Early Achievers Coach

Position Summary:

Coaches will work with the Associate Director of Early Learning Provider Services, the local Child Care Aware program staff and the University of Washington (data collection) to deliver on-site technical assistance, coaching, professional development, and consultation to help child care and early learning providers-including licensed centers and family home providers-improve the quality of their programs in Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Ferry, Yakima, Grant, Adams, and Kittitas Counties. Early Achiever's coaches will assist in the development and implementation to promote readiness based on the needs of the community and in alignment with the overarching program philosophy (school readiness).

Responsibilities:

• Positively promote Early Achievers within the designated counties including building successful relationships with child care providers based on mutual respect
• Assist in the provision of outreach and technical assistance to local Early Achievers as the program expands
• Work collaboratively with Child Care Aware team to ensure optimal provision of all Early Learning Activities
• Effectively deliver content related to quality improvement through skilled observations, modeling, teaching, feedback and mentoring child care providers
• Provide ongoing support, training, and technical assistance to rated Early Achievers participants
• Work with child care providers to define specific, focused and clear goals in the development of quality improvement plans
• Administer designated assessment tools, recognize high- and low-quality interactions, instructional support, environments, deliver content, and resources which guide improvement
• Understand and interpret all components of the Early Achievers ratings
• Collect, interpret, and use classroom data in the development of quality improvement plans
• Demonstrate and model reflective practices with child care providers
• Demonstrate familiarity with community resources available to child care providers and families in the designated counties
• Comply with all required data collection, reporting requirements, activities, progress reports, and other required documentation within the designated timeframe
• Participate in coach framework trainings, checks, community of practice, and other activities to ensure fidelity to the model
• Develop and maintain a schedule for on site visits based upon the program needs in collaboration with the Associate Director of Early Learning Provider Services and Child Care Aware staff
• Attend all required trainings, meetings, and webinars regarding the coaching framework and other professional development activities
• Maintain confidentiality in all areas of practice including child care providers, family and child confidentiality
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

The following requirements are those that are normally required for performance of this position. Any disabled applicant or incumbent who does not meet one or more of the requirements, but who can perform the essential function of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) shall be deemed to meet these requirements.

Physical Requirements:

This position normally requires the physical demands of standing, walking, bending, lifting or performing other work requiring low physical exertion, as well as keyboard fingering, talking, hearing and adequate vision on a regular basis to perform the job requirements. These physical demands are required up to 90% of the time.

Non-Physical Requirements:

Education

• Associated degree in Early Childhood Education or related experience, required
• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, preferred

Experience

• 2 years experience working with young children in a group setting
• Previous successful experience providing technical assistance or coaching to child care providers, preferred

Special Skills

• Trained and reliable on the Pre-K and Toddler CLASS within 60days of receiving training
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement rating system and experience with Environmental Rating Scales, preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practice from birth to 8 years old
• Demonstrated ability to translate training into practice
• Ability to effectively work on-on-one and in a group child care setting
• Ability to individualize instruction and mentoring for child care providers
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with people of varied social, cultural, and educational backgrounds
• Applied knowledge of Adult Learning Principles
• Familiarity with local and regional child care providers, family and child resources
• Possess good classroom and environmental observation skills
• Ability to recognize high quality instruction and sensitive care giving
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule with travel to child care sites and meetings
• Ability to attend required trainings with ongoing commitment to continuous learning
• Competence with computer technology and data entry
• Valid state approved MERIT/STARS trainer or ability to achieve within 3 months of hire
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred, but not required

Licensure, Registration, Certification

• Valid Washington State drivers license and minimum required liability insurance for WA State
• Must be deemed insurable as determined by Catholic Charities' liability insurance provider

Employment is conditional upon:

• Being cleared by criminal background check and fingerprinting when required