- At least three local or state organizations or communities of practice that appealed to you, and explain why you chose them
Three organizations that appeal to me from my area are: The North Carolina Early Childhood Association (NCECA), The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) and PENC Professional Educators of North Carolina. I choose NCECA because they are an organization that specializes in early childhood education. They strive to improve on quality childcare. They also are committed to providing high quality early childhood education to all children in the state of North Carolina. They also advocate for for quality work environments for early childhood educators. I chose the PENC because they advocate on promoting quality education for all children as well as aid in the importance of hiring high quality educators to educate our children. It is a great opportunity for you to get your voice heard to legislators and other government officials. The other organization that grasped my interest was the NCAE. This organization was first introduced to me when I was in college. It offers a lot of great benefits to educators and those striving to be educators. I value them because they value professionalism, equal access, and diversity.They also want to ensure that all children in North Carolina are receiving a quality education.
Resources
http://smartstart-fc.org/north-carolina-early-childhood-association-nceca/
http://www.ncae.org/who-we-are/values-mission-and-vision/
http://www.pencweb.org/history
Job opportunities (currently available or not) that interest youSkills and experience that you would need to competently fulfill each of these roles:
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/northcarolina/default.cfm?
Education Program Director
This job entitles you to provide services to instituies of higher education in North carolina that offer licensure programs for peopel seeking to be educators.In order to do this job I must have great communication skills, interpersonal skills, and great collaborative work skills. I woudl also needs a Masters Degree within the field of education as well has a total of four years of working in the public school. This means I need 2 more years of working in the classroom.
Another Job opportunity I can across was a Directors position of a Bright Horizons Childcare Program in Raleigh North Carolina. https://sjobs.brassring.com/tgwebhost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerid=25595&siteid=5216&jobid=394235. The skills that I would need for this job are great communication skills, collaborative skills, strong leadership skills, customer service skills and computer skills and organizational skills. To continue to strive for this position I would need 3-5 years of management/leadership experience. the rest of the requirements I already have.
7 comments:
Chawanda,
The adult education class sounded good! You stated you would need two more years of classroom experience then you would be set! I have always found teaching and training with adult employees very rewarding....so teaching adults may be equally interesting to me! Goodluck on the venture!
Thank you for sharing the information that you found with us this week. Experience is great to make you even more well-rounded. It is good that you don't have a lot of requirements to meet. I know that this degree will help tremendously.
Chawanda,
I also put the North Carolina Association of Educators as my resource also.As a teacher and a educator I think everybody should be involve with the North Carolina Association of Educators. It is a good resource to have in early childhood education. I enjoyed reading you post.
ChaWanda thanks for sharing these organizations. Quality early childhood education is a topic I truly value. Are you a member of any of these organizations? Also I live in Raleigh and being a center director is one of my future goals.
My friend is a director for Bright Horizons in Texas. She feels that even though as a business they need to make money to stay open, they are not just about that. She says that they are all about what is developmentally appropriate for their families, children, and staff at the center.
~Heather C.
Hello Chawanda,
I also put an education association on my blog too. In my opinion it is very important to be a part of an education agency. Through education a big change can be made through our children. Great post!
Chawanda,
I really enjoyed reading the information that you shared. I took the liberty of looking up Bright Horizons because I was told by a few people that there centers are great. When I first got into the field of early childhood I didn't have enough experience to work in an actual center. However, I'm currently expecting my first child and I'm looking to find a great center that will meet all my child needs. Great post!
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