Communities of Practice

This week our class assignment was to choose at least 3 local or state organizations or communities of practice. 
1) Georgia Association on Young Children (GAYC) mission is to encourage and support healthy development in young children by working with others to 1) increase public awareness of importance of early childhood education, and 2) improve the quality of programs for young children through learning opportunities for early care educators.

2) United Way of Metro Atlanta mission is to engage all segments of the community to drive sustainable change in education, income, health and homelessness while continuing to address urgent and basic human care.

3) Quality Care for Children mission is to ensure Georgia's infant and young children are nurtured and educated when they are not in the care of their parents.  Work to ensure children receive excellent care and early learning experience.

Some job opportunities that interest me in these organizations would be the executive director in which I would need to have a minimum of a master's degree (check mark - about to complete :) and at least 5 years of management experience working in a education setting.  Another job would be the professional development director which would require the same skill level.  Currently none of the three have any job openings but I will continue to check their websites for openings.  I have applied with Quality Care for Children previously and look forward to applying again once I have my master's degree.  I believe in working in my community for the benefit of young children's health and well-being.