Sunday, November 25, 2012

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


1. The first organization that I chose is the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) which is a Washington, DC-based national membership organization of close to 80,000 members, focused on improving the quality and accessibility of early childhood education programs and services and on enhancing the development of children and families (NAEYC website).

NAEYC believes high-performing organizations are inclusive and continually seeks to be enriched and strengthened by the wisdom of diversity.

One of the jobs that appealed to me is an Accreditation Coordinator to support the work of the Accreditation System by assisting program staff, NAEYC assessors and other stakeholders in understanding and interpreting the standards, the criteria and the system as a whole.

Responsibilities include working with program administrators, assessors and decision makers throughout all aspects of the accreditation process.

The skills and experience necessary to competently fulfill this role include a BA in Early Childhood Education/Child Development, 3-5 years experience in the field of early childhood education and an understanding of its practices is required. Experience with high quality programming and NAEYC accreditation is a plus.

2. The second organization that I chose is the Alliance for Children and Families. The Alliance is a membership association that provides a variety of services to private nonprofit human service organizations throughout the United States and Canada. Alliance members are organizations dedicated to serving and advocating for children, families, older adults, and communities. Their mission is to reduce the number of people living in poverty, Increase the number of people having opportunities to live safe, healthy lives, Increase the number of people having opportunities for educational and employment success (Alliance for Children &Families website).

They have many marketing job opportunities.

3. The third organization that I chose is the Voices for America’s Children organization. Voices for America’s Children are the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy organizations. They lead advocacy efforts at the community, state and federal levels to improve the lives of all children, especially those most vulnerable, and their families (Voices for America’s Children Website).

The only job posting that I found is an Executive Director who will play a significant role in leading, supporting and guiding coalition work focused on improving public policies affecting children and increasing federal investment in children and youth from birth to young adulthood (Voices for America’s Children Website).

References,

NAEYC Academy for Early Childhood Education. Retrieved from: https://www.naeyc.org/about/jobs

Alliance for children and Families. http://www.alliance1.org/

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