Exploring Roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

Since I want to work with military families in the future, I chose three organizations that work closely with Military communities. The first organization I chose is Kid Included Together (KIT). This organization helps military communities include children with and without disabilities. KIT can be accessed at http://www.kitonline.org/. It provides all early childhood professionals with great resources for ways to include all children.
Another organization I chose is the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This organization can be accessed through http://www.naeyc.org/. NAEYC sets standards for early childhood educators to provide quality care. It is a great organization that is used by military communities to ensure the care they offer is of high quality and provides military families with care that will allow them to pursue their missions without having to worry about their families.
The last organization I chose is Zero-to-Three which can be accessed at http://www.zerotothree.org/. This organization is a great resource for all early childhood educators who work with young children. It is dear to me because it teaches about the difficult lifestyles most military families deal with. They have great resources on how to deal with deployments, frequent moves and much more.

Job opportunities that I would like to pursue are being an assessor for early childhood programs. This includes organizations such as NAEYC and different military entities such as CNIC or Army Headquarters. I would like to make sure that military children have a great place to succeed because I am part of the military community. So are my children and it is important to me that they have a great education. Military families have to deal with many changes and hardships. I want to make it possible for military families to have a place for their children and families without having to worry about their quality. Soldiers risk their lives every day in their job to protect us and I believe they should not have to worry about their children's education.