Exploring Roles in the ECE Community

The first local organization that I found is the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey.  I chose this one because it is to help at-risk youth.  Organizations such as this always catch my attention.  These are the children who would benefit the most from extra positive attention.  I enjoy working with at risk children of all age groups and showing them different ways in which they can turn their lives around.

Although they currently have no open job opportunities, I would still like to be apart of the Intensive services program.  It is designed to help educate parents who have had their children taken away from them.  Being part of that program will allow me to see a different side of the education process and what steps are taken to help the families become a whole again. The skills that I feel that would be needed to fulfill this role would to keep myself educated about the child abuse laws as well as how to inform parents about the steps they can take if they start to feel overwhelmed and feel as though they need help raising their children.

Prevention First is an organization that teachers many different lessons to school age children.  They start at kindergarten and stay with the children until the end of third grade.  They teach them life skills such as peer pressure and conflict resolution.  This appeals to me because they are helping children with common everyday problems.  The children need assistance and often the individuals who work for this company go into low income or poverty stricken areas that could use this help the most.

There is currently a job opportunity in my local organization for an education specialist.  They are the educators who enter the schools and give the presentation on various important topics.  The skills needed are someone who is willing to help children, have a bachelor’s degree, and have a desire to assist those who need it the most.

The final organization that I found that appealed to me is Ocean Inc.  The organization is rather large and does many different things around the community.  Ocean Inc has preschool programs that are open to low income families as well as has various programs that help them pay their utilities.  They do various things around the community to help the families live a better life.

There is currently an opening for a Head Start director who is also a part of Ocean Inc.  I would love to be able to have this position because it assists more people and families than any other organization.  The director is in charge of the local Head Start program and decided who enters and who doesn’t.  They initially have the final say on everything that occurs within the school building.  I know I would excel at this position because I would be able to help the families since I am from the area I know what they are currently facing. I feel I would bring the necessary experience needed to fully understand the families’ situations and what can be done to solve it.

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