There are tons of education organizations and agencies and services available for educators, families, children, etc. I did a search in N.C. because I will be moving there in a week. The three organizations I picked are: North Carolina Early Childhood Association (NCECA), LEARN NC and North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE).
I picked the NCECA because they are all about improving child care in N.C. and making sure that each child receives an appropriate educational, safe and nurturing environment regardless of their diversity, socioeconomic status, etc. Their goal is to make child care available to every family. The members are made up of students, teachers, educational professionals, parents and any individuals that advocate for children. Implementing programs or creating programs for children and/or families would be interesting. I would need to know what programs/services are needed in that area and how to actually create the programs.
http://www.ncearlychildhoodassoc.com/
LEARN NC is dedicated to educators and professionals in providing resources and multimedia for the classroom, professional growth, seminars, etc. This website is very informational and educational for professionals in a variety of educational childhood settings. There are a variety of resources for teachers, the classroom and educational professionals in general. I could not find any posted jobs on the LEARN NC website but some positions I would think they would have are online learning website curriculum developers, lesson plan developers, research resource creators, etc. I would need more in-depth knowledge about curriculum, instruction and research methods.
http://www.learnnc.org/
NCAE is dedicated to making sure educational professionals have the proper training, education, knowledge and benefits to be successful in the education field. I think this is a great website for educators to learn what they need to succeed and create effective learning environments.Teaching classes about diversity and culture so that all educators are anti-biased would be a great way to advocate for children and be a rewarding position. I wouldn't really need much additional training, just how to teach adults.
http://www.ncae.org/cms/History/264.html
Rica, what good choices you made in selecting the three communities that most definitely place children first while also giving families, educators, and the communitiy the opportunity to help with the process of developing youn minds but also giving you the chance to learn from others by their experiences and sharing of information.
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ReplyDeleteYou did such an excellent job with your selections of ideas. I am actually very familiar with a couple of them LEARN NC especially, I think that there, you will find extensive lesson plans and help with some project ideas that you may struggle with finding the depth in on other sites. I see how you moved a lot growing up, that could be a point of reference for you in conversation with children who may possibly struggle with something like this, you could even be a counselor for children on a military base that have moved around a lot. Just an idea, we are a military family.
Thank you for the wonderful information.
Trish