Blog Assignment: Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal Level

https://ims.nea.org

National Education Association

Our Vision
Our vision is a great public school for every student.

Our Mission
Our mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world.

In combing the website of the National Education Association or NEA, I noticed all types of information based on their mission on preparing every student to succeed.  There is information on lesson plans and classroom management and anything else educators may need to be help them be  better educators.  This is the type of organization I would be glad to work for and with.  The aim is to make things better for students, parents and educators.

Sr. Confidential Specialist (Training and Development)

Job Description

The incumbent designs, plans, develops, delivers, coordinates, and evaluates employee training programs.  Essential functions include analyzing and assessing organizational and individual staff training needs, conceptualizing training approaches, designing staff development programs, developing curricula and training materials, delivering training, developing related reports and analyses, using a variety of training methods, and working with and overseeing training consultants.  In addition, the incumbent is responsible for advising, coaching, and counseling managers and staff.

This is one of the jobs that interest me and I am hoping that with experience and training, I can one day be able to occupy a job where I am one of those training educators.

http://www.ascd.org/

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development or ASCD is a global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading. ASCD’s innovative solutions promote the success of each child. This organization focuses on excellence in learning and even gives segments about things such as building school morale.  It works with educators and more than 50 other organizations to help educators in their daily walk as a teacher.  This is a nonprofit organization working to make things better for education as a whole which includes families, communities, and educators.

This company did not have any job opportunities that I was interested in but I do feel this would definitely be an organization I would want to join and do whatever I could to help in the fight to educate.

http://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/associations.html

Learning Forward is the largest not-for-profit education association focused solely on the issues of school improvement and professional development. The Council has more than 12,000 members, primarily from the U.S., from all areas of education: teacher leaders, principals, staff developers, central office administrators, superintendents, regional and state-level technical assistance providers, and professors.

Learning Forward's purpose: Engage every educator in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves.

There were not any jobs per se but there were opportunities to write or edit information given and also opportunities to volunteer.  These articles help to inspire educators to work towards higher goals and focuses on learning for professionals or educators. Members who would like to affect professional learning on a larger scale have numerous opportunities to lead or support conferences, scholarships, and publications.