Saturday, September 14, 2013

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community


I live in a community where there are some amazing early childhood organizations and centers. The first organization I researched is Alliance for Kids. Alliance for Kids addresses several areas of early learning including family support, parent education, health and mental health. The organization brings together various agencies and work collaboratively to provide quality care for children and families (Alliance for Kids, 2013).
 Alliance for Kids allows various organizations, in our community, to post jobs within the early childhood field. Currently, there are two positions posted. The job opportunities posted on their website are for early childhood educators. The requirements include meeting state requirements for teacher, a high school diploma and some college; however, a bachelor’s degree is preferred. 
The second organization I researched is the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado. This organization is a non-profit focused on providing support and guidance to child-care centers. Their goal is to promote growth, sustainability and quality within licensed private early childhood programs (Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado, 2013). They partner with jobing.com to provide a list of employment opportunities throughout the state of Colorado. Job seekers are able to post their resume and search jobs for free.
Finally, the Community Partnership for Child Development provides 1900 children living poverty or difficult circumstances with early childhood education with the help of Head Start, Early Heat Start and the Colorado Preschool Program. Not only do they provide educational services but dental, health and family support services as well (Community Partnership for Child Development, 2013). Currently, they have several openings including outreach coordinator, child-care provider and education assistant. The position I would be most interested in would be child-care provider.  The requirements include past child-care experience and at least 16 years of age.
I am interested in these organizations because of their commitment to the early childhood field. They provide families with resources as well as provide quality care. As I begin my capstone project I will use these resources to help me.



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