Jobs/ Roles in the ECE Community

The national organizations that I have interest in are The Zero To Three and High Scope, unfortunately for me they are out of my driving range.  Zero To Three is the National Center for Infants ,Toddlers, and Families and their mission is to nurture early development, and promote the health and development of infants and toddlers.  There were three jobs listed and one for early childhood the others were for different fields of study.  The Development Manager Proposal job requires a Masters or equivalent in early childhood education, public policy, or social work.  They are looking for someone with 5years of relevant work experience and knowledge of the early childhood system.  You would be required to conduct research, collaborate with statewide and county coalitions, track and promote state and community system building that can affect Zero To Three’s work.

High Scope is an international organization that looks at development training and public outreach organizations.  I like one of their motto’s “lift lives through education” by using participation learning.  High Scope provides training for teachers and administrators.  One of the jobs listed is Assistant Marketing Manager, Center for Early Education Evaluation Research Assistant 1.  This person must have a 4year degree in education or a related field, be able to do data entry and have 1-2 years’ experience in a child care setting.   A second job that was posted was an Early Childhood Literacy Specialist, whose job would be to oversee the development, and implantation of literacy based activities that would be delivered in a variety of direct-parent, direct-child, and parent-child together programs, that are set up to promote language and cognitive development, and general communication skills of children from birth to the age of five.  You must have a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field and 2years experience as a parent educator and literacy program experience.

I am in the market and found some other interesting jobs, which I posted on my blog under JObs/Roles in the ECE Community.

Websites used:

HighScope. (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.highscope.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.zerotothree.org/

JObs/ Roles in the ECE Community

I have found three jobs that if they were in my area I would love to apply for.  The first one is an Early Childhood Educator.  The Early childhood Educator needs a Bachelor’s and experience with infants, toddlers, and families, and be able to work  a flexible schedule. You will work in the clients’ natural environment.  The appealing part was that you will work in the client’s environment and that they have a focus and interest in the family along with the children.

The second job of interest is an Early Childhood Project Specialist, it appealed to me because you are asked to work on quality improvement, while helping people get their NAEYC accreditation and attainting the QRS rating.  The preferred requirements are Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education, experience in management of an early childhood program, and the ability to communicate well, experience in social service.

The third one is a Child Care Director with a company called Encompass Early Education and Care; their focus is on staff and family relationships, staff professional development, and developing curriculum.  They require a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood education and good communication skills.

    

Exploring Roles in ECE

I leave in a small rural area, and jobs are scarce.  A job that would interest me is an Early Childhood Program Specialist.  This job requires a Master in ECE and five years of teaching experience.  It is requested that you have problem solving skills and supervisor skills. I want to be able to help schools develop a program that meets the needs of all of our children. I do not have five years of experience in the classroom but ten years of keeping a school running smoothly. 

 A company called ICF is looking for an Early Childhood Education Specialist and they are looking for Maters also, but require a lot of travel that I cannot do.  They also require an extensive knowledge about Head Start, I know some but not a lot about the program.

I have looked into many positions at the Learning Care Group I like the mission statement of children having hands on approach and foster independence. They have many positions and look for many levels of education.  I would like to work there on an administrative level.   

The third job that I looked at is a Post Adoption Support & Education Specialist.  I would like to work with families that are adopting or have adopted a child. There are different levels of the education specialist that starts with a Bachelors and working up to advance degrees with at least three years of experience.   

I have signed up on many job sites to find openings in my area (50 miles) and get listing of jobs that are looking for people.