When I think about the early childhood world my passion has changed within the last year or so. Of course, the children are always number one but recently I have enjoyed exploring the coaching realm within early childhood. The job opportunities and communities of practice I chose for this post revolve around coaching for educators.
The three communities of practice/organizations I feel relate to me are; the coaches within my current program, Colorado Shines, and Colorado Coaching Consortium. The coaches at my current workplace will help me to guide my way through the coaching process. The Colorado Shines and Colorado Coaching Consortium appeal to me because they are platforms to professional development and networking opportunities. I feel that the more focused and informative professional development one can become involved in will really help better themselves and those they are working with. Colorado Coaching Consortium offers Relationship Based Professional Development trainings around adult learners, coaching competencies, reflective practice, and coaching implementation tools, which will offer current/future coaches the tools for success.
I have recently accepted a coaching position at Head Start, which is the job opportunity of interest to me and one that I have been working towards for almost two years!! This position will be a coach/supervisor to a select number of teachers within our Head Start program. I am not sure the exact experience needed but I know they wanted the candidate to have Head Start teaching experience with some knowledge of the policies/procedures.
