Exploring roles in the ECE Community: Local and State Levels

As working at an international school in China, I have met different people and organizations getting together to provide better education and support to children. Parent Support Association (PSA), is one of them. This organization was built by a group of parents intending to offer parents and teachers supports that would be helpful for children. PSA provides after school activities for children, speech and discussion about popular topics and issues regarding children and their development, and most importantly, parent involvement in the school curriculum. PSA supports teachers in many areas, such as finding useful resources and providing opportunities for parent involvement. As an early childhood educator, I have been working with PSA to get more parent involvement and learn new knowledge about different cultures. I would like to work as a member of PSA in the future, so that I can provide more useful information as both a teacher and a parent. Another organization is the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), which is from British Columbia, Canada. I love this organization as it supports early childhood educators in so many ways. It collects related resources, articles, and journals that teachers can use, and gathers information for teachers' professional development. It also holds early childhood annual conferences for early childhood educators to meet and discuss important issues and topics. The next one is Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA), which supports children and adults with special needs, to overcome difficulties and obstacles. This organization provides inclusive programs which help young children reach their full potential and give them opportunities to be in an equal and anti-bias environment. I would like to work as early childhood educators in this organization to support children and create a fair and equal environment for children.

I need to be more aware of families coming from different cultures, learn and support their cultures so that families and children feel comfortable and being recognized and respected by others. All of these organizations provide support to children and families, and they also offer job opportunities. I would like to work as an administrator in the future to make sure every early childhood educator should have enough and related trainings about issues and trends in the early childhood field, to provide children the best education they should have.