Blog Assignment: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal

The three national/federal organization that appealed to me is the

National Child Care Association because it promotes the growth and safeguard the interest of quality early childhood care and education focusing on licensed, private providers of these services.

National Association for the Education of Young Children has a commitment to the rights and interests of all children. In that regard, NAEYC believes that individuals in the early childhood field should be hired, employed, promoted, and if necessary, terminated based solely on their competence and qualifications to perform their designated duties, and not on the basis of their gender, race, color, national origin, religious beliefs, age, marital status/family structure (including same sex unions or domestic partnerships), disability, sexual orientation, or any basis prohibited by law.

The National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (ncrece) focuses on conducting research, disseminating research findings, and carrying out leadership activities aimed at improving the quality of early childhood education across the United States

Job Opportunities that interest me

Being an early childhood educator within our local Head-Start

Educating other professional in the early childhood field

Skills and experience I would need to competently fulfill each of these roles is completing my master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies because my degree is in Business.

Reference:

National Child Care Association. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.nccanet.org/

National Association for the Education of Young Children. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.naeyc.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

The three organizations or communities of practice that appealed to me are the Headstart Program, Hope Village, and the local Department of Human Services.

The HeadStart Program provides a quality program for low-income families. They provide monthly workshop to help families become better parents. They also have a Early Child Care program for low- income families with infant children. The Head Start program also allows the parents to volunteer their time in their child or children class room. Sometimes when the parents volunteer it leads to a full-time position.

Hope Village is shelter that provides housing for families who need assistants. These families who have children in the school system are providing with uniforms and the agency works alone with the school to make sure they have everything they need to function in the class. They also provide a clothes closet for the parents who are going on interviews for jobs.

The Local Department of Human Service also works with the school to make sure no children are neglected. When the school report an incident they work with school administrator to make sure those children receive the help they need.

I currently work in administration within the school system. We only have one pre-k program within our school. I hope that the school system will expand the pre-k program and I get the opportunity to work within the school system. My second option is to work within the Head Start Program when an opening comes available.

Skill and experiences I will need is to complete the master’s program and get a job within the early childhood field where I can take what I have learn and put it to work.