- At least three local or state organizations or communities of practice that appealed to you, and explain why you chose them
- Job opportunities (currently available or not) that interest you
- Skills and experience that you would need to competently fulfill each of these roles
NAEYC (National Association for the education of
Young Children) or NC-aeyc (our North Carolina Chapter) I am currently serving
as a annual state conference volunteer for our local affiliate here in North
Carolina-our annual conference in this weekend.
I am striving to be more involved in NC-aeyc through opportunities of
serving on the board, contributing to the set-up of our districts/county’s
chapter and through other volunteering services throughout the year. I need to become more public in serving on
committees and having my name known in the community as a collaborative
professional colleague.
Another agency I work closely with is our local
Partnership for Children (R & R) agency for the county in which I
work. I serve on several committees/ professional
learning communities and I have provided workshops/ trainings for the community
through this agency. I would love to be
more involved in the amazing work they do.
I recently applied for a position with this organization for an
inclusion specialist; I obviously need more experience in early intervention.
In October I will attend an state-wide early intervention conference. This will enable me to begin delving into
this world in more depth and to network with other colleagues already in this
side of Early Childhood education.
The third organization in which I am interested in
becoming more involved is CSEFEL (The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for
Early Learning). This is an amazing
learning collaborative effort that is jointly funded by
the Child Care Bureau and the Head Start Bureau to provide knowledge and
research surrounding children (ages birth-5) and their social/emotional growth and
development. I do not see employment opportunities
in this community of practice, but I do see potential for collaboration and professional
growth.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteThe position of inclusion specialist with the local Partnership for Children agency sounds interesting! The position would definitely allow you to delve into the world of inclusion. Please let us know how the early intervention convention you will be attending in October is. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity!
Mary L.
Amy:
ReplyDeleteAs a childcare resource and referral staff person, I was really interested in the structure and programs of your local agency. I agree with Mary; the inclusion specialist position sounds so rewarding. I believe such programming and the provision of coaching and technical assistance for early childhood teachers is essential for success in inclusive practices. A couple of the resource and referral agencies in our state had inclusion specialists as a result of local funding. There was also hopes several years ago that our system would be able to implement this statewide. However, it has not come to fruition.
Thank you for sharing these organizations with us.
LouAnn Rhodes
How great that you applied to be an inclusion specialist! This is my specialty, and my most favorite part of what I do! I work towards inclusion for kindergarten and first grade students, in a special program in my school district. I absolutely love collaborating with general education teachers to figure out how and what is appropriate for each individual students.
ReplyDeleteAbby Liedtke
Amy,
ReplyDeleteI was introduced to CSEFL several years ago through our statewide child care resource and referral agency. You are right, they are a wonderful organization! I have incorporated many of their resources into workshops and classes I teach. We use a statewide CDA model here in Ohio and they are a go-to resource for working with our infant/toddler candidates!
Thank you for sharing,
Teri
Amy,
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me more about the inclusion specialist position? That sounds very interesting. Good luck! I hope you hear positive word back about it.
Tina
Amy,
ReplyDeleteI too have worked with the local NAEYC in Washington State, PCAEYC (Pierce County) and I have found a plethora of colleagues and individuals to collaborate with, this helps tremendously with the march for educated early childhood providers and educators. Currently, there has been issues in the state of Washington with how higher education instructors feel about child care resource and referral providing training. It has been a struggle and many do not appear to respect the individuals who are providing the required trainings led by child care resource and referral. Due to the lack of education requirements, and many other reasons. Hope all is well with your child care resource and referral.
Teresa
Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteI too chose NAEYC as one my organization.I wonder if I can volunteer here in Louisiana.Do you have any suggestions? I know they visit the child care facilities here in Baton Rouge so very often, but I do not believe they have a local office here. In the meantime I will continue to look on their website. Thanks for sharing your organizations!
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning sounds like an amazing organization! I know in my community, we have a significant number of children with social/emotional issues. To have an organization in your community devoted to those issues would be an asset to any organization.
ReplyDeleteAmy,
ReplyDeleteI think that I will also look into the Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning--I have several programs that I have written that may benefit from this resource. Thanks! & great website:)
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