The list below is designed to demonstrate the range of professional positions held by B.S. graduates of Purdue University, West Lafayette, who completed one of three majors offered by the Department of Child Development and Family Studies (CDFS). The information comes from a department survey completed in Summer of 2003 by CDFS graduates from Fall 1998 through Spring 2003. About half of graduates returned the survey form (48% or 217 persons).
Job title |
Employer |
Toddler Teacher |
Bright Horizons Family Solutions |
Media Assistant |
Park Tudor School |
Teacher-EC preschool-Autistic |
Head Start |
*Second Grade Teacher |
Gwinnett County Public Schools |
**Certified Child Life Specialist |
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL |
Kindergarten Teacher |
Polk County Schools, Florida |
Field Support Teacher |
Butler County Educational Service Center |
Preschool Special Ed. Teacher |
Paulding Exempted Village School |
**Child Life Specialist |
Clarian Health (Riley Hospital for Children) |
Lead Teacher |
Peter Rabbit Nursery School |
Instructional Assistant/Early Childhood Special Education |
Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation |
Developmental Kindergarten Teacher |
Indianapolis Public Schools |
Lead Teacher |
C.A.R.S. |
First Steps Intake Coordinator |
ARC Rehab Services, Lebanon, IN |
Developmental Therapist |
Self-employed |
Program Site Manager |
Child Adult Resource Services |
Service Coordinator Specialist |
Indiana First Steps |
Developmental Preschool Sp. Ed. Teacher and Developmental Therapist |
MDS of Warren Township and AWS First Steps |
Exceptional children's Pre-k Teacher |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools |
Developmental Therapy |
Noble of Indiana First Step Services |
Lead Preschool Teacher |
Forest Ridge Academy, Shereville, IN |
Preschool Teacher |
YMCA |
Family Support Specialist |
Healthy Families |
Case Manager |
Oaklawn Psychiatric Center |
Kindergarten Teacher/Title I Coordinator |
New Prairie United School Corporation |
Early Childhood Special Ed. Teacher |
East Allen Co. Schools |
Teacher-Head Start |
Kokomo Center School |
Special Education Preschool Teacher |
Keys 4 Kids Preschool-Bona Vista Programs |
Child Development Coordinator |
Bona Vista Programs |
Early Intervention Teacher |
Lafayette School District, Lafayette California |
Head Teacher |
Southeastern Indiana YMCA |
Professional Development Counselor |
Community Coordinated Child Care |
Substitute Teacher |
Purdue/Tippecanoe School Corporation |
Kindergarten Teacher |
Eli Lilly Child Development and Center Bright Horizons |
Developmental Therapist |
Managed Therapy Resources |
Special Education Preschool Teacher |
Shoals Community Schools |
Teaching Assistant |
Purdue University |
Teacher |
Lafayette School Corp. |
Head Teacher |
Purdue CDL |
Kindergarten Teacher |
LSC |
QMRP-Case Coordinator |
Wabash Center |
Family Specialist |
Head Start |
Preschool Teacher |
Burgett's Child Care |
Early Head Start-Home Visitor |
Early Head Start-CFRC in Lafayette |
Teacher and Assistant Director |
Just-Us-Kids |
Kdg. Teacher |
Lafayette School Corp |
Child-Care Owner/Provider |
Self-Employed |
Lead Teacher |
Campus Center for Young Children |
**Certified Child Life Specialist |
Riley Hospital |
Associate Teacher |
Purdue Child Care Program |
Kindergarten Teacher |
North Montgomery School Corp. |
Kindergarten-Plus Teacher at Buffalo Elementary |
North White School Corp. |
* Teacher 1st grade |
North Putnam Community Schools |
* Manager |
Mecoma Family Services |
Kindergarten/Young Fives Teacher |
Roay Oak SD |
Preschool and Title 1 teacher |
Alba Elementary School |
Assistant Director @ Child Development Center |
Knowledge Learning Corporation |
* 1st Grade Teacher |
Barrington Community Unit District 220 |
Teacher Pre-K (tuition) and At Risk Pre-K (state funded) |
IL Public School District |
**Child Life Specialist |
University of Chicago Children's Hospital |
Firsts Steps Service Coordinator |
Self-employed |
Job title |
Employer |
Children's Pastor |
Word of Grace Ministries |
Family Case Manager |
Family Development Services, Head Start |
Educational Specialist |
Meddenburg City Children's Developmental Services |
Housing Development/Assistant to Ex.Dir. |
Upstate Homeless Coalition of South Carolina |
Early Intervention Prevention Coordinator |
Eckerd Youth Alternatives |
* Mental Health Therapist |
Children's Home Association of Illinois |
Child Family Specialist |
Children's Hospital, San Diego |
