Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community

Voices for American’s children

Making a Difference for over 25 years

Who We Are

Voices for America’s Children is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan network of child advocacy organizations committed to speaking out for children at the local, state and federal levels of government. Founded in 1984 (as the National Association of Child Advocates) and based in Washington, DC, we support 60 member organizations nationwide. \ Voices supports members advocating for children in their states, advocates directly for effective national public policies, and leads  national campaigns to improve public policies affecting children throughout the United States.

For more than 25 years, Voices has been on the forefront of the issues most important for children:

• School Success
• Early Care & Education
• Children’s Health
• Child Welfare
• Equity and Diversity
• Children & the Federal Budget

http://www.voices.org/

Stand for Children

What We Stand For

 Since 1999, Stand for Children has championed countless policy and budget choices across ten states that continue to benefit millions of children today.

For the organization’s first 13 years, members in Stand states and chapters worked independently to identify local challenges facing children, to figure out what’s working across the nation, and to advocate for effective solutions.
In 2012, to ensure that we are maximizing our collective impact, we decided to develop a shared viewpoint on how to accomplish our mission and to prioritize strategies that have proven effective in closing the achievement gap.

“What We Stand For” is that shared point of view.

To develop “What We Stand For”, Stand for Children commissioned fifteen education policy research papers to identify the most promising strategies for ensuring that disadvantaged students graduate high school, ready for, and with access to college.  We convened a task force with representatives from the 10 Stand for Children state offices to review the research, draft a shared perspective, and solicit and incorporate feedback from Stand staff and members.  The task force approached the project with independence, rigor and pragmatism.
The result of their work is “What We Stand For” and the supporting research papers; these tools are now available to Stand staff and members across the country. In the future we will provide additional useful, evidence-based tools to Stand’s members, leaders and staff.
Together, we’ll use this information to make an even greater difference for students in the coming years.

http://stand.org/indiana

Prevent Child Abuse America

About Us Pinwheels for Prevention National Campaign

Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Working with our chapters, we provide leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels. With the help of our state chapters and concerned individuals like you we're valuing children, strengthening families and engaging communities nationwide.
Our national campaign and local programs, prevention initiatives and events help spread the word in your community, creating awareness that prevention is possible. We are a family of friends, professionals, volunteers, donors and parents who are preventing child abuse and neglect before it ever starts.
To learn even more about preventing child abuse and neglect click on
What You Can Do or the following links:

PCA America Brochure [pdf 1MB]
Tools for Child Abuse Prevention Month
Pinwheels for Prevention
FrameWorks: Talking Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Toolkit (revised)
House Party Weekend
Support Legislation
Prevention Advocate
Research and Fact Sheets About Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention Tips for Parents
Shop for Our Cause!
Get with the Band [Prevention Wristbands]
Positive Parenting Materials and Community Resources

http://www.preventchildabuse.org/index.shtml

I chose these three national/federal organization because I want to branch out on my carrier. I have a true passion to help children who many be hurt in any kind of way. As a job opportunity I would just love to be on the board of directors in any of these organizations helping make decisions on how to handle issues when dealing with child abuse. The experience I need to fulfill is more experience in this area.

 

Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

Child Advocates

Child Advocates engages community volunteers and staff to protect children who are victims of child abuse. We are their voices in court, ensuring all children thrive in a safe and secure home.

In child abuse cases in Marion County, both the parents and the State of Indiana are represented by legal counsel. There was a time when the children had no one to represent them. That changed in 1982 with the creation of Child Advocates.
 Child Advocates, formerly known as the Guardian Ad Litem Project, was founded by the Indianapolis Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) in 1982, because NCJW and the courts recognized the need for abused and neglected children to have independent representation. In 1988, NCJW turned over the Guardian Ad Litem Project to the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society. As of March 1990, the project was incorporated as Child Advocates, Inc. and became a stand-alone agency.
 Child advocates number one goal is to provide independent, child-focused representation to every child who has suffered abuse and/or neglect. Child Advocates is the only agency to hold contract with the Marion County (Indianapolis) Juvenile Court to provide this service.

Children’s Museum Indianapolis

Our Mission

To create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanitiesthat have the power to transform the lives of children and families. Our Vision To be recognized as the global leader among all museums and cultural institution serving children and families.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Founded in 1926, The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world's largest organization working on behalf of young children with nearly 80,000 members, a national network of more than 300 state and local Affiliates, and a growing global alliance of like-minded organizations

Executive Team

	Jerlean E. Daniel, PhD Executive Director Dr. Jerlean Daniel is Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the nation’s largest organization of early childhood education professionals working with and on behalf of children from birth through age eight. NAEYC is a leading voice on program and learning standards, teacher quality and professional development, curriculum and assessment, and other critical issues in the field.
	Adele B. Robinson, JD Deputy Executive Director Adele B. Robinson is NAEYC's Deputy Executive Director, Policy & Public Affairs. She oversees Public Policy, which works to ensure that NAEYC positions are reflected and supported in federal, state, and local initiatives and to build public understanding and support of a high-quality, well-financed system of early childhood education for all children.
	Barbara A. Willer, PhD Deputy Executive Director Barbara A. Willer is Deputy Executive Director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and responsible for the Program Recognition and Support Division. This division of NAEYC administers systems that set and monitor standards of quality for programs in early childhood education—those serving young children as well as professional preparation programs in institutions of higher education.

The three communities of practice that are above are the communities practices I would love to be apart of. I chose the Indianapolis Children’s Museum because the come in contact with a lot of children and parents on a daily bases. I would love to be able to make decisions on how children see the world. I chose the Child Advocates because I want to be a voice for children and for their parents. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the organization I want to become a strong member. I would like to someday work my way up to executive director. The NAEYC organization is very large in the early childhood field. They make many decisions in the world of early childhood. I do not agree with many of their decisions that schools all over the country are using, I feel that I need to be in the position to be heard. I am like Lev Vygotsky, I believe that children are not the same, and that they learn in their environment. I would like to be a voice for school who do not agree with the decisions that are being made. I have not started to attempt to proceed to become a member in any of these communities because of time. After graduation these communities practices will be on my “to do list.”

Thoughts of parents who have children who have social emotional disorders

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