Job/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal Level

The three organizations that I chose for this blog assignment are: Zero to three: National Center for Infants, The National Association for the Education of Young Children, and Voices for America's Children.

Zero toThree: National Center for Infants appealed to me because it is an organization that provides helpful infomation about infants and toddlers. Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization that informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers. At this time, this national organization did not have any job opportunities available, but this organization offers vacation, sick and holdiay pay, transportation subsidy, professional develoment opportunities and offer a family friendly workplace. http://www.zerotothree.org/

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), appealed to me because it is not only the nation's largest organization working on the behalf of young children from birth to age age eight, but it is the world's largest organization with over eighty-thousand members. On this website, the job that kinda caught my interest was an Associate Editor, Periodicals and Related Resources. The lucky candidate will identify authors, write articles, conduct interviews and collaborate with the editorial team to generate story ideas and formats for an issue of the Association's magazine for preschool educators. The minimum requirement for this job is BA degree and five years of editorial experience and excellent writing skills. Although, I lack work experience for this job, but now I know what a Associate Editor job duties are. http://naeyc.org/

Voices for America's Children appealed to me because it is the nation's largest network for multi-issue child advocacy organizations. This organization is a nonprofit, nonpartisan network which lead advocacy efforts at the community, state and federal levels to improve the lives of all children, especially those vulnerable, and their families. Most of the job opportunities that were available were familiar to me. Such as, a teacher, associate teacher, and cooks. Job requirements for the teaching job were a high school diploma, but a Bachelor's degree was preferred. Also, the lucky candidate must meet state requirements for education. This organization is another resource that is helpful to all children because it speak up for children and put children on government's agenda. http://www.voices.org/

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

This week we had to explore local and state early childhood organizations, agencies, and communities of practice to help us imagine a variety of jobs that help the well-being of children, families, and the early childhood field. The three state and local organizations that appealed the most to me are: 1. Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (GA) http://decal.ga.gov/ 2. Georgia Association on Young Children http://www.gaycoline.org/ 3. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC): http://www.naeyc.org/ I chose these three organizations because each one of these organizations provides a lot of information and resources for early childhood education. The Bright from Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning(GA) oversees a wide range of programs focused primarily on children ages birth to school age and their families. These programs includes: Georgia's Pre-K and Housing the Head Start State Collaboration Office. In my community, these two programs are important to our families. The children in our community are recieving a quailty education at an early age. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children. This is important to know because this website is available to help educators with information about children from birth to age eight. Some of the jobs available for Childhood Care and Education in Georgia with a Bachelor's Degree are: Career Counselors, Child Advocacy Lobbyist, Pre-K Program Administrator, Special Education Trainer, and DFACS Case Manager. A Master's Degree are: College/University Instructor, Early Intervention Coordinator, Organization Director Researcher, and Technical College Instructor. At the moment with my Bachelor's degree in Georgia, I can work as an Pre-K Program Administrator, Career Counselor, Child Advocacy Lobbyist, and DFACS Case Manager. After I recieive my Master's Degree, I can work as an College/University Instructor, Early Intervention Coordinator,Organization Director Researcher, and Technical College Instructor.