Baby Promise Infant Toddler Coach

NeighborImpact

3d • $33

About The Position

Are you passionate about empowering others to achieve their highest potential? We are seeking a dynamic Baby Promise Infant Toddler Coach who can unlock individual strengths and foster growth. Join us in shaping the future of professional excellence, where your expertise will inspire and guide professionals on their journey to success. Apply today and come work for one of Oregon’s 100 Best Non-Profits and help affect constructive change in people’s lives!

Agency job title: Baby Promise Infant-Toddler Coach

NeighborImpact Child Care Resources Overview
Child Care Resources offers training, technical assistance and business support to child care providers, preschools and early educators in Central Oregon. Child Care Resources supports child care providers through Spark, Oregon’s Quality Rating and Improvement System, and builds the infrastructure of child care in Central Oregon.

Baby Promise is a pilot program created by the Department of Early Learning and Care to address the child care shortage in Oregon. Baby Promise offers fully funded child care for income eligible families in Central Oregon. Baby Promise partners with local child care providers including in-home and center based and assists in connecting families to a program that works for them.

Overview of Key Duties and Responsibilities:
This position works in collaboration with early learning programs participating in the Baby Promise Program. This position primarily supports and guides infant and toddler teachers throughout Central Oregon in:
Growing skills in positive adult-child interactions,
Implementing infant-toddler care best practice,
Using collaborative problem solving when educators face roadblocks in their classrooms
Creating professional development goals.

Support is given to infant-toddler teachers in one-on-one settings and in large group trainings. This position requires a continuous quality improvement mindset and a strong ability to work independently and collaboratively. Strength in both verbal and written communication and continuous, accurate record-keeping is a must.

The ideal candidate for this position has formal experience in supporting adult professional development, such as: working with/supporting other educators in a child care setting, lead teacher, program director, site lead/manager, career coaching, planning, and tracking, career development. They will also have direct experience working with infants and toddlers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field (human development, child and family studies, or education) required
• Step 10+ on the Oregon Registry or plan to get there required
• Three years of direct service in the field of Early Childhood Care and Education required
• Three years of direct infant and toddler aged classroom experience in the field of Early Childhood Care and Education required
• Experience working in the field of Early Care and Education required
• Two years of experience supporting adult professional development required
• Knowledge of child assessment and screening tools preferred, including: Teaching Strategies Gold CLASS Observation and QRIS Tool Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool Ages and Stages Questionnaire Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Social Emotional
• Valid driver’s license
• Proof of current auto insurance
• Enrollment in the Central Background Registry
• Access to reliable transportation

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of community child care programs, subsidies, community resources, and state regulations pertaining to child care preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

• Growing skills in positive adult-child interactions
• Implementing infant-toddler care best practice
• Using collaborative problem solving when educators face roadblocks in their classrooms
• Creating professional development goals
• Supporting infant-toddler teachers in one-on-one settings and in large group trainings
• Continuous, accurate record-keeping

Benefits

• 100% premium paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Agency paid Retirement plan (up to 6%)
• almost 2 weeks of vacation time accrued in your first year, plus 14 paid Holidays annually
• a separate sick leave accrual

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time