I cannot express my gratitude to everyone that has helped me along my journey. Engaging with all of my classmates allowed me to look outside my own box, and create amazing opportunities for the students and families that I work with. There are so many things that I have learned about myself throughout this process, and given myself a dream for the future. Many of the insights that I have gathered have come from information that has been shared with me by my colleagues.

In finalizing our capstone project, I truly hope that we follow our future dreams that we have set for ourselves. I know, for myself, I never thought that I would have a Master's degree, let alone finish my Bachelors. Now, I have a bigger dream, a dream that takes careful, and strategic planning, to someday get my doctorate. I hope that I have enough faith in my abilities' as an educator, and as an advocate for children and families that I take the time to pursue my dream.

I hope that we all remain in touch, and can continue to learn and grow from each other!

International Jobs/Roles in the Early Childhood Community

People to People is an organization that was put together with the idea of exploring the world, because people are just people. Their mission " to bridge cultural and political borders through education and exchange, creating global citizens and making the world a better place for future generations"( http://www.peopletopeople.com). This is a very exciting organization that works with students, and has teachers travel with them to grow their educational experience.

In order to be a leader here are the requirements:

• Demonstrates the experience necessary to responsibly lead and mentor students
  

  Acts with diplomacy when engaging new cultures or personal backgrounds
  

  Has passion for learning and focuses on fostering teachable moments and 21st-century skills before and during travel
  

  Helps to resolve travel issues and models a positive attitude
  

  Displays sufficient stamina to participate in all program activities (this can include walking more than six miles a day, hiking uneven terrain, handling luggage, and providing up to three weeks of student supervision)
  

  Communicates in a professional manner with everyone on the program, from students to fellow leaders to service personnel
  

  If you think that you are qualified for the positon, just fill apply online! I think this is a great organization that is working with children and families to explore what our historic places has to offer.
  

      International Justice Mission is something that I have known about for some time, but never thought to post about it. IJM is an organization that travels to different countries to protect "the poor from violence by partnering with local authorities to: rescue victims, bring criminals to justice, restore survivors, and strengthen justice systems" (http://www.ijm.org). I read their book back in my undergrad studies, Terrify No More, and it is an amazing book about these individuals that have retired from their positions, or dedicate their time to these missions. There are cops, lawyers, social workers, doctors, nurses, everything that you can think of to help control a situation that might arise, when they are out in the field. IJM has a lot of positions available, the only one that was posted to work directly with the children was a Trauma Social Worker, which would be able to work with children that had experienced sexual trauma. The person filling the position had to have a Masters in Social Work, and be fluent in Spanish, due to the requirement of travel. They do offer Internships and Fellowships.
  

      Travellers WorldWide is an organization that is set up to get volunteers, and interns into schools across the globe, to help their teachers educate these children in English. There are a variety of places that you can travel to, for different lengths of time as well. There are no specific qualifications that are required to be able to go, but once there you will be required to set up lesson plans and instruct. The current teacher, and principal will help with this transitional period. These classrooms are not just set up in schools, but also orphanages.
  

      I was intrigued by the information that I found this week. It gave me a lot more insight on things that I want to add to my resume, and others ways that I can help children and families. The early childhood field covers so many different areas of families with different needs, and no matter how long I've been in the field, I've always missed someone I could help.