The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) is pleased to announce a yearlong virtual doctoral Internship to support the activities of the DEC Executive Office.

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Roles/Responsibilities Serve as a support to a variety of DEC initiatives activities. In addition, the position will be asked to support the work of the Executive Office as assigned. Examples of this work might be support of one or more of the DEC Committees, publication and product work and more. The work can be informed by the doctoral student’s area of interest. This might also include support to activities such as the annual conference.

Qualifications Desired DEC is looking for an applicant who fits the following requirements:

Doctoral study in field of early childhood/early childhood special education.

Significant expertise using Microsoft Office suite and other online platforms. a. Ability to learn various online platforms that DEC uses for webinars, newsletters, social media, and project and conference management.

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Time Commitment and Additional Information The assistantship is for one year. The doctoral student will commit 4-6 hours weekly, with a heavier time commitment between the months of May to October when involved with conference support. The annual stipend is $2500; the doctoral student will receive $625 each quarter. DEC is willing to make arrangements so that doctoral students who are already fully funded can apply. Attendance at the DEC annual conference is required. If assigned to support DEC at conference or other events, all costs will be covered by DEC. The doctoral student in this position will be supervised by the DEC Executive Office.

Application Submission Information Applications are currently being accepted on an ongoing basis. Please submit a resume/CV and letter of interest to dec@dec-sped.org with “Internship” in the subject line.

In your cover letter, please include the following:

DEC Member Number

Doctoral Program

Doctoral Advisor – Please submit your advisor's email address. Your advisor will be asked to submit a letter acknowledging your application and their approval of submission.

In the letter of interest, briefly explain qualifications that you bring to this position and your interest to serve in this role.

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Selection Process All applications will be reviewed by the Executive Office. Final applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Skills Gained The doctoral student in this position will develop their project management skills and social media marketing skills, interface with DEC leaders across the country, gain insight into the operations of a national office organization and have the opportunity to manage specific projects with in the national Executive Office.