“The Georgia Head Start Association, inc. (GHSA) is a statewide non-profit organization with the mission to provide education, leadership and advocacy the supports Head Start Programs’ efforts in delivering high quality comprehensive services”
“Through targeted coaching, training, and technical assistance, CCRRs help programs achieve their star rating by providing higher quality child care environments and better child/teacher interactions”
Zero to three is a community practice of its own
providing, “experts for onsite sessions, webinars, keynotes and presentations
at conferences, and training sessions for supervisors, coaches and mentors” (Zero to Three, 2019) . Being a part of a
community practice means being able to share different strategies and ideas to
help the children and families reach their potential. Just one person bouncing
ideas off themselves doesn’t get the same results of a community of passionate
people with the same goal! We know that the first three years is the foundation
of a child’s life long journey, and this organizations mission is to ensure
that infants through toddlers had that strong start in life. The reason I choose
these three organizations, agency, and community practice was they all deal
with the development, education, and best needs of children birth through 12.
The focuses for these places are the children, which it should be in every case
scenario.
Zero to three has a regional field specialist position
open in Atlanta Ga, which requires a lot of skills and experience. Some of the
requirements are, “Minimum if seven years of experience in the field of Early
Care and Education with two years of experience with project coordination
and/or management, strong knowledge of CCDF and Public Pre-k programming trends
and regulations in states and territories” (Zero to Three, 2019) . Georgia Head Start
Association has a position as an, Head Start, Grantee Specialist Region IV
(Remote) with the skills and experiences working in a head start or early
learning program as a member of management, experience with program design and
budgeting. Bright from the Start the agency that Child Resources & Referral
System runs through has an opening position as a, CCS Consultant Northwest
Region. There preferred qualifications is someone who possess great oral and
writing skills, experience in child welfare, and bachelors and masters in the
early childhood field.
References
Bright from the Start.
(n.d.) Child Care Resource & Referral system. Retrieved from
Georgia Head Start
Association. (n.d.). A positive advocate for children, families and communities
in
Georgia
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Zero To Three. (2019).
Community of Practice Facilitation. Retrieved from
Zero To Three. (2019).
Regional Field Specialist, Region IV Job at Zero To Three. Retrieved from
Angie,
ReplyDeleteI believe that Head Start Associate are a great asset to our field. I remember going to Head Start as a child. The HSA not only is a great benefit to our field but for all higher learning as well. Through the North Carolina Head Start, I was able to receive 1 our the 4 scholarships they give out to rising college students. In the state of NC, we also have something similar to the CCRR that mentioned. We recently went through our star rating and we had a TA come out to our school to help us prepare and it was free of charge for the center. I believe that CCRR programs are also a great asset to our field. Thanks for sharing!
-Kiara
Angelique,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing these resources. The Georgia Head Start Association stood out to me the most for several reasons. I think it is so important to have organization in state and cities that support low income families and students. For me that is a passion of mine and as an educator I believe that programs that provide resources for those families in need are life savers. I also think that its a plus that the program also provides the support to educators as well to assure that they are highly qualified and supported to be the best educators for scholars in programs.
-Gwen Hilliard
Hi Angelique
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog post. I would be lying if I said I had a fast knowledge of Head Start before starting my Masters program. I have learned so much about it over the last two years and I believe that it is a fantastic program. I'm also a fan of the zero to three initiative. So many people forget how important it is to educate children aged zero to three, Their brains are like sponges at this age and are able to absorb so much information. When I first started in ECE, we had the Abbott Program at my mother's childcare center. This program fully paid for children aged three and four from Trenton to go to Preschool for free. We currently still have the same program here in NJ, but the name has changed over the years.
Christine
Angelique,
ReplyDeleteYour post was straight forward and presented some great information about the 3 organizations. I also chose the Zero to Three organization as one of the community of practice that I am interested in. There is a surplus of information provided on the website that motivates me to continue learning more about ways that could improve childhood learning in classrooms and within communities.
At the end of your post, you listed job openings within each of the organizations. I am curious, which one would you at least want to apply for? Even if you do not have the experience, which one is more appealing to you in terms of what you will get to do? Other than that, I enjoyed your post and I learned a lot. Thank you!
Julianne
Thank you for your post. I was not away that there the Child care resource and referral system was in other states , in Ohio the acronym starts with O, for Ohio. SO do they have a system that you have to log into to complete trainings for Step Up to Quality, or is there a different system that you are required to follow?
ReplyDeleteHere in Ohio there is an organization called Action 4 Children and they host trainings, many which you must sign up for through OCCRRA. But you can also find them (some) directly on the Action 4 Children website.
I love, love love headstart. My son is at a school that provides, early intervention services as well as a head start program. From what I have study and what I have been privy to as a parent, Headstart does not receive enough praise for the work that it does.