Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

          International organizations or communities of practice that appealed to me are the following:

1. Center on the Developing Child. (2020). Saving Brains: A partnership led by Grand Challenges Canada, Saving Brains seeks to improve outcomes for children living in poverty through interventions that nurture and protect early brain development in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. The Center on the Developing Child is part of a team that supports a dynamic learning community of Saving Brains innovators to help them advance the impact and scale of their work in countries around the world. (Harvard University, 2020). https://developingchild.harvard.edu/about/what-we-do/global-work/saving-brains/.         
2. RAND Corporation- is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis. For seven decades, RAND has used rigorous, fact-based research and analysis to help individuals, families, and communities throughout the world be safer and more secure, healthier, and more prosperous. Our research spans the issues that matter most, such as energy, education, health care, justice, the environment, international affairs, and national security. As a nonpartisan organization, RAND is widely respected for operating independently of political and commercial pressures. RAND's research is commissioned by a global clientele that includes government agencies, foundations, colleges and universities, and private-sector firms. Philanthropic contributions, combined with earnings from RAND's endowment and operations, support innovative research on issues that are crucial to the policy debate but that reach beyond the boundaries of traditional client funding. (RAND Corproation, 2021).   https://www.rand.org/about/history.html. 
3. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)- is at the heart of international cooperation. Our Member countries work with other countries, organizations, and stakeholders worldwide to address the pressing policy challenges of our time. (OECD, 2021). https://www.oecd.org/about/.  
4. The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC)- is a non-profit alliance of the leading multi-state/multi-site childcare providers, key state childcare associations, and premier educational service providers, representing over six, 500 programs in 48 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and select international locations. Our members serve as the unified collective voice for providers of high-quality programs and services that support families and children from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. We are advocates for strong federal and state policies that bring quality to scale. (ECEC, 2021). https://www.ececonsortium.org/about/providers/.

 

          These corporations are national and international, offering knowledgeable information that will help obtain free early childcare for ages 0-4, same as standardizing education from K-12th. They research the whole early childcare field and other variables that affect its being to see how they can help the field. Some examples of research areas are children, families, the communities, education and literacy, racial equity, healthcare, aging, social and economic wellbeing. ECEC partners with educational service providers such as Bright Horizons, The Goddard School, KinderCare Education, the Learning Experience, Childcare Network, and Sunrise Preschools. They invest in research and policies for the betterment of the early childcare profession and more.

           A corporation I find interesting is the Early Care & Education Consortium, which is affiliated with the North Carolina Licensed Child Care Association. NCLCCA is the only organization in the state I live in representing licensed childcare providers. It is a membership organization providing timely information and updates about issues impacting your center so that you can do your job each day and provide quality early education environments for children and families. Legislative representation on the ground in Raleigh and NCLCCA staff working hard on issues related to rulemaking, subsidy, rated license, NC Pre-K, and more. (ECEC, 2021). The NCLCCA did not have a direct tab online allowing you to apply for jobs. However, it does have a contact number (919) 609-6772 and email Director@NCLCCA.org so, I will call this number directly and be assertive to see what jobs are available and how I can apply.