Sunday, April 4, 2021

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

 



 https://developingchild.harvard.edu/

The current mission for the Center on the Developing Child Harvard University is to drive science-based innovation that achieves breakthrough outcomes for children facing adversity. The Center on the Developing Child Harvard University shares the development of learning communities that provide the means for early childhood innovators to set goals, share results, and cultivate not only leaders, but also new ideas. One of the learning communities they offer are community of practice on play. I have also been able to learn more about brain development through this organization. Lately I have been learning a lot from exploring this organizations website. I have even watched a few of their videos on YouTube that share a lot of great information.

Current job opportunities offered are

·         Chief Knowledge Officer- will lead and align cross-Center efforts to gather, synthesize, and communicate multi-disciplinary knowledge relating to early childhood development. 

·         Director of Communications- will be responsible for overseeing the production of creative communication materials in multiple forms and dissemination strategies in support of the Center’s mission.

 

 


https://www.dec-sped.org/

The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) promotes policies and advances evidence-based practices that support families and enhance the optimal development of young children (0-8) who have or are at risk for developmental delays and disabilities. The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children offers a CoP on early intervention. I am interested in early intervention as I am currently enrolled in the Georgetown Early Intervention Certificate program. I wanted to learn more about early intervention to understand ways to help children who need services but to also understand the process and be able to help families understand. This organizations shares great resources on how I can learn more about early intervention.  

 Current job opportunities listed on their website are

·         Educational Consultant at UNC Chapel Hill- The Educational Consultant will join the Implementation Advisor team for the Go NAPSACC project (https://gonapsacc.org/). 

·         EC Educational Specialist Brooklyn, New York-  the Education Specialist supports all educational aspects of the daily operations Grace Church School.

·         Preschool Director, Chicago, Illinois- The Park West Co-Op Nursery School seeks an energetic and inspiring educational leader to serve as Director, starting in the 2021-2022 school year. This candidate should be passionate about the importance of early childhood education, familiar with licensing and administrative work needed to run a thoughtful preschool in an urban environment.

 

 

https://www.nhsa.org/

The National Head Start Association shares information about communities of practice called the Block. NHAS is a nonprofit organization committed to the belief that every child, regardless of circumstances at birth, has the ability to succeed in life. "The Block"! An online community platform designed for our Communities of Practice to engage online. This NHSA member-only benefit is intended for Head Start program members staff & parents. I currently work for a Head Start program, so I am always interested in learning more about head start practices and policies.

 Current job opportunities listed on their website are

·         Classroom Support Staff, Washington, D.C.- works under the guidance and direction of the Lead Teacher, and as such under direction, is responsible for assisting in providing program-based services to enrolled children and their families.

·         Head Preschool Teacher, Minneapolis, Minnesota- Teacher is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating child and development experiences for the enrolled children. 

·         Head Start Director, Burlington, Vermont- will lead a team of exceptional administrative and educational staff.  You will provide strategic direction and oversee the administration and operation of all programs and services of Head Start.

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