The National School Boards Association
(NSBA) is an organization that is very interesting to me. They are a community of practice that have
created this organization. They hold a
variety of duties that involve representing over 90,000 local school board
members. They have a national
connections that have the insight on what the legislature and White House
officials are working on to improve the education field. This organization has a variety of
professionals involved that engage in community practices that are aiming for
the same future outlook with our children’s education. You can get involved with this organization simply
by signing up.
HighScope is another organization that I
find fascinating. HighScope Educational
Research Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan is an independent, private,
nonprofit research, development, training, and public outreach organization.
HighScope serves a national and international audience committed to promoting
high-quality early education for young children. They are a diverse
organization of approximately 50 professional educators,
researchers, publishing staff, and administrative staff. A small
demonstration preschool with two teachers provides an opportunity to observe
implementation of the HighScope Preschool Curriculum. HighScope-trained
independent Field Consultants implement training throughout the country. At
this moment they do have job opportunities within the Michigan area as teachers
and teacher assistants. I personally
would love to be a field consultant. To
gather statistics that would assist with any type of research that would
improve the way early childhood education curriculum is implemented would be a
great experience. I would assume that
the most valuable skill needed for this position would be to communicate with a
variety of people.
My last organization that I dove into was
the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Being a woman in this society has become
easier because of organizations as IWPR.
IWPR’s work on Early Care and
Education addresses:
- Strategies for improving access to quality, affordable
child care;
- The need to integrate a range of family supports into a
comprehensive early childhood system;
- The economic development benefits of
strengthening the early childhood sector;
- System-building approaches, and costs and benefits
involved with early childhood expansions; and,
- The importance of improving job quality among early
childhood educators.
Looking at all three organizations,
they all contribute so much to improve the quality of life for everyone. Especially a child’s life. All three are available online and are great organizations
to belong to.
Hi Crissy,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that to be a field consultant you need to have good communication skills as a position that you are interested in working for HighScope in addition to the knowledge he or she needs such as reading statistics, and many other.
In Indonesia, we have licensed HighScope education where they establish education from pre-K to senior high school. Unfortunately, it is famous more on its 'high class' education where children from wealthy families only can afford going to this school. I do not know how it is in your place, but if you were the consultant there, perhaps I may suggest that you change that paradigm. Education, especially early childhood education should have a friendlier image, because it educates and nurtures children.
Brigitte
Brigitte
Great organizations! I plan to look at the Institute for Women's Policy Research website. This organization seems especially important being that most of early education educators are women.
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