Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

Establishing Professional Contacts 
For Part 1 of this assignment I chose to establish professional connections in the countries of Nigeria and also in Canada. I chose Nigeria first because it is my home country, my family is from Nigeria and I also want to establish an early child development center over there in the future. I chose Canada because I do not know much about anything in Canada and I am interested in learning more about education there.
To get started I began researching schools and organizations via Google. However, I was not getting any results or finding anything interesting so I decided to check the list under Resources. I first clicked on the link for the Global Alliance for the NAEYC. Under Nigeria, I noticed a school in an area of Nigeria where my parents have a home so I decided to try to contact the director. I sent her an email and still have not heard back from her, I called her early today but still no response. My husband suggest I try the number early Monday morning because of the 6 hour time zone and being that it is a weekend she may not be at the school. I will try that and if I still do not hear from her I will try the alternative path.
I wanted to contact the Canadian Child Care Federation. Their website was very informative. I first tried the email listed under the Global Alliance's webpage, but no one emailed me back. I went on the website and noticed that the lady I contacted is not even listed as a staff, I guess the list needs to be updated. I contacted the new director via email and called him when I did not receive. The person that I spoke with told me to call Monday as he is on vacation.
I really hope to speak with these two contacts and connect with them, it has been frustrating not reaching them right away, but I will practice patience until Monday and I pray it works out well.

Expanding Resources 
For Part 2 of this assignment, I chose to follow the NAEYC's website http://www.naeyc.org/. I chose to follow their website because I should and I do not. I am a member of the NAEYC and I love what they do as an organization. I chose them so that i will challenge myself to visit their website on a weekly basis and know all that they have to offer.