Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

Academy for Educational Development: This website offers information about current event going on with education and development. I enjoy keeping up on current events.

Save the children: Last year I joined the email notification list for this group. I enjoy being notified of changes and opportunities to help.

United Nations Children’s Fund: I always enjoy reading all the current events offered on this website. It helps keep me in touch with what is going on in the world.

The job that I found that was interesting was an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist, American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Region XI T/TA, Washington, US. The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist position provides technical assistance and training to Head Start Grantees in areas related to school readiness, training and career needs of Grantee staff, and collaboration activities. The Head Start Regional T/TA is part of a larger, comprehensive Office of Head Start (OHS) system: the OHS T/TA system. The project will provide technical assistance and training to American Indian and Alaska Native Grantees.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

·  Provide training and technical assistance to improve teacher/child interactions as described by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) for center based preschool programs and other measures available that are suitable for programs serving children from birth to three or children in family child care settings.

·  Assist Grantees with the selection and implementation of a research-based, developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate curriculum inclusive of the domains on the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework, Head Start Program Performance Standards and other regulations across the birth to five spectrum.

·  Assist Grantees to develop and implement effective mentoring and coaching strategies designed to improve teacher/child interactions, classroom quality, and developmental and school readiness outcomes for all children including children with disabilities and dual language learners.

·  Assist Grantees in implementing family engagement that is systematic, integrated and comprehensive across program systems and services in support of successful home-school partnerships and children's school readiness.

Qualifications:

·  A Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, with a preference for a Master's degree;

·  A minimum of 5 years of experience in programs serving young children birth to five is required;

·  Theoretical knowledge of child development;

·  Demonstrated experience conceptualizing and conducting extensive and intensive T/TA that is grounded in theory; and proven experience in providing effective T/TA that translates theory to practice;

·  Demonstrated experience working with both education managers and teachers;

·  Ability to develop, train and provide presentations to individuals, small and large groups;

·  Understanding of developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate curriculum and assessment;

References

Academy for Educational Development. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.aed.org/en/index.htm

Save the Children. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). (n.d.). Retrieved November 28, 2011, from http://www.unicef.org/

UN Jobs. (2015). Retrieved from http://unjobs.org/themes/early-childhood-development