information on job opportunities and requirements at the national level. NAEYC The first organization I chose was NAEYC. While starting my educational journey, I also met NAEYC. I signed up to access resources to support my assignments on early childhood education topics and educate myself through research-based work in the field. My membership-supported my professional career as it provided me with resources for young children and their families. It also provides opportunities for professional development, such as annual conferences and workshops. The organization's mission is to promote and accredit high-quality early learning through practice, policy, and research for children from birth to age eight (nd). UNICEF UNICEF's mission is to serve and strive to support all children in need worldwide through fundraising, advocacy, and education. I chose this organization because UNICEF is an organization ...
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    Exploring Roles in the ECE Community:                 Local and State Levels           These courses and research work in early childhood education make me excited to expand and grow in my career and discover new things. After my master's education, I want my place in my working life to be in the administrative field. In this sense, this information is more valuable to me. Frankly, I don't belong to any particular app community in my state. Given the nature of the Early Childhood Education profession and responsibility, professionally belonging to a community of practice is an important, necessary skill. Exploring Roles in the ECE Community, seeing advocacy at Local and State Levels, I plan to join several interest groups to learn and follow issues and current trends and, most importantly, understand early childhood better.           Here are some local and state orga...
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EDUC 6165: Communicating and Collaborating in the Early Childhood Field

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  As I was thinking about my personal and professional development in this lesson, I remembered your contributions to me again. I thank you all who shared this journey with me. Through our weekly discussion boards, I had the opportunity to implement some of the communication knowledge and skills I learned and even discover myself and apply my cultural sensitivity and communication skills. With your contributions, I had the opportunity to enrich my attitudes with your professional experience, expertise, and perspectives on diversity. Thank you for all your contributions. I wish each of you good luck in the future and look forward to collaborating again! Behice AKSOY
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Week 6: Team Building and Collaboration "Adjourning"

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        It is often difficult for the group, we have formed the five stages of team development that I mentioned in the discussion platform this week to leave a high-performing group when it reaches the "adjourning" stage. In my personal experiences with the postponement phase of team development within the last group I was involved in, I feel that my feelings were affected several ways after adjourning the group. Building professional relationships in the group can create professional opportunities and broaden my perspective on professional issues and be meaningful. I think it is not easy to leave a group that has done successful work. I believe this situation, which is shaped depending on the type of group you are in, will not be the case for a challenging working group. I have been in many high-performance groups, and some were easy to leave; leaving the others was difficult.         While I was a school administrator; I w...
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Nonviolent Communication and Conflict Management

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  O'Hair and Wiemann (2012) say conflict is "inevitable" (p. 220). Conflicts are something that happens in every communication, sometimes easily overcome or sometimes not resolved. The less fight in human life, the more peaceful it will be. Of course, it is almost impossible to avoid this. A conflict I have encountered recently may have some communication problems in my family with my teenage son. My 14-year-old son's school offers them virtual or in-person education. My son wants to participate in virtual learning activities from home some days. Some days, under our forcing, he goes to school and gets training face to face. We support him in getting an education by going to school so he can socialize at school. He has recently been volunteering to participate in virtual education because he can play online games during training breaks (lunch, physical education, recess). He cannot manage his time at all when he played computer games. I tried to explain this situa...
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