Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

I have not heard anything from my international contact as of yet, but we still have one more week. When i visited the website http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education, I studied what the mission of the organization is and how what I have gained from the website coincide with my goals as a professional. The mission has four points, but the points that stuck out to me were:

• provide international leadership to create learning societies with educational opportunities for all populations.
• provide expertise and foster partnerships to strengthen national educational leadership and the capacity of countries to offer quality education for all.

• work as an intellectual leader, an honest broker and clearing house for ideas, propelling both countries and the international community to accelerate progress towards these goals.

These points are basically how I feel about being an educator. I want to make sure I can do all that I can to provide education and leadership to all children, regardless of race, social economic status.
All families deserve to get access to quality education, and this organization is committed to helping reach this goal on a global level.

Another insight that grabbed my attention was the UNESCO holds an annual conference in a location around the world to bring awareness to making sure that quality education is given to all children around the world. This is such a great way to spread awareness to others in such a dramatic way. The Conference will be held in Japan this year in November.

The last insight that was important to me was the fact that they have global networks in the Caribbeans, Africa, Asia and Pacific, and Latin America. The global networks have leaders speak on topics like AIDS awareness, to green-jobs and inclusive education in Brazil.

Reference:
 http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/worldwide/