Job Roles in the ECE Community

One National Association that I really liked was the Administration for Children and Families. The reason this organization appeals to me is because they administer the Head Start programs. I am passionate about Head Start and its mission for children and families in poverty. The current job opening they have that I was interested in was Child Care Program Specialist. It seemed like it would be fun but it is too far from me because it is in Philadelphia. The qualifications were At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service performing the following duties: 1) assisting in the development of regulations, program instructions, and/or guidelines governing child care programs; 2) assisting senior staff with reviewing grantee State plans; 3) aiding in the evaluation and assessment of child care programs performance; and 4) preparing a variety of documents (e.g. position papers, briefing documents, and data fact sheets); or have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or a combination of the required experience and education for this grade level. The second organization I liked was National Association for Educating Young Children (NAEYC). I like this organization because it is related to my field. I like their position on the educating young children. The job opening they have is Managing Editor, Books and Related Resources. The requirements are: The successful candidate will have at minimum a BA degree, and a minimum of 5 years of editorial experience and publishing production experience in a management role with demonstrated supervisory, budget, scheduling, and quality control experience. Must have excellent editing and writing skills and experience with desktop publishing processes and knowledge of digital publishing trends and practices. The third organization is the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center. I like this organization because they too are a part of Head Start which is where a large piece of my heart resides. The job opportunity they had open was Program Director. I was interested in this position until again I found it was too far to travel because it is in North Carolina. The requirements are Bachelor’s degree with 5 + years of professional experience in upper‐level management is required; an advanced degree is preferred. 5 years’ experience in the Head Start preferred; direct experience in managing government funded programs is highly desirable. I enjoyed this assignment because it gave me knowledge on where to look when I start full fledged job searching.