Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

           Communities of practice are formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavor; a tribe learning to survive, a band of artists seeking new forms of expression, a group of engineers working on similar problems, a clique of pupils defining their identity in the school, a network of surgeons exploring novel techniques, a gathering of first-time managers helping each other cope (Wenger, 2006).  One organization that is appealing to me is Habitat for Humanity.  They believe in providing everyone in need a decent place to live and bring people together to build homes, communities and hope.  A job opportunity I would be interested in for Habitat would be a (Supervisor-Volunteer Mobilization).  For this position I would need to have great oral/written communication/presentation skills as well as organizational and planning skills.  This position is responsible for developing, and engaging in and managing aspects of departmental initiatives and projects that contribute to continuous improvement of the department’s goals and objectives. 

            Another organization I would look to is the National Center for Children in Poverty [NCCP].  I love that they are one of the country’s top open policy center committed to supporting the economic security, condition, and goodness of America’s low-income families and children.  A great job opportunity that is of interest to me is a Project Coordinator.  This position will play a significant role in managing two new research and communications projects led by the Family Economic Security (FES) unit.  The responsibilities are managing day-to-day project operations, coordinate conference calls, meetings and trainings with project partners, and participate in developing focus group screening tools and protocols. 

            A third organization that is appealing to me is Care.  This is an organization out to supply people in the worst communities.  I like that they collaborate with different businesses and groups to more resourcefully assist people in need.  A job position that interests me from this organization is the director of development prospect management.  This position serves as the organizational expert on supporting and training major gift officers to effectively use the prospect management systems and tools at their disposal; interprets and monitors prospect management policies.  The qualifications for the job is to have an undergraduate degree plus 5 years experience working with a complex fund raising organization including the coordination of a prospect management system, directing activities toward prospect identification, and database coordination. 

Reference

Wenger, E. (2006).  Communities of practice: A brief introduction.  Retrieved from

            http://www.ewenger.com/theory/