At Least Three National/Federal Organizations or Communities of Practice

Geoffrey Canada

“Geoffrey Canada is a social activist and educator (HCZ, 2014). He is the former president and CEO of Harlem children zone (HCZ) which is located in Harlem, New York. “The goal of the organization is to increase high school and college graduation rates in Harlem (HCZ, 2014).” Through his work he came to realize that he couldn’t increase graduation rate without reaching the whole family. This is done by starting from the beginning by reaching pregnant mothers and their new born babies. The organization follows them from birth through college, offer services and worships along the way. HCZ’s mission: The emphasis of The Children's Zone® work is not just on education, social service and recreation, but on rebuilding the very fabric of community life. Geoffrey Canada has inspired me to adopt is model (HCZ, 2014). I not only want to educated children but I want to make communities better one child at a time.

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee is a public figure and the former chancellor of the Washington D.C. public school systems.  The first time, I heard of her was when she was on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2010. She announce that she wasn’t taking any job offers after leaving the Washington dc public school system and would be starting her own nonprofit organization called student first.  Student’s first mission is to build a national movement to defend the interests of children in public education and pursue transformative reform, so that America has the best education system in the world. I was drawn to her because she believes in quality education and not just passing students without educating them.  Cities such as Washington D.C. and New York City were promoting students from grade to grade without proper education. Michelle Rhee made headlines because she made the controversial decision, “In her first year on the job to closed 23 schools, fired 36 principals and cut approximately 121 office jobs. In addition, under this new agreement, Rhee fired 241 teachers, the vast majority of whom received poor evaluations, and put 737 additional school employees on notice Of the dismissed teachers. It is important to her to for children to have a excellent educations even if that meant hundreds of people loosing their jobs to make that happen (Studentsfirst, 2014).”

Community Coordinated Care for Children (4C)

4C is an organization provides child care funding and referrals to local early learning provider and provides early intervention services promoting the healthy development of children.   In addition the agency offers child care trainings, and administers the Child Care Food Program.

“4C’s mission is to be a community leader in providing high quality services that improve the lives of children and families. Together, with local stakeholders, 4C works to ensure children are safe, healthy, and school ready (4C, 2008).” This agency will be helpful will resources and information about the needs of the community.

·         Job opportunities (currently available or not)

Education Coordinator, Harlem Children Zone

HCZ® has achieved unprecedented success, helping thousands of children and families and disrupting the cycle of generational poverty in Central Harlem through our innovative and effective programs.

Our goal is simple—to give our kids the individualized support they need to get to and through college and become productive, self-sustaining adults. Realizing this goal is difficult and complex, particularly since we are working with over 12,000 youth, many of them with tough challenges.

Skills and Experience

Earned a masters degree in Early childhood Education

Must have 5 years experience as coordinator or director of a child care facility

Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and child care centers or programs.=