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REPRESENTATIVE PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD BY B.S. GRADUATES OF

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES,

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE CAMPUS, FALL 1998 – SPRING 2003.

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).

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Early Childhood Education and Intervention Majors

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

Youth, Adult and Family Services and Individual and Family Studies

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.

*This position typically requires further education and/or training.

**This career choice would require extra courses to fulfill Child Health Specialization.

 

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