Family Support Specialist |
Preservation Partners |
Primary Care Coordinator II |
Wishard Health Services/Midtown Community Mental Health |
Juvenile Probation Officer |
Johnson County Juvenile Probation Department |
Intake Coordinator |
Central Indiana First Steps |
Program Director |
College Mentors for Kids! INC. |
* Counselor Specialist |
St. Vincent Stress Center |
Project Administrator |
Indiana Youth Institute |
Intake Coordinator |
Central Indiana First Steps |
Recreation Programmer |
City of Kokomo |
Child Life Specialist |
La Rabida Children's Hospital |
Intake Supervisor |
Lake Circuit Court, Lake County IN |
Developmental Therapist |
Opportunity Enterprises |
Case Manager |
Goodwill Industries of Michiana |
Human Services Representative I |
Hennepin County (Minnesota) |
Foster Home Coordinator/Case Coordinator |
Debra Corn Agency, INC. |
Family Support Worker |
SCAN, Inc. |
Client Service Coordinator |
Big Brothers Big Sisters of NEI |
Child Development Specialist |
Early Head Start |
Home Visitor for Early Head Start |
Head Start |
Family Support Specialist |
Marion Co. Depart. Of Health |
Child Life Specialist |
Kosair Children's Hospital |
Intake coordinator |
First Steps of Indiana |
Diversion Coordinator |
Reach for Youth, Inc. |
Child Care Resource and Referral Coordinator |
Dependant Care Management, INC. |
First Steps Service Coordinator |
Southern IN Resource Solutions, Jasper IN |
Discharge Planner |
Deaconess Cross Pointe |
* 1st Grade Teacher |
Vance County Schools |
Family Resource Specialist |
Clarian Health Healthy Families |
Center Director |
Learning Universe |
Intake Coordinator |
Central Indiana First Steps |
Grad Student |
ASU-Tempe Arizona |
Family Case Manager |
State of Indiana |
Family Case Manager II |
State of Indiana |
Developmental Therapist |
self |
Service Coordinator for the Dawn Project |
Adult and Child Mental Health Center |
Child Abuse Specialist |
Indianapolis Police Department |
Head Teacher |
Bright Horizons |
Pre-school Teacher |
Imagination Station |
Program Director |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County |
* Lead Therapist (behavior) |
ABA Programming |
Supported Living Coach |
Loveland Center-Venice, Florida |
Drug Prevention Specialist |
Boys and Girls Club of Adams county |
QMRP |
Bona Vista Programs |
Adult Probation Officer |
Carroll County Indiana |
Family Case Manager |
Sate of Indiana |
Independent Living Coordinator |
Anchor Families |
Developmental Therapist |
Self-employed, First Steps |
Independent Living Skills Coordinator |
Debra Corn Agency, INC. |
Sr. Youth Development Director |
Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club |
Associate Director/Chief case coordinator |
The Debra Corn Agency, INC. (private foster care) |
Patient Services Representative Coordinator |
Arnett Clinic |
Case Coordinator |
Debra Corn Agency, INC. |
JEDIS Coordinator |
Juvenile Alternatives |
I & R Specialist and Caregiver Coordinator |
Area IV Agency on Aging |
Supported Living Coach |
Loveland Center-Venice, Florida |
Foster Care Licensing Social Worker |
Lutheran Child and Family Services of Michigan |
Graduate Student |
University of Michigan |
* School Psychologist |
Community Schools of Frankfort |
Program Director |
Malone Creek Elderly Haven |
Intensive Juvenile Probation Officer |
State of Illinois |
Social Services Director |
The Woodlands (long-term care facility) |
Protection and Safety Worker |
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services |
ESL Instructor |
Southwestern College |
Foster Care Licensing Social Worker |
Lutheran Child and Family Services of Michigan |
Case Manager |
Tippecanoe County Court Services Drug and Alcohol Program |
Athletic Director |
Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club |
Social Worker |
Crossroads Rehab Center |
Adoption Specialist & Family Preservation Intensive Caseworker |
Families United INC. |
Family Support Specialist Healthy Families |
Family Services |
Media/Library Instructor |
North White School Corp. |
Director of Women's Ministries |
Kearney Evangelical Free Church |
* Teacher |
Chicago Public School System |
Administrative Assistant |
Wheaton College |
Recreation Supervisor |
Oak Brook Park District |
Probationary Child Care Worker |
Jewish Children's Bureau |
* School Social Worker |
Cherry Creek School District |
Director of Business Operations |
Maggie's Place (home for pregnant homeless women) |
Research Coordinator |
Oregon Center for Clinical Investigations, INC. |