TIME WELL SPENT!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

I cannot believe that we have come to the very last week of the Master’s program. The three things that are heartfelt and  have made an impact on my way of thinking are:

From my Capstone class the community of practice, I’ll always use the term "Community of Practice" when I am involved with a diverse group of people committed to making changes.

From my communications class, when I am in a conversation that may result in differences of opinion, potential conflict or intervention, I will always think about the "balcony approach" (taking a step back  listening with intent and being respectful).

From a public policy class, I feel confident and more educated about federal, state and community laws and guidelines in early education. This class has helped me in understanding the agencies  by where these laws come from and the resources that I could not have found on my own and it  has educated me on narrowing my focus for best results  while working with my public policy group.

My long term goals are to become and finish out my  last 23 years of  my career  as a professor and family relations advocate.

Professor Darragh,
I know you have  been in the field a long time and your  passion shows through pushing students to be all we can be, I have had the pleasure of speaking with you on the phone, I was always told “you can tell the heart of the person  by what and how  they speak to you” . You were very kind to me and I remember your invitation "call  back if I needed help". The way you made me feel has left a positive impact and I will model those words to my future my students , thank you!

To my colleagues , our discussions  has challenged me and educated me. You all gave me strength to go to work each day and to come back to the discussion board knowing that I would have your support and learn from your experiences. I truly felt like we were in this together.  I hope that I get the opportunity to meet some of you at July’s graduation in Maryland.

Advocacy

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history”

                                                               Sonia Johnson- Feminist- Activities and Writer

 

                                                                        GOD BLESS

VAL

Jobs/Roles in te ECE Community : Internationaly

1. International Child Care is a Christian health development organization. Operating in Haiti since 1967 and in the Dominican Republic since 1988, ICC is working to change the conditions of poverty that impact health and well-being.

Their mission is to respond to a loving God by promoting health and well-being for the children and families of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through caring service and the education of others.

Although it does not mention positions that are open nor skills that  the organization is looking for yet it  provides guidance  for inquirers once a form is filled out.

Can I work for ICC?

Staffing needs in each of ICC’s national offices are determined by that country’s National Director. The bulk of our staff positions are in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and are staffed by residents in those program areas. In order to work as efficiently as possible, ICC has a very small North American staff. You can always contact ICC's offices to inquire about current job, internship, and volunteer opportunities.  

Contact Us  International Child Care USA  240 West Michigan  Kalamazoo, MI 49007

 1-800-722-4453  1-269-382-9960

If I were a single person and not a parent, I would jump all over this! It speaks to my faith as missionary work and to the wholeness of children and families and reaching out to the community. What a beautiful way to give back while getting paid for what I love to do!  

http://internationalchildcare.org/about

 2. Bonn E International, English Nanny and Governess Agency London to Moscow and Beyond,

Ten years’ experience in placing childcare and teaching professionals with high profile families in Russia.

Nanny salaries and wages in London and Moscow

five reasons to get international nanny jobs and governess placements and Moscow;

1. High nanny salary and low living costs

2. A job in a European European city

3. Support from us in London and Moscow

4. Travel and get cultural experience

5. Great saving opportunity!

This agency gives more of a persuasive argument as to why being an international nanny is a joyous career. The credentials assuming that you are an early educated professional.

A family Moscow is looking for a firm, flexible, communicative person, who will work five days a week 42 hours. With a pay week that personally pay $1000 plus a living room with a separate entrance. Or for preschoolers $3500 a week in pay!

The requirements this person must be a native speaker of English childcare experience with children of 3 to 5 years old preferably live in nanny experience with a bachelor’s degree and education studies, psychology, drama and languages

Therefore the organization persuades potential employees with the knowledge of Moscow being the  city of millionaires. Moscow are looking more for English Nannies  salary rate is extremely high with low living cost. Parents are looking for English Nanny’s because they know the price of having a bilingual child with good manners and elegance they want their children to grow up bilingual and even trilingual which they state Chinese is becoming a popular third language.

Applications are always being accepted!  Wow, this sounds to good to be true, but again international positions come with a cost losing touch with family or hoping a spouse would be willing to move for a job that you would love. http://www.bonne-int.com/category/nanny-jobs/

 

3. UNICEF Early Childhood Development

UNICEF works with governments, civil society, communities and other stakeholders to design and implement inter-sectoral evidence-based ECD programmes and policies that help young children reach their full potential by supporting families and communities, and by increasing access to quality early childhood care and education.

In order to find out the types of jobs that are a available you must create a login identity. Because Since I know I would be getting a job with the UNICEF I will not create a login.  However the website is very insight for about the community work at large.  However Internship  criteria’ s are available to view

 Eligibility requirements

To be considered for an internship with UNICEF, applicants must meet the following requirements:

1) be enrolled in a degree programme in a undergraduate or graduate school.  (Undergraduate student who completed at least 2 years of full time studies at a university (or equivalent) towards the completion of an undergraduate degree is eligible to apply for internship at UNICEF).

