Three Early Childhood Careers that
appeal to me are as follows:
Early
Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist
Program: Health, Education, and Social Programs
Early Education Services, Pennsylvania
Job duties for this position is designed to
support Head Start and Early Head Start programs to ensure high quality Head
Start and Early Head Start services in accordance with federal regulations that
promote healthy development, encompassing the developmental domains of physical
development and health, social and emotional development, approaches to
learning, language and literacy, and cognition and general knowledge to ensure
children’s future success.
Qualifications for this program include: Bachelor's
Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development; at least 5+ years of
demonstrated experience in the field of early childhood education; 5+ years of
experience offering training and technical assistance within early care and
education and the ability to maintain up to date knowledge of current child
development practices and research based early childhood quality methods and
approaches.
Director
of Early Childhood
Kingsley Montessori School, Boston, Massachusetts
Job duties for The Director of Early
Childhood includes: overseeing all areas of education at the Fairfield campus
and serves. With the support of an administrative assistant, the director will
supervise all classroom teachers and after-school teachers.
Qualifications include: A minimum of
a Masters degree, ideally in Education or Child Development; At least 5 years
of teaching and supervision experience; A thorough understanding of, respect
for, and ideally certification in Montessori education; A thorough grasp of
childhood development, including elements of special education skills.
TRAINING AND CURRICULUM SPECIALIST –
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Navy Child and Youth Programs, NAS Fort Worth JRB.
Job
duties for the Training and Curriculum Specialist includes: Provides training
that is appropriate for and tailored to the age group of the children and youth
with whom the employees and providers work. The trainer maintains training records.
Provides support for staff in preparation for inspections. In the absence of
CDC Director, may assume responsibilities of the CDC Director and performs
duties and responsibilities of the position.
Qualifications
that a trainer must have include the following: A 4-year degree in Youth
Development, Child Development or related field, which can include recreation,
youth recreation, physical education, elementary education, secondary
education, early childhood education, psychology, social work; Home economics
with an emphasis in Human Development, or other degrees as appropriate; at
least 3 years fulltime experience working with children.
Why these positions?
These three positions appeal to me because they
include any of the job duties that I enjoy, which involve training and
mentoring other ECE professionals. I
have actually applied for positions with each of these titles and will continue
to do so. I think out of the three, the one that is most dear to my heart is
the training and curriculum specialist. I am still currently seeking this position and
believe that I will be successful soon.
