Specialist, Early Childhood Education Support

About This Role

The Specialist, Early Childhood Education Support ensures childcare partners and family childcare providers develop and implement high-quality infant/toddler care and education. This role provides training, technical assistance, monitoring, and coaching to integrate early childhood education and other service areas.

Responsibilities

• Ensure systematic support to Child Care partners and Family Child Care providers in the area of Education
• Responsible for education reports generated by the Child Care partners and Family Child Care providers
• Promote the integration of Education with other service areas
• Serve as a cooperative member of the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership (EHS-CCP) team
• Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of the annual pre-service and teacher planning days
• Conduct weekly classroom observations at designated sites
• Guide the planning and implementation of a comprehensive child development program that meets the EHS-CCP definition of curriculum
• Apprise the CFE VP and Education Senior Director of the progress of the Program and School Readiness Goals
• Provide training and technical support as needed to all early care and education programs under the partnership
• Assist teaching staff in the use of program screening and assessment to inform lesson planning and individualized instruction

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education or related Child Development field with 18 credits in Early Childhood Education
• Experience in the theories and principles of child growth and development and early childhood education
• Experience in program development and assessment of quality of services
• Experience working with teachers of young children and their families
• Experience providing training to staff
• Three years of prior experience in an Early Head Start or similar early childhood program
• Intermediate Word skills
• Beginning Internet Explorer, Excel, and Outlook skills
• Understanding of Head Start Performance Standards requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and proven ability to work within prescribed timelines
• Ability to work independently
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with various infant and toddler curricula and the ability for assessment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education or related Child Development field with 18 credits in Early Childhood Education. Masters preferred.
• Three years of prior experience in an Early Head Start or similar early childhood program. Three years of teaching experience in an early childhood program serving children 0 to 5 preferred.

Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Early Childhood Education or related Child Development field
• Three years of teaching experience in an early childhood program serving children 0 to 5

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits