Blog Assignment: Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

The three local or state organizations, or communities of practice that appealed to me are listed below: • Texas Early Childhood Professional Development System “The Texas Early Learning Council is an advisory council established by Governor Rick Perry in late 2009. In 2010, the Council was awarded a three-year grant from the federal government to achieve a series of goals towards improving school readiness in Texas through targeted strategies stemming from the Council's four priority areas”( http://earlylearningtexas.org page 1 par. 1) • Community health workers (CHWs) “Have a close understanding of the community they serve. This trusting relationship enables them to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery”(http://explorehealthcareers.org 2015 page 1 par. 1) • NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation Programs “They use their understanding of young children’s characteristics and needs and of the multiple interacting influences on children’s development and learning to create environments that are healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging for each child”( http://www.naeyc.org 2009, page 11 par.1) I decided to choose the three organizations or communities of practice listed above in which, appealed to me is their goal and mission to develop and identify the needs in early child care and make it a priority for improving the education system and facilitate high-quality outcomes. All children and families from diverse cultures can benefit from the development strategies engaging in school readiness programs. In addition, they all have a concern and passion and purpose in which is to help children and families within the community to have the accessibility and availability to be successful and achieve high quality education. Therefore, the organizations provide services to ensure the children and families receive quality child care based on assessments that help target the strengths and weakness of a child by promoting respect, support, trustful relationships. 
In addition, to process a healthy foundation of knowledge and improving the children and families skills within the growth and development. The individual needs and capability of children and families, educational resources to help a child with or without a disability to be successful academically with each domain.Also, this is achieved by ensuring learning age appropriate skills cognitively, physical, social and emotional in connection to the well-being of the children and families. In addition, to protect the lives of children within the care throughout each community to be honored by the code of ethnic ensuring there is an intervention and prevention plan of action that will help foster their growth and development, providing educational resources consisting of health, nutritional services in order for children to have a healthy, productive and positive outcomes long term throughout their lives academically within society.
Job opportunities currently available that interest me would be listed below as follow; • Senior Director, NAEYC Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation • Foster Family Worker • Advisory council The skills and experience that I would need to competently fulfill each of these roles consist of the following listed below: • “Senior Director, skills and experience I need will be to “Reach out to states and other systems to form partnerships that utilize NAEYC Accreditation as a cost-effective approach to improving early childhood systems.” (hr@nayec.org 2005 page 1, par.1). • Foster Family Worker I would be interested in pursuing, however- “There are no current employment opportunities with Angels Foster Family Network” (http://www.angelsfoster.org page 1 par. 1). • Advisory council skills and experience is being knowledgeable about “the Core Competencies and the knowledge and skills that early childhood professionals should possess to be successful in their careers aligned with corresponding categories of competencies: beginner competencies, intermediate competencies, or advanced competencies” (tecpds@uth.tmc.edu page 1 par. 1). In conculsion, I feel each of these opprotunities will help me fullfill my vision and mission within the early childhood education field. Based on my concern and passion to help foster the well-bing of every child and their families to have healthy productive lives within their community and society. Reference: http://earlylearningtexas.org http://explorehealthcareers.org http://www.naeyc.org http://www.angelsfoster.org tecpds@uth.tmc.edu