Both my mother and my stepfather are educators. This has made it easier to contact other early childhood professionals outside of USA. I have contacted a Grade 1 teacher at an international school in Singapore where my parents work. Additionally, I have tried to establish contact with a Kindergarten teacher in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was my Kindergarten teacher and still works at the same school. Her email was accessible via the school's website and I was able to easily reach out to her. She has already replied back to me and I am sure that she will be a great asset for me and it will also be interesting to learn how education has changed since when she taught me. As I have personal affiliations to both schools, it was a natural choice for me to reach out to teachers in those particular schools. For this particular project, I would recommend that one firstly defines the school system to look at, for example the International Baccalaureate. Then it would be advantageous to search for international schools that use that curriculum, narrow down the specific school that one is interested in (Elementary School or Kindergarten) and proceed to search for the staff list for that particular grade level (should be available on the website). It is key to contact as many teachers as possible if one does not have a personal connection to them in order to have a greater possibility of getting a positive response. Hopefully, many will extend a professional courtesy of answering any questions that one may have.
Thanks for the advice because I sent emails out to a few people in various countries and have not received replies as of yet. Hopefully, I will hear something soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you manage to get some replies and am sure that they will reply in due course.
DeleteIt sounds like you have made some very interesting contacts! You are blessed to have those personal connections. I look forward to hearing about your conversations. It is neat how in addition to exchanging information with our pen pals, we will also be able to be a resource to each other as we share our conversations on the blog. This is a very interesting web of connections! I was wondering, what early childhood organization did you choose to study? Is there a site that your contacts might recommend?
ReplyDeleteI am happy you was able to reach out to people you already know. It's good to know people because you never know when you may need a little information from them. I am ready to hear more information about there education .vs. ours in the United States. Can you ask her for other emails childhood organization I might can look into because I didn't get anyone to email me back? Thanks
ReplyDeleteI wish I was as fortunate to have the connections that you have. I am gonna use the tips that you provided and see what I can come up with. I am going to continue to email professionals, in hope of getting some responses. Thanks for sharing.
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