WK 4 Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: National/Federal Level

·         Careers at NEA, Is a Great Place to Work
National Education Association (NEA) got my interest because of their description of the careers they offer. Even though there is not a job available for me they have positions available for Interns, Professional, and Technical Supports. I found it interesting that they have position for interns and they are family oriented.
Working Mother magazine has named the National Education Association as one of its 100 best companies for family-friendly benefits. More than 58 percent of NEA's workforce of roughly 500 employees at its Washington, D.C. headquarters is female. NEA offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a variety of paid health and dental insurance options; paid maternity and parental leave for newborns and newly adopted children; up to five days each year for parents and grandparents to participate in a student's school activities; back-up childcare; telecommuting; and flexible work schedules.

Positions at NEA include executive, managerial, professional, technical, administrative/clerical and trades/crafts. Vacancies may involve skills in communications/media relations, information technology, education policy analysis, research, lobbying/political advocacy or secretarial/office administration.

·         Department of Education (ED)
ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,400 employees and $68 billion budget are dedicated to:

• Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
• Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research.
• Focusing national attention on key educational issues.
• Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.

There is no position available for me but they have other position available for those that have a doctoral degrees or three years academic of graduate education. This site interests me because I can go and see policies that have been established and data and research being done with education. I love how they have a site for families and parent engagement along with a blog section that give helpful information for families and parents to help plan for college for their children and other helpful information to help children.

·         CoP: PMI Learning Education and Development (Lead) Community of Practice
I was interested in this Community of Practice because of what the PMI is focused on. The focus of the PMI LEAD CoP is to establish a dynamic and collaborative environment where project managers, educators and researchers can share ideas, best practices, feedback and information on the following topics, as well as connect with one another to build their personal and professional networks:

• A basic understanding of the role of project management in learning, education, development and research
• An understanding of the role of learning, education and development in the practice of project, program and portfolio management
• Established processes, tools and methodologies specific to or employed by the training and development industry
• Relationship between learning/development and project management within other industries, knowledge areas and/or interest areas
• International perspectives on the learning/development/research of project management
• Information on cutting edge teaching/instructional practices, techniques, technologies in project management
• Focus on how to manage competence development and training projects, as well as training sections of the change management and roll-out phases of projects
• Provide guidance on opportunities to apply the project management methodology to educational settings, how it may be different from other environments; collaborative projects for writing about project management in educational settings
• Professional development for all members
• How to make project management training more effective
• Sharing knowledge on how project management is used in Human Resources/Learning & Development

LEAD CoP Vision - The PMI Learning Education and Development CoP inspires its members and leaders to share their knowledge and experiences as project management practitioners and educators in a continually evolving and collaborative learning environment. The LEAD CoP is the center of excellence in educational project management and the leading source of creative and innovative techniques for teaching and communicating the value of professional project management.

LEAD CoP Mission - The PMI LEAD CoP provides services to our members and people interested in project management through networking, partnering, learning, and other activities towards the advancement of the education and training project management community.

I could not find a section of job opportunities but I did why where you can sign up and become a part of CoP PMI Learning Education and Development. They do have a Career Headquarters for Practicioners which is a place to help improve you improve your resume by cultivating your strengths and talents. They also have a career coaching services available to all memembers.

References:

https://www.nea.org

www.ed.gov

 http://lead.vc.pmi.org/Public/Home.aspx