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

Early Head Start (EHS) Home-Visiting program
 the employee serves as a member of the EHS team and works closely with related teams in CCG. He/she recruits new homes, provides mentoring, support, and training to recruited families enrolled in the EHS Home-Visiting project to ensure the goals of the project are met in a timely manner. This position is responsible for generating accurate and timely reports that meet EHS guidelines and criteria. Works under the supervision of the Director of Home-Visiting Programs, with considerable demand for independent judgment and action.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Early Head Start Home-Visiting: Responsible for the successful implementation of the EHS Home-Visiting program from recruitment of at least 10 eligible families to achievement of their individual goals. Responsible for developing, reviewing, and implementing an individualized plan for each participating family and child according to EHS and PAT (Parents As Teachers) curriculum, and purchasing the necessary materials in support of the family needs to achieve their goals. Training and Assessment: Attend Parents as Teachers Born to Learn training and become a certified Parents-as-Teachers Parent Educator. Attend all follow up sessions as required. Responsible for visiting each family once a week in their home at a time convenient for the family (including evenings and weekends as needed.) Provides on-going technical assistance and assesses the progress of each participating family toward reaching their goal/s. Ensures all screenings, developmental and physical, are conducted in a timely manner and according to the specifications of EHS Performance Standards. Coordinates and attends group training sessions twice each month.

Senior Director, NAEYC Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation
NAEYC seeks an effective leader with proven success managing large complex systems and expertise in organizational administration and management to lead the NAEYC Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation. Recognized as the gold standard for excellence in early childhood education, the NAEYC Academy works to improve the quality of child care, preschool and kindergarten programs by establishing high-level, research-based standards and accrediting programs that meet these standards. The Senior Director, working collaboratively within the overall NAEYC staff structure, manages a team of approximately 30 people.  Through strong leadership and effective management, the Senior Director:

• Maintains the NAEYC program standards as the gold standard of excellence in early childhood education, reflecting current evidence from research and practice.
• Ensures that NAEYC Accreditation supports continuous quality improvement, is rigorous but not unduly burdensome to programs, and provides a valid and reliable assessment of program quality.
• Staffs the work of the Council for NAEYC Accreditation which is delegated authority by the NAEYC Governing Board to ensure the equity, integrity, and accountability of NAEYC Accreditation of programs for young children.
• Works with senior leadership and Council to make NAEYC Accreditation a critical component of total quality improvement processes for early childhood systems at the national, state and local level. 
• Reaches out to states and other systems to form partnerships that utilize NAEYC Accreditation as a cost-effective approach to improving early childhood systems.
• Demonstrates a strong grasp of the financing of early learning and the financing of early childhood systems in order to achieve continuous quality improvement and ensure the NAEYC Academy’s fiscal viability. 
• Ensures mission-focused, cost-effective day-to-day operations of the NAEYC Academy, through supervising and mentoring staff, fiscal management (e.g. develop and monitor budgets, contract management), planning and execution.

Senior Director, Higher Education Accreditation and Support

NAEYC seeks an effective leader with proven success in accreditation and early childhood higher education or professional development systems. The Senior Director is responsible for directing, leading, and managing NAEYC’s efforts related to the accreditation of early childhood education degree programs in institutions of higher education that lead to an associate, baccalaureate, or advanced degree. The primary focus of this position is to ensure the effective overall functioning of the NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation (ECADA) system as well as NAEYC’s role as a Specialized Professional Association (SPA) within the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (previously National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) system. Framed around the NAEYC Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation, these systems are designed to support quality assurance and improvement in higher education programs that prepare early childhood professionals. The Senior Director, working collaboratively within the overall NAEYC staff structure, leads a team of approximately 4 people.
Through strong leadership and effective management, the Senior Director:

• Maintains NAEYC higher education accreditation systems as standard-bearers in early childhood professional preparation, reflecting current evidence from research and practice.
• Ensures that NAEYC higher education accreditation systems are rigorous; aligned with best practices as described by the U.S. Department of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation; and able to provide a valid and objective external evaluation of eligible degree programs as a service to the public, to prospective students, and to the profession.
• Serves as the ex-officio member of the Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation (ECADA Commission) which is delegated authority by the NAEYC Governing Board to ensure the equity, integrity, and accountability of the ECADA system.
• Works in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including NAEYC staff, NAEYC peer reviewers, ECADA Commission members, NAEYC Audit Team members, and representatives from national/local organizations to make NAEYC higher education accreditation systems critical components of state and national professional development systems. 
• Strengthens the accreditation systems by continuously evaluating impact and enhancing the accreditation processes, materials, and resources.
• Ensures mission-focused, cost-effective day-to-day operations of NAEYC’s higher education accreditation systems, through supervising and mentoring staff, fiscal management (e.g. developing and monitoring budgets, contract management), planning, and execution.

 Requirements:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in human services management, early childhood education, child development, instructional design, adult learning, education policy, higher education administration, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in accreditation systems and higher education or professional development systems; at least 3 years with significant supervisory/management responsibility.
• Knowledge of higher education accreditation systems, higher education systems, and/or state professional development systems and their connection to ECE professional preparation
• Knowledge of early childhood education or child development.
• Knowledge of current issues and key stakeholders in the early childhood education field, particularly as they relate to the early childhood workforce.
• Experience in public speaking, developing, and presenting material to a national professional audience, and facilitating group processes.
• Ability to travel.