Saturday, May 30, 2015

Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community National/Federal

The first organization that sparked my interest was the National Association for Family Child Care. The reason I choose this organization is I am a family child care provider. NAFCC represents professional providers throughout the United States and in some cases on U.S. military bases. This organization is a non profit membership association. One of the goals of the association is to be a support system for individual family child care providers through strenghting the state and local association.

One job that interest me was an accreditation  specialist. I am qualified for this job because it requires at least a bachelors degree in Early Childhood. They also require experience working in a early childhood setting.

The second organization that I decided to select is the National Dissemination Center for Children with disabilities. The reason I selected this organization is there focus is to provide information on children and youth ages birth -22.that has some type of disability. This website was a wealth of information  for me.

 To become an early intervention specialist I would need to continue my education and become a special education teacher. 
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The third organization I selected was National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8.

The job that interest me was a Reliability Manager. A Reliability Manager support the work of NAEYC accreditation system. The skills that are needed is a minimum of a BA in Early Childhood Education/Child Development is required; a MA degree is preferred. Three (3) years of experience in the field working with young children in an early childhood program and a sound understanding of its ECE practices is required. Three years supervisory experience leading staff, contractors, and/or volunteers is desirable. Experience with high quality programming and NAEYC accreditation and evaluation systems, or other program quality assessment systems used in educational or early care settings is required. Excellent oral and written communication, analytical, MS Office and database skills are also required. Must be able to meet deadlines, work in a team and in a fast-paced environment. Travel is required.

References

National Child Care Association





Saturday, May 16, 2015

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

The first organization that appealed to me was the Child Care organization. This is a local organization in the Rochester New York area. The reason I choose the Child Care Council as one of the organizations is because this agency provides a wealth of information to parents, child care providers and businesses. They have a ton of professional development classes and a library full of community resources. There was only one job opening at this time. This opening is for a legally Exempt Enrollment Specialist. I am qualified for this job. The job requires you have a bachelors in early childhood.

The next organization is Rochester Associates for the education of young children.  RAEYC is a non profit organization and most of  the employees are volunteers. The reason this organization caught  my eye was because it is the Rochester affiliate of NAEYC. This local chapter meets the needs of various communities by developing and designing early childhood programs that meets the needs of the community. They encourage families and professional to be involved in policy discussion. This organization also promotes collaboration and cooperation among various agencies. There were no job posting. I would suppose part of that reason is that most of the organization is run by volunteers.

The last agency is the Office of Children and Family Services. I choose this agency because they promote the safety, permancy and well being of children and families and the community as a whole. They set and enforce policies and they build partnerships. The Office of Children and Family services covers an array of other services that has the well being of children at heart. The employment I would like to pursue with them is becoming a Children and Family Service Specialist. This job consist of visiting child care center and group child care and help them develop better practices and also help them with any problem they may have with NYS child care regulations. The web site does not state what the requirements are because there is no posting for that job title at this time.

Child Care Council
www.superpages.com/bp/Rochester-NY/Child-Care-Council-Inc-L

RAEYC
NYS Office of Children and Family Services

ocfs.ny.gov/main