International Orginizations

A few weeks ago I found an international organization that registered with me. This is the ACEI or the Association of Childhood Education International. They want to promote and support the optimal education, development, and well-being of children worldwide. I believe that this organization would be extremely helpful to find information on supporting quality ECE programs among other topics. If I was to take on a position in this group, I would like to be a part of the International Advisory Group. I am not at the level of those who are in this position as it seems they all have their PHd and I am not there YET! I have been contemplating whether or not I want to go back to school to go all the way. So this could be an option for me to look into once I complete my education work.
 http://www.acei.org/

The second organization that I found was the International Association for Steiner/Waldorf Early Childhood Education (IASWECE). The Waldorf early childhood educator works with the young child by creating a warm, beautiful and loving home-like environment, which is protective and secure, and where things happen in a predictable, rhythmic manner. There are many training opportunities to learn this way of education, and is offered through this group. I would like to have the option one day to possibly become a trainer to help educate others in a different approach to education. There is not a lot of information on job related position, but there is information for the US contact to get a hold of in order to obtain it.
http://www.iaswece.org/index.aspx

One website that I found really interesting was the Education International page. At first when I looked at it I wasn't quite sure what I was seeing. But as I went through several pages I realized that it is a page set up specifically for teachers around the world! Education International is the voice of teachers and other education employees across the globe. A federation of 401 associations and unions in 171 countries and territories, it represents some 30 million educators and support professionals in education institutions from early childhood to university. They list qualifications for many different professional in education throughout the world and have just have an abundance of support and information for educators. This is a site that I have saved to my favorites and will use frequently in the future.
http://www.ei-ie.org/en/