Job description

Mission Statement: The mission of the Fayette County Early Learning Center is to EMPOWER the children and families of Fayette County through education, motivation, provision of opportunity, wellness, encouragement, and respect.

Position Summary: The Education Support Coach is a full-time 40 hour per week position, 52 weeks a year. The responsibility of this position is to be a presence in EHS partner sites, provided coaching for teachers and home visitors as assigned. Communicates clearly and provides consistent feedback with partnership site admins and EHS Coordinator.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains positive, supportive relationships with home visiting staff, teaching staff and partnership admins for the purpose of supporting staff growth through the mentoring process.
• Develops and maintains schedules for home visits and classroom observation for the purpose of determining training needs.
• Utilizes a researched based coaching cycle. Components for the purpose of assessing needs, engaging in focused observations, and providing reflection and feedback in order to set goals and develop training plans.
• Utilizes observation tools to assess the interactions provided by home visitors and teaching staff.
• Provides constructive feedback and support for the purpose of increasing home visitor and teacher confidence and competence. This may include modeling, co-teaching, observing, providing reading materials or other resources as needed.
• Provides follow up support to staff following any form of training for the purpose of increasing implementation of information and transfer of skill into practice.
• Gathers and records information about implementation of practices for the purpose of summarizing and displaying data.
• Participates in initial and on-going professional development for the purpose of providing effective mentor/coach activities as well as provide expertise on theory and practices that support child development.

· Communicates with partnership site administration and Early Head Start Education Coordinator ensuring compliance regarding state and national guidelines.

• Assist Early Head Start Education Coordinator with various educational related training.

Note: Duties and responsibilities are not all inclusive and may change at any time, with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications, education, and/or experience:
The following qualifications represent the training education, certifications, licensures, and/or work experience required to perform the essential duties and responsibilities successfully.

Education:

• Minimum of BA in ECE or related field.
• Preferred Knowledge of Growing Great Kids Curriculum
• Preferred Knowledge of Teaching Strategies Gold, Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment and Fidelity Tools

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all families, and staff.
• Preferred Knowledge of ODJFS licensure
• Preferred Knowledge of Ohio Early Learning Development standards
• Preferred Experience lesson plan writing
• Preferred Experience with Ohio’s Setp Up To Quality guidelines
• General computer knowledge: Microsoft Office, some Excel

Additional Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen
• 18 years of age or older
• Ability to pass BCI/FBI Criminal Record Check
• Ability to pass a Sex Offender Registry Check
• Ability to pass the Child Abuse and Neglect State Registry Check
• Pass random drug/alcohol test

Certificates, Licenses, Equipment:

Equipment Use: Must be able to use a 3-line rollover phone system with voicemail, 10-key calculator, copy machine, facsimile, computer with ink jet and/or laser printer, iPad.

Certificates: Be or become a state of Ohio approved trainer for educational areas including: TSG, Lesson Planning, Conscious Discipline, Practice Based Coaching. Obtain and maintain in-service training including Child Abuse/Neglect Recognition and Reporting, Communicable Disease and First Aid.

Competencies:

Communication (oral) - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, listens and gets clarification, responds well to questions, participates in meetings, and demonstrates group presentation skills as appropriate.

Communication (written) - Writes clearly and informatively, edits work for spelling and grammar, varies writing style to meet needs, presents numerical data effectively, and reads and interprets written information.

Continuous learning – Continuously strives to build own knowledge, skills and abilities. Works to obtain or maintain required licensing, credentials, or training as needed for their position.

Customer service – Manages difficult or emotional customer situations, responds promptly to requests for service and assistance, solicits customer feedback to improve service and meets commitments.

Dependability – Works independently within guidelines, accepts responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments, meets productivity standards/goals, completes work in a timely manner and adheres to the agency attendance policy.

Initiative - Takes independent actions and calculated risks, effectively identifies new opportunities and challenges, and determines how to facilitate positive outcomes.

Interpersonal skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming others; maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to others’ ideas; and tries new things.

Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, and makes timely decisions.

Leadership - Displays passion and optimism, inspires respect and trust, influences actions and opinions of others as appropriate, mobilizes others to fulfill the vision as appropriate, and provides vision and inspiration to peers and/or subordinates.

Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles, measures self against standard of excellence, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

Multitasking - Displays an ability to handle multiple tasks in an efficient and timely manner.

Partnership/teamwork - Contributes to building a positive team spirit, puts success of team above own interests, exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views, gives and welcomes feedback, and supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.

Planning/organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently, sets short-and long-term goals and objectives, aligns objectives and actions with organizational goals, and develops realistic action and contingency plans.

Problem solving - Anticipates, identifies, and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; works to overcome obstacles; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem-solving situations; and uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Stewardship – Follows policy and procedure, promotes safety and security awareness, works ethically and with integrity, upholds organizational values, maintains a positive and professional demeanor, and maintains and uses equipment and materials properly.

Team Work - Ability to work with teaching team and Head Start staff to carry out the goals of the Head Start program in order to provide a safe learning environment for children.

Technology - Computer literate in internet browsing, email and data entry. Willingness and ability to learn web-based data systems for recordkeeping.

Respect – Treats people with dignity and respect, values diversity, demonstrates cultural competence, promotes a harassment-free environment, keeps commitments, and inspires the trust of other. Implements programming in alignment with agency’s person-centered philosophies. Maintains client confidentiality at all times.

Training - Aligns objectives with organizational goals, prepares for instructional delivery; and facilitates participant learning, evaluates training effectiveness.

Organizational Relationships/Authority: NA

Physical Requirements: Requires standing, bending, reaching, sitting and working with preschoolers and office equipment such as a computer, telephone, adding machine, phone, etc. Must be able to pass initial TB test and day care physical. Must be able to lift 40 pounds occasionally and have the emotional control to withstand child, parent and staff demands.

Work Environment: Majority of time spent in a typical child care setting, which may result in exposure to communicable disease. This is a full-time position.

Occupational Health and Safety:

• Responsible for compliance with workplace policies and procedures for risk identification, risk assessment, and risk control.
• Responsible for active participation in activities associated with the management of workplace health and safety.
• Identification and reporting of health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries and property damage at the workplace.
• Correct utilization of appropriate personal protective equipment if required by employment.

Applicable policies: The CAC is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace that complies with the Americans with Disabilities & Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acts. CAC is an at-will employer and this job description does not constitute a contract for employment.

Job Description Acknowledgement
I have received, reviewed and fully understand the job description. I further understand that I am responsible for the satisfactory execution of the essential functions described therein, under any and all conditions as described.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.56 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work Location: In person

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