Early Care and Education Specialist
About the position Responsibilities • Administer child screenings/assessments on School Readiness participants. • Administer program assessments in School Readiness and Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) provider classrooms. • Assist with determining appropriate early intervention services for all School Readiness and VPK children, including Warm Line referrals. • Assist with inputting, collecting, and analyzing data to identify emerging trends and training needs for the ELC's providers and families. • Provide recommendations to the ECE Manager for children with concerns who ELC will refer to other early intervention agencies. • Develop and implement professional development opportunities, special events, conferences and forums for providers. • Provide technical assistance and coaching to early childhood educators and parents as needed. • Maintain knowledge of law, policies & procedures. • Deliver services and provide timely follow-up in accordance with law. • Assist with compiling resources, creating packets, and arranging resource areas for parents and providers throughout the seven-county area. • Assist with internal and external audits to ensure accuracy and compliance. • Participate in a minimum of two ELC outreach events and/or activities each fiscal year. • Responsible for ensuring appropriate use of all resources by immediately reporting suspected fraud via ELC-established Fraud Reporting Procedure. • Participate as directed in all ELC quality improvement efforts to achieve optimum organizational performance. • Contact the Abuse Hotline immediately in the event an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation is received and notify a manager immediately. • Provide information and reporting accurately and timely. Requirements • High School diploma or equivalent and four (4) years relevant work experience in early childhood education, human services program, or related field required. • Bachelor's or associate degree and two (2) years experience in early childhood education, human services program, or related field required. • One year experience working as an administrator or teacher within an early childhood setting preferred. • Two years experience creating and delivering group and individualized instruction preferred. • Experience working with special needs children preferred. • An understanding of child care programs, early childhood education, social service issues, community action programs, and serving low-income communities. • Complete Child Assessment, Teacher Assessment, Coaching certification within one year of hire. Nice-to-haves • Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, web-based programs, and databases. • Ability to adapt readily to change. • Ability to work flexible schedules, including occasional weekends/evenings as required for training purposes. • Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including providing technical programmatic information to nontechnical audience. • Ability to manage multiple projects, follow-through and meet deadlines. • Ability to train on subject matter and to adjust delivery of training and training materials to classroom situations and audience. Benefits • Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible paid time off and holidays • Life insurance • Short-term and long-term disability insurance • Retirement savings plan (401K) • Loan forgiveness eligible employer • Hybrid work option after successful completion of probationary period