Smart
Start
Smart Start is an organization that brings teachers,
administrators, families and members of the community together to ensure that
young children have all they need for healthy growth and development.
Throughout my working career, the programs that I have bee involved in has
partnered with Smart Start on numerous occasions. Smart start has provided many
resources to ensure that children have the best opportunities to succeed.
Childcare
Services of NC
Childcare services of NC ensure affordable, accessible high
quality care for all young children and their families. This organization
provides improvements to the child care systems in NC and throughout the
country. This is a great organization that provides support to local early
childhood programs whose vision is to provide high quality education.
NAEYC
NAEYC
assist teachers on receiving resources to deal with many different aspects of
teaching. They offer assistance and training on special needs children and
offer workshops on classroom management. I believe that this is a great
resource for all teachers to become more efficient within their careers. As a
educator, this organization has become useful in helping me to understand the
early childhood system.
Job Opportunities
Pre-K Teacher- Assists students,
individually or in small groups, with lesson assignments for the purpose of
practicing and/or reinforcing learning concepts and assisting students in
reaching academic goals and grade level standards.
Pre-K Director- Preschool and childcare center directors are
responsible for all aspects of their program. They direct and lead staff,
oversee daily activities, and prepare plans and budgets.
My next career path consists of becoming a preschool director. I
want to gain experience in the field of managing and administration. I have
many ideas that I would like to implement in my center. After completing this
program, becoming a director of an early childhood center is a goal I intend to
reach.
References:
Smart Start. Retrieved from http://www.smartstart.org/category/smart-start-information/about-smart-start
Childcare Services Association. Retrieved from
http://www.childcareservices.org/
Angela
ReplyDeleteYou chose some good community resources for the early childhood field. Smart Start and NAEYC are very familiar resources for the Head start program.
I am not familiar with many of the head start programs. However, they all sound quite interesting. Do you have a preference in the teaching curriculums using these types of program?
ReplyDeleteIf there is anything that I can help you with, or if you have questions regarding becoming a center director, please let me know. I have been one for over 11 years.
Hello Angela, Is there a specific child care program that you would like to become the director of? Currently do you have any leads on possibly Pre-K Director positions in your area?
ReplyDeleteHi Angela,
ReplyDeleteI just recently relocated to NC from NY almost 2 weeks ago. I will be sure to check out the Child Care Services of NC website. It may also be a great resource for my Capstone project- advocating for access to high quality early childhood education for all children.
Thank you for sharing!
Katara
Dear Angela,
ReplyDeleteThese are all great resources! Which one in particular do you think will help you the most in your quest to become an early learning center director?