Exploring Roles in the ECE Community

One community of practice that I find interesting is the Prevent Child Abuse New York organization. This organization works to promote parent education and increase funding and public awareness of parenting education programs. I chose this community of practice because I believe the opportunities that can be created through parent education programs is tremendously powerful in preventing child abuse and increasing child health and development. As a current parent educator my current hopes for my career is to maintain and continue to improve my skills as a parent educator with the home visiting program I work for. To competently fulfill this role I need to continue to improve my communication skills and knowledge of parenting practices and child development.

Another community of practice that is appealing is the Family Enrichment Network (FEN). This group creates a partnership with parents and family members to achieve optimal child development and learning potentials. FEN coordinates children and family services using a comprehensive and collaborative approach to improve their quality of life.” I am interested in this group because of the devotion I have witnessed from the group within my community. The services offered extend beyond just working to build on children’s development and learning to the families and community connections that serve to advocate for empowering the family and child. I would be interested in working for this organization in the role of a Family Support Services Director or a coordinator in other areas as well. For this role I would need to improve on leadership skills.

              A third community of practice that I am interested in is the Let’s Read program through the United Way of Broome County. This group works to improve reading skills of children by encouraging parent and family involvement and creating lending libraries for children throughout the community. I like that the group has utilized many areas where children and families commonly go within the community in order to promote reading.

 References

Family Enrichment Network.  http://www.familyenrichment.cc/

Prevent Child Abuse New York. http://www.preventchildabuseny.org/

Let’s Read: United Way of Broome County. http://www.uwbroome.org/lets-read