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

The three organizations that I chose Zero to Three Infants, (NAEYC) The National Association for the Education of Young Children, and (NACCP) National Association of Child Care Professionals.

 The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), “is one of the largest national non-profit organizations that is improving the well-being of children from birth to eight years of age” (www.naeyc.org).

 Jobs Available:

Currently on Naeyc website there are many different job openings like an Assistant Teacher, Director at a Center, and Lead teacher. The job I am really excited about is a Head Teacher position. As a head teacher you create an engaging atmosphere and develop meaningful activities and experiences for toddlers and to Collaborate as a team to further help develop the center, and interact with the children at their physical level. Also as a Head Teacher you have to be familiar with Creative Curriculum, High Scope, Responsive Classroom, Multiple Intelligences, Play –based learning, and/or Bloom’s Taxonomy Design activities that are child initiated, and cover physical, social/emotional, linguistic, and cognitive development Communicate with families Generate monthly lesson plans that are focused on the students’ interests.

 Qualifications:

·         National CDA

·         A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four year college in Early Childhood Education

·         CPR Certified

Zero to Three is another non-profit organization “that informs trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers” (www.zerotothree.org). The reason why I chose this organization is now in society we have children having children and this organization is great for young mothers to read about as a first time mother or mother period.

Jobs Available:

 Jobs vary but right now the only job available is Senior Web Strategist.

 This position leads the evaluation and implementation of web-based tools; the use, maintenance, and support of existing tools, and the technical implementation of custom web content.

Qualification:

·         Bachelors degree

·         8 years of documented experience in Website development, and/or digital marketing, technical project management and production experience and understanding of current Internet technologies, protocols, and standards;

NACCP-National Association of Child Care Professionals “the nation's leader among associations serving child care owners, directors, and administrators. The organization's goal is to improve, enhance and strengthen the credibility of the people who lead the child care industry by providing membership services and benefits” (www.naccp.org).

Jobs Available:

Currently there are no job openings but as a member you can post job openings for your business also on this website you can search for jobs and post discussions related to job search or child care.

 

Resources:

 National Association of Child Care Professionals www.naccp.org

The National Association for the Education of Young Children www.naeyc,org

Zero to Three Infants www.zerotothree.org