NAEYC

NAEYC has been involved in my work since I started working with young children, their goals and mission have guided my career to a level of excellence.  I have a firsthand account of how the criteria and standards that NAEYC upholds improves the daily quality of young people in my different programs.

 

ZERO TO THREE

Zero to Three organization has many facets of training and education.  The goal of Zero to Three is to educate families and caregivers on early care practices of all children birth to age three. The Zero to Three work in child abuse and neglect prevention training and awareness is very important to my work.  It has given me many strategies and techniques to help identify early warning signs of abuse and to get families help and education to care for their young children. 

HEADSTART

Headstart is a national nonprofit organization that provides quality educational and health services to more than one million children nationwide.  To be able to provide quality education to all child regardless of circumstance would allow for me to use my education to give back to our community.  Reaching children that may never have the means to seek a better education without programming like this inspires me to educate families of all resources.

 

Job Opportunities:  I would love to have the experience to work as a NAEYC validator/assessor. This job would give me an opportunity to travel and see the different levels of early childhood education available and the progress our field in making. 

Assessor Qualifications

 •            A minimum of a baccalaureate degree with; o Credit bearing hours of specialized college-level work addressing both:

o Child development and learning from birth through kindergarten. Courses may be in early childhood education, child development, elementary education, early childhood special education; and administration, leadership, and management.

 

•             Relevant professional experience in a setting serving children from birth through kindergarten;

•             Understanding of the NAEYC Accreditation process gained through experience or training;  

•             Demonstrated observation skills, including ability to use observation tools; 

•             Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills;

•             Demonstrated technological skills, including the ability to use tablets for data collection;

•             Basic administrative skills and professional communication utilizing technology.