Saturday, March 14, 2015
EXPLORING ROLES IN THE ECE COMMUNITY: LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS
The Children's Aid Society is an organization that helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. The organization is 160 years old. The Children's Aid Society serves New York's neediest children and their families at more than 40 locations in the 5 boroughs. The caring starts with prenatal counseling and ends with college and job preparatory training programs. All of the child's life from health care to academics is addressed. Their mission is to help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. One job I saw was for Lead Teacher. Qualifications include having a Masters in ECE, having a valid teaching certificate issued by New York State of Education, and two years teaching experience. Another Job offering was Family Advocate. Duties included parent workshops, advocate, coordinator, supporter and recruiter.
NYC Charter School Centers
Charter schools are independent of the Department of Education. Each school is held accountable for advancing student achievement. One job was Elementary Teacher. Qualifications include, committment to working in under-served communities, NYS teaching certificate, 2 years of teaching experience, Masters Degree in education. Another job was Associate Learning Coach which had the qualifications of NYS Teaching certificate and experience achieving results withing high needs urban population. The last job that piqued my interest was Operations Manager. Duties including maintaining students information on a data base, managing immunizations, conducting bi-yearly inventory of student files, and assisting the Director.
New York City Department of Education has 135,000 full time employees working in the New York City's public school system. For any job you need at least 10 different certificates. For teaching you need the teaching certificate plus certificates in child abuse, violence, etc. To be a School District Leader which is a supervisory position the school district, you must possess a SDA which is a school district administrator certificate.
These organizations appealed to me because they all deal with children and the betterment of children. I will definitely have to figure out how to get some experience under my belt before changing careers. There are also numerous certificates that I will have to achieve before I even can start to use any other skills that I have obtained in my past or in my studies.
References
www.childrensaidsociety.org
www.nyccharterschools.org
schools.nyc.gov
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Karen, as I read your blog post, I can tell that you are a big advocate for underprivileged children, thank you for that. What would be your ideal job? I was surprised that someone needs at least ten different certificates to work with children. Kansas is a bit behind in the times as my teachers only need ten hours of in-service training, but I personally require them to get fourteen hours. As a director, I only need five hours of in-service training to comply with state regulations. Getting any type of regulation change is a long process as sometimes our government does not realize how important early childhood education is for children and how important it is for teachers to stay current with trends and issues. Thanks.
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Dear Karen,
ReplyDeleteWho financed the Children's Aid Society? Is it a private organisation funded by donations? How do children get chosen to be sponsored by the organisation? Do you have to go and seek the children out or so the parents apply for grants? This would be a rewarding organisation to work for but I am sure very draining.
Dear Karen,
ReplyDeleteExcellent blog resource, and I only wish we had something similar for the children in my district. Many do not realize the dilemmas families in impoverished ares deal with and their lack of resources . Many of us take the necessities in life for granted, I know that I used to. So many survive without access to those and its organizations such as the one you noted that help so many. Thank you for sharing this great organization, and I am bookmarking this as I feel that this contains great wealth of information.
Jill,
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to move to Kansas! New York has so many certificates to be obtained, its beginning to be a deterrant. I will look into other states to see what teachers need in order to teach. My ideal job would be to help a child to success. Find a great college, get tutoring services, put them in contact with mentors etc. I still do want to have a weekend day care too but New York has a million rules and regulations for those too. Thanks for your insight.
Julie,
ReplyDeleteThe Children's Aid Society runs from donations and grants. Some people make monthly donations or yearly donations. The Children’s Aid Society is proud to announce an award of $2.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention grants. Spread over five years, the grants will finance a wide range of practical and educational programming at Children’s Aid locations, all designed to promote healthy food choices on a limited budget and active lifestyles. They have pregnancy prevention programs, applications for Pre K, summer camps, mentorships, youth development, etc.The parents have to enroll in the programs made available for the children. Thanks for your interest.