The first organization I chose is zero to three because of their dedication to the younger early childhood field specifically of babies and toddlers. This stage of development is critical to the healthy growth in all aspects of young children and issues related to younger developing children must be addressed and is equally important to the early childhood education field. I found one job opportunity that interested me called a Content Specialist that would be responsible for helping to develop and maintain consistency of the voice of the organization for all aspects of online and print marketing and communications. In order to fulfill this position I would need to have a minimum of 3-6 years of experience in a related field, exceptional writing and organizational storytelling skills and experience a strong understanding of digital content.
The next organization I chose is the Center for Child Care Workforce that advocates for public policy to restructure the early care and education delivery system to better address the issues of workforce recruitment. I think this organization to improve the quality of early care education, and its educators is an important endeavor to tackle, especially in the field of wage increases. I did not find any job opportunities on this site.
The last organization I chose is the National Child Care Association, which I selected due to their advocate work towards improving the regulation methods with in early child care regardless of private or public affiliations. I think that this is an important issue as many states have various regulations across the board instead of one that is unified. I did not find an employment page or any job opportunities within this organizations website.
I did find one position on Indeed.com that interested me with the company Child Trends that called for an assistant research coordinator in early childhood. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two (2) years of experience in sales, marketing, recruitment, communications, or public relations OR, at least two (2) years of college coursework and at least 7 years of experience. In addition to having a high degree of comfort performing extensive work over the phone and advanced experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.
References
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2011). http://www.zerotothree.org/
Center for Child Care Workforce. (n.d.). Retrieved May 30, 2015 from http://www.ccw.org/
National Child Care Association. (n.d.). Retrieved May 30 2015, from http://www.nccanet.org/
I found the organizations you chose to be very interesting. You are correct when you say that birth to three is a very crucial age for learning. This is why I love working in the Head Start field. I believe that by providing children with a Head Start to early education will impact how they will learn when they are older. We provide preventive services and I also believe that this is important for young children. It is best to catch a problem with child at an early age instead of waiting until they are older. The problem may not be able to get corrected if parents wait when the child is younger. Some preventive services we offer are done by doing various screenings. For example, when the teachers do the developmental screening they may notice a delay in a child's speech or motor skills. If detected early the child can receive services and possibly correct the issue. Good luck in your endeavors.
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