The very first place I chose to look at was the National Association for the Education of Young Children. All of their positions are located in Washington, D.C. The first position that interested me was a professional learning coordinator.
Professional Learning Coordinator
Major Responsibilities and Essential Functions
● Provide logistical and administrative support for the Department.
● Provide excellent customer service and timely responses to email and phone inquiries regarding professional learning resources and activities.
● Responsible for managing the Department's general email account.
● Support and participate in the development of face-to-face and technology-based professional learning resources.
● Identify and summarize information and collect resources on diverse topics related to early childhood education for the Director and others.
● Serve as primary liaison between the Department and other NAEYC teams.
● Coordinate advertisements, newsletter submissions, and social media campaigns with the Marketing team.
● Provide basic maintenance for the Department's web pages keeping all information up-to-date.
● Provides technical support to internal and external customers.
● Ensure NAEYC's new content matrix is kept up-to-date, relevant and ready for use by internal staff and external content partners.
● Update and maintain a master content calendar with information provided by the Director and other content leads.
● Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned or requested.
● Provide logistical and administrative support for the Department.
● Provide excellent customer service and timely responses to email and phone inquiries regarding professional learning resources and activities.
● Responsible for managing the Department's general email account.
● Support and participate in the development of face-to-face and technology-based professional learning resources.
● Identify and summarize information and collect resources on diverse topics related to early childhood education for the Director and others.
● Serve as primary liaison between the Department and other NAEYC teams.
● Coordinate advertisements, newsletter submissions, and social media campaigns with the Marketing team.
● Provide basic maintenance for the Department's web pages keeping all information up-to-date.
● Provides technical support to internal and external customers.
● Ensure NAEYC's new content matrix is kept up-to-date, relevant and ready for use by internal staff and external content partners.
● Update and maintain a master content calendar with information provided by the Director and other content leads.
● Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned or requested.
Qualifications
● Experience or degree in early childhood education, child development, elementary education, or developmental psychology as well as experience or degree in teacher training both in person and online.
● Minimum of 3 years of experience working in the education field either as a teacher, or in developing professional training, or professional development supports and materials.
● Excellent oral and written communication skills.
● Expertise in developmentally appropriate practice for children birth through age 8, and professional development for early childhood educators.
● Knowledgeable about trends and current research in early childhood education, teacher training, adult learning principles, instructional design, and online learning.
Salary: $40-45K, with excellent benefits and work environment.
The other position with NAEYC that interested me was a professional learning specialist.
Professional Learning Specialist
Major Responsibilities and Essential Functions
● Work independently and collaboratively to develop, plan, and deliver a robust offering of learning events.
● For the National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, serve as the lead content and program developer with responsibility for high quality, relevant, interesting, and engaging sessions.
● For the NAEYC Annual Conference, assist with the development of high quality, timely, engaging presenters for four to five specific conference tracks.
● Provide content and engagement support for online communities of practice.
● Support the roll out of NAEYC's digital badge system to include recognition for NAEYC engagement, professional learning, and mastery of competencies.
● Serve as project manager on special initiatives with internal and external collaborating partners.
● Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned or requested.
● Work independently and collaboratively to develop, plan, and deliver a robust offering of learning events.
● For the National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, serve as the lead content and program developer with responsibility for high quality, relevant, interesting, and engaging sessions.
● For the NAEYC Annual Conference, assist with the development of high quality, timely, engaging presenters for four to five specific conference tracks.
● Provide content and engagement support for online communities of practice.
● Support the roll out of NAEYC's digital badge system to include recognition for NAEYC engagement, professional learning, and mastery of competencies.
● Serve as project manager on special initiatives with internal and external collaborating partners.
● Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned or requested.
Qualifications:
● Experience or degree in early childhood education, child development, elementary education, or developmental psychology as well as experience or degree in teacher training both in person and online.
● Minimum of 3 years of experience working in the education field either as a teacher, or in developing professional training, or professional development supports and materials.
● Excellent oral and written communication skills.
● Expertise in developmentally appropriate practice for children birth through age 8, and professional development for early childhood educators.
● Knowledgeable about trends and current research in early childhood education, teacher training, adult learning principles, instructional design, and online learning.
● High proficiency in learning and using digital software and platforms (e.g. learning management systems, webinar platforms, content authoring software, online communities, etc.) is highly desired.
Salary: $55-60K, with excellent benefits and work environment.
The U.S. Department of Education has a position available in Washington, D.C. that sounded interesting:
Associate Education Research Scientist/Analyst
DUTIES:
The incumbent serves as an Associate Education Research Scientist/Specialist in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S Department of Education. Incumbents will engage in one or more of the following: (1) develop plans for agency support of education research, evaluation, and statistics; (2) oversee research, evaluation, and statistics activities and programs carried out or funded by the agency; (3) conduct scientific reviews of research, evaluation, and statistics plans and products; (4) analyze data and synthesize information from education research and related areas; (5) prepare written products to convey research-based knowledge and information to a variety of audiences; (6) conduct evaluations of agency activities; (7) engage in dissemination and outreach activities, such as publishing scholarly work and attending scientific conferences; and (8) consult with, or advise staff.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
ASSOCIATE EDUCATION RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ANALYST requires a master's degree or equivalent experience in an appropriate field pertinent to the needs of IES (e.g., cognitive, developmental, educational, or social psychology; economics; education; statistics). Associate Research Scientist must have experience conducting research in education-related fields or topics (e.g., reading, teacher professional development, psychology); and demonstration of research skills and knowledge.
SALARY RANGE:
$60,000.00 to $95,000.00 / Per Year
The Erikson Institute is an organization I would love to work for if I lived in Chicago, IL. They currently have a few positions available. One of the positions that interested me was an early math coach.
Early Mathematics Coach
Position Summary:
Erikson Institute, a graduate school in child development located in downtown Chicago, is seeking to hire a part-time early math coach for ongoing teacher training being implemented by its Early Math Collaborative.
Primary duties:
The part-time coach position will report to the coaching supervisor, and provide school-based support to Math Teams at Chicago Public Schools and/or preschool centers throughout the Chicago area. This includes the following activities:
Providing ongoing group and/or individual instructional coaching around mathematics teaching to teachers and teacher leaders in the preschool to second grade.
Participating in monthly individual supervision with a coach supervisor.
Participating in monthly coaching meetings at Erikson Institute with other coaches.
Participating in and help facilitate ongoing Professional Learning Community meetings.
Building and maintaining confidential relationships with teachers and teacher leaders.
Building and maintaining relationships with Administrators at the schools or centers where the coaching takes place.
Timely and accurate maintenance of records of services provided and submittal of invoices for services and travel.
Qualifications:
Native like Spanish language proficiency
MS or MA in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education
Five years of experience teaching in pre-primary and/or primary school
Expertise in mathematics instruction
Experience facilitating adult education
Knowledge and skills to implement standards-based instruction and familiarity with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
High level of interpersonal, problem solving, and organizational skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
High level of personal maturity and ability to operate independently
Comfort in using portable devices such as iPads or Android tablets to communicate and maintain records
Salary:
Competitive
These jobs are important in the education field. If you live in Washington, D.C. or Chicago, or if you are looking to relocate, I think these jobs would be challenging, interesting, and allow you to make a difference in the field of education. I have enjoyed exploring these national career possibilities.
