I
have had extreme difficulty establishing contact with two professionals. Of the
many websites that I selected from NAEYC’s Global Alliance resources, almost
all lead to null pages, broken links, or inactive sites and I have now sent
emails to five different individuals on the list; four came back immediately as
undeliverable. Have any of you had luck? Here are the contacts that have been
unsuccessful thus far:
OMEP Comité Nacional Cubano
Sra. Hilda
Pérez Forest
E-mail: hilda_perezforest@yahoo.com
E-mail: hilda_perezforest@yahoo.com
I’m hopeful that the one email that did not come
back as undeliverable will be answered by the early childhood professional. If
not, I added several global early childhood groups on Facebook as another
method for finding potential contacts.
For
part two of the blog assignment, I looked at several of the early childhood
organizations listed on the resources page. Many were interesting but some were
out of date such as the Center for Child Care Workforce which still has its May/June
2011 newsletter on its front page. I decided to choose what is listed in our
resources as National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral
Agencies (NACCRRA) but is now called Child Care Aware. It can be found at http://www.naccrra.org. I chose this because
I frequently use my county and state resource and referral agency for trainings,
resources, guidance, news on laws and policies, and more. They offer incredibly
important services to providers, children, and the community, and I feel that
it would be valuable to be more knowledgeable about the organization and its
offerings as a whole.
Erica,
ReplyDeleteI have had the same difficulties contacting early childhood professionals. I had two that said they were delivered. I sent the e-mails on Tuesday and I have yet to receive a response. I am hoping that I will receive a response, because I feel this is a great opportunity to expand our professional network. I was really hoping to hear back from someone in Africa, because I have a friend who is in the Peace Corp in Cameroon. I used this personal note in some of my e-mails to try and help make the connection. I am hoping to have success with this as I think it will be a great experience. Best of luck with getting responses!
Lisa
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI also have not heard back from the people I have emailed. How did you you find the pages on Facebook? That is a great idea and a great way to get information. Thank you for sharing. I also found that a lot of the pages are outdated. Hopefully we will be able to get in all of our contacts together soon. Thanks again for sharing.
Hi Crystal,
DeleteI used a few different search terms to find groups on facebook, Many are closed groups so you have to be approved to join, but others are pages that you can like and potentially find someone to connect with by posting to the page. There is one called "Childminders" that is based in the UK. It has over 18,000 followers and seems to be very active. That may be a good option.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have had the same experience. I have not been able to get in contact with anyone, my next option is to try the alternative radio podcast, and hopefully that will work, as this is an interesting assignment and I am looking forward to interacting with other early childhood professionals outside of the country.
Hey, I'm having problems as well, everything will work out. I see that you have choose National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies. I think that one would be interesting to learn about and I can't wait to see what vital information you will have to share.
ReplyDeleteThis has been an ongoing problem because I took this class last semester before having family issues and had to withdraw and I had the same issues last semester.
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