Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal level

Job opportunities (currently available or not) that interest you

1. Head Start Center Supervisor, duties include" The center supervisor is responsible for the overall facilitation of the delivery of classroom and educational services at each center. A center supervisor supervises teachers and teacher assistants and assists the staff in providing a quality preschool experience" (indeed, 2014).

        2.   Head of School, duties include: "  The International School of Charlottesville is seeking a Head of School for our multilingual, multicultural language-immersion school serving children from the time they are toddlers until they have graduated from Kindergarten" (naeyc, 2014).


        3.   EHS Home Visitor, duties include: "The Home Visitor is responsible for the planning and implementation of a program of educational activities for pregnant women, infants, toddlers and their parents in the home" (naeyc, 2014).

  Each of these jobs require a degree in education and prior experience in the early child care field.  At least three national/federal organizations or communities of practice that appealed to you and why you chose them

Youth and Education Research Group

Started: Jul 2012 | 3 members
Lead organisation: De Montfort University
Lead facilitator: Scott Yates
The research pages for the Youth and Education Research Group. Research interests in young people, youth work, community development and education.

Emerging Practices in Education: COMMUNITY

Started: Oct 2010 | 8 members
Lead organisation: Online Communities for Educators Team
Lead facilitator: Sarah Jones
This community has been set up to identify new, emerging or changing practices in education, whether these are case studies of one lesson in one school or longitudinal studies of a new teaching strategies in a variety different learning contexts.
 

Qualifying to Teach MESH editorial board

Started: Nov 2013 | 6 members
Lead organisation: Plymouth University
Lead facilitator: Tanya Ovenden-Hope
This is an open community available to anyone interested in qualifications for teachers. Dr Tanya Ovenden-Hope from the Plymouth University invites colleagues with an interest and with expertise in this area to contact her as she is forming the editorial board.
All CoP's came from http://www.educationcommunities.org/comm/a-z-index.do?page=5&pageSize=15

I chose all three of these CoP's because they were for the better of children, whether targeting the right educator, finding new ways or strategies for teaching, and or researching likes and dislikes of children.

References

Louie,D. (2014). Head Start Center Supervisor. Retrieved from http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?cmp=Denise-Louie-Education-Center&t=Head+Start+Center+Supervisor&jk=578e2dd23634efc2&sjdu=QwrRXKrqZ3CNX5W-O9jEvUDazFfMhs9n2Pr1TDnstyNLCQ8XLaIQ9D20B94ss5rePMaOhitGPz4rnYkgXt115JYa7LWYTPt48QlIFOx8oLA

NAEYC. (2014). Head of School. Retrieved from http://careerforum.naeyc.org/jobs/5945204/head-of-school

NAEYC. (2014). EHS Home Visitor. Retrieved from http://careerforum.naeyc.org/jobs/5960840/ehs-home-visitor

Education communities. (n.d.). Communities. Retrieved from http://www.educationcommunities.org/comm/a-z-index.do?page=5&pageSize=15