One organization that is appealing to me is the National Education
Association (NEA). “They believe it is a
common sense investment we cannot afford to pass up” (NEA). They are devoted to refining early childhood
education and I believe they can provide great insight and resources to helping
my challenge of figuring out ways to bring aboard
high-quality teachers within the preschool level so that these children are
getting the necessary knowledge to move into grade school. There are many job opportunities within the
National Education Association. “NEA’s 3
million members work at every level of education , from pre-school to
university graduate programs and has affiliate organizations in every state and
in more than 14,000 communities across the United States” (NEA). I saw a Manager D position that looks of
interest to me. For this position, the
minimum education is a bachelor’s as well as a minimum of 10 years professional
lobbying and political action organizing experience. Experience must include political campaign
work, grassroots organizing, as well as project and crisis management.
Another organization
that is attractive to me is the Division for Early Childhood (DEC). I chose this organization because they are
for helping develop young children who may possibly have developing interruptions
and disabilities. “DEC is an
international membership organization for those who work with or on behalf of
young children (0-8) with disabilities and other special needs and their
families” (Division for Early Childhood).
A job that interests me within this organization is an Early Childhood
Education Instructor (full time). For
this position it is required to have a bachelor’s or masters in child development
or early childhood education with sensitivity to and understanding of the
diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of
community college students. The skills
needed are having classroom responsibility, understanding of evaluating
students, and understanding of curriculum knowledge, and student advising.
A third organization
that is of interest to me is WestEd. “A
nonprofit research and development agency working at the national, state, and
local levels, WestEd aims to improve education and other important outcomes for
children, youth and adults” (WestEd, 2011). Any
organization that is about the improvement of education and enlightening the
future of all, grasps my attention faithfully.
One job that I found of interest with in the WestEd organization is an
Associate Program Director. For this
position I would need to possess the skills of writing proposals, manage work
and have the technical skills that make the work better. I must be able to motivate and manage project
teams involved in research and consulting work on assessment methods and
systems. This would actually be a dream job
for me being that they are looking for someone with tons of experience with
this job being so complex.
References
National
Education Association. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nea.org/home/18163.htm
The
Division for Early Childhood. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dec-sped.org
WestEd. (2011).
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