2) be proficient in at least one of UNICEF’s working languages: English, French or Spanish and fluent in the working language of the office they are ;  applying to;  and

3) have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records; and

4) additional consideration will be given for any past work experience.

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_internship.html

It is truly great to see that Early Education has Many Alternative Positions.

References

http://www.bonne-int.com/category/nanny-jobs/

http://internationalchildcare.org/about

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_internship.html

 

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

 
If I could have any job I wanted in the ECE world the three that I have picked are right below:-)

1. Center Law and Social Polices      http://www.clasp.org/

High-quality child care and early education can build a strong foundation for young children's healthy development and ensure that children have all they need to thrive. This knowledge drives CLASP's work to promote policies that support both child development and the needs of low-income working parents. –

 

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: Policy Analyst, Postsecondary Education/Workforce Development

• Expertise in federal and/or state postsecondary education policies, particularly student financial aid.
• Awareness of workforce development and/or adult education policies.  
• Commitment to improving the circumstances of vulnerable and low-income people and communities of color, particularly low-income and underprepared students.
• Ability to synthesize and effectively communicate ideas persuasively and creatively to influence diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated capacity to think strategically and advance a policy agenda.
• Ability to manage complex and multiple tasks and produce deliverables within required timelines.
• Ability to identify, understand, and develop responses to technical assistance needs, including translating policy ideas to states and regions and disseminating best practices.
• Exceptional research, analytical, written and oral communication, and technology skills.
• Capacity to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, with a drive to contribute original work.
• Ability to analyze, summarize, and interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data is desirable.
• At least two (2) years of policy analysis experience within relevant content areas is required.
• Master’s degree in public policy, administration, management, or other relevant field is strongly preferred.  Bachelor’s degree is required.

This would be a dream come true to actually work put my classroom work into action by working for Center Law and Social Polices CLASP .  I want to know as much as possible about the political parts of early education and be a part of policy making.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. NAEYC  Director   Job and Family Services

http://careerforum.naeyc.org/jobs/7698912/director-job-and-family-services

The Director of Job and Family Services is an executive leadership position under the direction of the County Administration and is responsible for managing one of the county’s largest agencies. The Director oversees 670 FTEs, manages an annual operating budget of $73.3 million, and has an executive staff of seven employees, which includes three Assistant Directors and a Chief Operating Officer.

Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Public or Health Administration or a similar field; a Master's degree is preferred. Additionally, candidates should have at least ten (10) years of executive level management and administrative experience in a large and complex health, human services, mental health or social services organization. Starting salary will be dependent upon qualifications and is accompanied by an excellent benefits package. Resume review will begin December 14, 2015; position is open until fill

 

The more I think about this job the more I would feel very nervous  to apply . I have twenty five employees that work under me; I could not image how to serve 670!! Yet it sounds very interesting.

 

3. Zero to Three http://careercenter.zerotothree.org/jobs/7627128/instructor-or-visiting-assistant-professor-in-family-studies

Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor in Family Studies;

 

Family Studies & Social Work: Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor to teach courses in the Family Studies undergraduate program using both online and face-to-face course formats. Course may include, but are not limited to, Diverse Family Systems  Across the Life Cycle, Research and Evaluation Methods, Child Development, Adolescent Development, and Later Life families. The person in this position will be responsible for teaching a full-load (12 credit hours/semester) of Family Studies courses each semester. Responsibilities may also include committee work, student advising and other duties/responsibilities as assigned by the Department Chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Required: Earned master's degree (for appointment as Instructor), PhD (for appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor) in Family Studies, Human Development, or a related field; knowledge of and experience with multicultural population. Desire: Professional or academic background in Social Work; demonstrated record of teaching excellence; experience with online teaching, skills to incorporate technology in teaching.

 

Position available for the 2016 spring and fall semesters or for the 2016-17 academic year, depending on timing of conclusion of the search.

I would love to teach at this campus !!!!!!!!!!!! 

The only two reasons I could not apply for this job are;

1. I have not earned my Master’s yet and    2. The job has been opened since November 1^st  they may have found someone…. But I’m still going to call and summit a resume that they can keep   if anything else should pop up.

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

When I decide to go to grad school and major in Early Childhood Education,  I did it because I love working with  children and now I want to work for  children. I am so excited to explore areas in education outside the classroom into another form of advocating.  Therefore I have listed community jobs that are appealing to me and their mission and vision for  the community.

 

    

 

Cradle Cincinnati

Mission Cradle Cincinnati Connections. Cradle Cincinnati Connections is a federal Healthy Start program with the mission of reducing the rate of infant mortality and improving perinatal outcomes within in four Cincinnati neighborhoods: Price Hill, North and South Fairmont, and the Villages of Roll Hill. The core of their work involves wrap-around services, which will be monitored to identify modifiable social and behavioral changes. http://www.cradlecincinnati.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/March-12th-volunteer-flyer.pdf

This can really practice is something that I’m interested in because it’s part of reducing infant mortality. It’s an opportunity to help mothers and fathers in their quests of obtaining a better life for their child and the resources that are given to them, that they actually use it’s gratifying and rewarding to be a part of a successful accomplishment in saving the child’s life.

