Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National Level

Since ECE issues cannot be separated from a national ECE condition in the field, I need to get involved in the national level in order for me to be able to face the EC challenges that I have. Out of so many communities or organizations which aim more to specific region or concern, I come to choose the following 3 communities:

HIMPAUDI (Himpunan Pendidik & Tenaga Kependidikan Anak Usia Dini Indonesia) or an association of teachers and educators of young children in Indonesia, is gathering EC educators and teachers to educate the nation by increasing their professionalism, caring for their welfare, and by setting EC organization standard and building partnership with any parties. I am interested in getting involved in this organization because they are relatively new so they must need members and contributors. They are an EC organization in the country which is open to anybody interested in developing EC in Indonesia in any aspects. I believe I can contribute the knowledge and insights that I have received from my EC course in this community.

guru.or.id – Indonesia Memanggilmu untuk Menulis, is an online forum for any teachers or educators to have the opportunity to share insights and ideas through a writing. They claim themselves to be the professional resource and development from teacher network. Its orientation isn’t specifically on EC, but it is open for EC. I find this forum to be interesting and may be beneficial for me to share ideas and my knowledge through writings for EC community. This forum may also be the media for me to practice and develop my scholarly capability.

PLAN Indonesia is the representative of PLAN, an international EC organization which works for 51 developing countries including Indonesia. They are promoting child rights to end child poverty and lift million of children out of poverty. Their core areas of working are on basic health services, water & sanitation, economic security and education & school improvement; and they offer people to sponsor a child, to make a donation, to become their global corporate partner and volunteer. This last offer interests me. Being their volunteer or at least helping them disseminate this information in my community and finding ways to promote partnership can be useful either for them and for my community of practice. 

      

Resources

HIMPAUDI (http://himpaudi.blogspot.com)

Guru.or.id (http://guru.or.id)

PLAN Indonesia (www.plan-international.org/where-we-work/asia/Indonesia)

Exploring Roles in the EC Community: Local and State Levels

Involvement in an early childhood community for anyone working at early childhood field is a must, I think, because he or she can get insights from or share experiences with those who are capable and have great interest in the field. 

As a person interested in early childhood field in Indonesia, I find three early childhood communities to be suitable for me to share and gain more knowledge. They are Dewi Hughes International Foundation, Komunitas Pendidikan, Kesehatan dan Lingkungann Hidup, and Rumah Dongeng Pelangi. ‘Dewi Hughes International Foundation’ emphasizes its activities on helping marginalized area to establish the early childhood education center, and additionally advocating families by socializing information to mothers through their ‘Komunitas Ibu Sehat’ program. Besides, their teaching program for training the tutors all over Indonesia interests me a lot. I may contribute in this program by becoming the instructor for the tutors or a presenter in advocating the families. My early childhood knowledge and experience in leadership will be an advantage for this purpose.

The second community, ‘Komunitas Pendidikan, Kesehatan dan Lingkungan Hidup’ is an online magazine community in which I could be the contributor for articles for early childhood community who are members or just the readers. It certainly needs writers who are capable and have adequate knowledge about early childhood as what I have learned at Walden University through the courses. 

The third community, ‘Rumah Dongeng Pelangi’ is a community whose members visit early childhood centers in marginalized area, and voluntarily tell stories to the children. I believe it is the very right place for me to share my experience and hobby to tell stories to little children where I can build network and relations with early childhood centers all over the places.

Resources

Dewi Hughes International Foundation, www.dewihughesinternationalfoundation.blogspot.com

Komunitas Pendidikan. Kesehatan dan Lingkungan Hidup, www.majalah-kumunitas.blogspot.com/2011/08/forum-paud-kabupaten-bekasi-adakan-buka.html

Rumah Dongeng Pelangi, www.rumahdongengpelangi.blogspot.com