I chose to write about Zero to Three, Prevent Child Abuse America, and the Erikson Institute. I chose Zero to Three because I teach infants at my school and will teach toddlers and twos in the next two years. Previously to working with this age level I loved working with three, four, and five year old children but since I began working with infants this year, my thoughts about where I would like to focus my teaching has changed to birth to two. Zero to Three's mission is to make sure each child has the best environment to foster success. As I work with very young children I see attachments develop, skills increase, and learning happening all the time. It's an exciting time for children and I thoroughly enjoy being part of it. Zero to Three's website had a senior writer/training specialist opening that sounded very interesting. The position will work to coordinate Early Head Start information to migrant centers that have American Indian/Alaska Native children. Necessary skills include having a firm knowledge of the Early Head Start program, early childhood development, and the American Indian/Alaska Native culture. The candidate will need to have strong organizational skills, written and verbal skills, the ability to work will alone and with a team, and experience writing, organizing, and facilitating trainings.
I chose Prevent Child Abuse America because I know there are many children in our country who are not fortunate to live in a safe environment and the experiences from those environments will affect their life and learning when they attend a center or school and beyond. Their mission is summed up in a short statement-to prevent any and all kinds of abuse to our nation's children. They know that sustained abuse affects brain development and behavior. It can lead to mental illness, illegal activity, and poor academic achievement. The organization has a newly created position for a operations director for Healthy Families America. The position requires supervision of fiscal policies and procedures, improve effectiveness and efficiency of support services, and act as project manager for new efforts that improve operations. Management skills, verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work alone as well as with a team, and experience with budgets are listed as necessary qualifications.
The Erikson Institute is an independent school of higher education that focuses on training early childhood educators and those working in social service areas for leadership roles. They bring the latest in scientific discovery into the classrooms and encourage their students to take it into the community creating a communication chain between the Institute and those practicing in the field. The organization has an opening for a director of distance learning and continuing education in Chicago, Illinois. This position will be in charge of every facet of the online programs. The job requires deep knowledge of several computer programs, ability to write grants, a master's degree in early childhood development, and experience working as part of a team.
References
Erikson Institute. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.erikson.edu/
Prevent Child Abuse American. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.php
Zero to Three. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.zerotothree.org/
I also chose the Zero to Three organization! All the job openings I found in all of the National Organizations were nothing that really interested me. I'm looking for something that has direct access to the hands-on learning of children. I am not a good speaker, but if I found a job that involved speaking to early chlildhood teachers or administrators about how important play was in early childhood I gaurantee you I could do it, because that is how passionate I am about that. Another job I would like to have is observing teachers who are intergrating play in early childhood, not only integrating it into learning, but also large motor skills and free play outside of the classroom,where children are capable of socializing and solving problems on their own and building upper body strength.
ReplyDeleteThe Erikson Institute sounds like something very interesting also. Were you interested in any of these job openings that were available? It seems to me a lot of the jobs I found were just computer jobs and required skills on a computer, I'm not at all interested in any of that. Great post Laurie!
Laurie
ReplyDeleteI like that you chose the Zero to three organization, this is a great resource in the field of Education. I really liked your choice of Prevent Child Abuse America. I work with a organization similar to this one in the school system part time. We work with parents by helping them to develop skills and strategies to over come stress related issues in dealing with their children in stress related situations. I appreciate the work of any one who is concerned about the well-being of children. Thanks for sharing such great resources for places to work, and your interest in them.
Linda