Ohio Job and Family Services

Mission OJFS To improve the well-being of Ohio's workforce and families by promoting economic self-sufficiency and ensuring the safety of Ohio's most vulnerable citizens.

http://jfs.ohio.gov/PerformanceCenter/AboutUs/Mission-Vision-Values-Statement.stm

Ohio job and family services provides opportunities and seeks leadership skills and a person to recognize the procedures of a childcare center understanding the cold the criteria and advocating for families right. I respect Ohio job and family services because they set the bar for quality care in centers around Cincinnati.

 

Ohio Department of Education

Vision ODE  Our Goals

•Children have high quality early care and education supports and environments.

•Children have supports and services to promote their comprehensive healthy development.

•Families have meaningful community and parenting supports. http://www.earlychildhoodohio.org/oec_system.php

this is another organization that I will be quite interested in working for because the coaches are assigned to childcare centers to help them reach age rated*through their performance management work.

In all of these positions that I mentioned there are job opportunities that are interesting to me they range around the 0 to 3 population and the skills to have jobs like this must include experience in early childhood education understanding early childhood development having the experience of working with children and families and being able to relate to diverse culture.

Cradle Cincinnati is looking for a person that has that understands the significance and the severity and mortality. Cradle Cincinnati is looking for person that is experienced in the interim population has compassion in passionate characteristics to want to reach out to families and find creative ways to invite them in to learning about how to care for their child.

 Ohio Job and Family Services; the experience needed for this job especially working in the childcare center and knowing the bylaws licensing colds regulations and restrictions they want person who’s actually worked in a childcare center. I will have the skills for this job due to the fact that I’ve worked in childcare for many years and I understand that licensing takes Barry serious the safety of the building the children’s needs medication forms and family involvement.

Ohio Department of Education; to be able to work for the Ohio Department of Education I would have to have a great understanding of the child’s needs from 0 to 5 years old and a childcare center. In order to write a policies and guidelines I must understand and know and be able to implement milestones for each age and developmentally appropriate stage in a child’s life. The skills for this job comes with creativity of how to help teachers and administrators be successful in the paper trail and data on a daily basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Words for Passion to Action

As continuously growing early educators I believe these words describe our passion for quality care!

Profile of a Volunteer

 

One if my greatest accomplishments was creating a “rap session “ called Sister 2 Sister. I asked for permission from my daughter’s high school, parents  and boss if I could be granted the time to facilitate an after school meeting for girls who simply wanted  to  talk. I would leave work early on Mondays to meet with Sister 2 Sister  and stay at work on Tuesday to make up the time.

My intention was getting the “challenging girls” involved, but what I got in return were girls of all kind of backgrounds volunteering to talk in their own time. By the time the program was a year old I reached out to the mothers and other professionals to invest in my girls with their time.

The impact of running this group was very STRONG and POSITIVE. 

·         I was able to walk a girl through pregnancy

·         Another through self –hate because of body image

·         Peer-pressure from family to excel through high school

·         Another dealing with the temper

·         And not giving in to sex

Everyone had their own baggage they brought to the table and everyone developed a relationship and looked out for each other during the school day.. My own take –away message working with this group for two years was listening to their circumstances with an awaken that they really did have problems. BUT the glory of the story was the sisters learned how to support each other and I earned their trust , they  also gave back by  volunteering  in  the community . We visited the retirement center to bring smiles on the elderly……. When you advocate for someone or a group  it comes back in a 100% fold in the form that is meant for purpose!

 

 

Using Social Media to Get Connected

My past experience with social media started off interesting. I had a Facebook page and connected with friends from high school, former colleagues, relatives that I had not seen in years and felt in the loop with current friends and co-workers. As time went on, I found  the benefits of the site were posting a one-time announcement or invitation, one click and the word was out.

Great right! Well the down side was I could not control the crazy things that people would post (arguments and unhealthy competition). I found myself wanting to quickly get out of the loop and I did, I haven’t been back on Facebook for four years now.

As for social media, in terms of advocating,  blogging would be the way to go . When I first started my blogging in the graduate program, I thought this would be a fine way of sharing information with parents … you know having resources, articles and stories to share. Yet through a parent meeting, I found out they do not want this…. to sign on to one more thing is not worth their while, wow!

Back to the drawing board……..

So now I’m back at Facebook…. Although I have not used it in four years I could create an educational site, I could not use my child care centers name but  if parents are on  the Facebook  media site they can link in without any problems.  Oh, just typing “link in” made me think of the site linkedin site  …. It’s not really advocating (more of networking) but I assume I could be an advocate on the site,

Meagan, as my colleague…. Can you provide some thoughts….. Help!