Child Development/ECE Instructor (Tenure-Track) - Child Development Center Coordinator

San Mateo County Community College District • Redwood City, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

San Mateo County Community College District seeks a Child Development/ECE Instructor for a tenure-track faculty role coordinating the Child Development Center at Cañada College. The coordinator directs and coordinates the Center’s programs, services, and activities and works with instructional staff in the Early Childhood Education departments. The role may include classroom work and other duties required by contract, collective bargaining agreement, and program or institutional needs.

The coordinator leads the Center’s educational program and daily operations, including program planning, admissions, referrals, facilities, regulatory compliance, fiscal management, staff supervision, and continuous quality improvement. The position supports developmentally appropriate, culturally and linguistically responsive programming; staff professional development; family engagement; and collaboration with families, students, faculty, staff, campus programs, and community partners. The Center will also serve as a learning laboratory for ECE students, providing observation and practicum opportunities. It is scheduled to open in Fall 2027.

The position is based at Cañada College. In-person work is expected in a typical on-site office environment, with potential to participate in the District telework program when available. The District requires all work to be conducted in California. This is an exempt, 10-month academic position.

Requirements

• A master's or higher degree in child development, early childhood education, human development, home economics/family and consumer studies specializing in child development or early childhood education, or educational psychology specializing in child development or early childhood education; OR a bachelor's degree in one of those fields and a master's or higher in social work, educational supervision, elementary education, special education, psychology, bilingual/bicultural education, life management/home economics, family life studies, or family and consumer studies; OR approved equivalence.
• A valid Commission on Teacher Credentialing Child Development Program Director Permit.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and sensitivity to, and understanding of, diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds as they relate to equity-minded practice.
• Current CPR and first aid card, or ability to obtain them upon hire.
• Knowledge of the community college mission, vision, and values; Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) training and/or philosophy; California early education and child care regulations and procedures; Title 5 and Title 22; and developmentally appropriate curricula and early childhood education approaches.
• Ability to hire and supervise staff and plan comprehensive children's programs with families and volunteers.
• Ability to work with children, families, and staff in a child development center and direct an exemplary, developmentally appropriate, culturally and linguistically responsive program.
• Ability to plan and supervise culturally responsive family engagement.
• Ability to organize fundraising campaigns, conduct outreach, and write grants.
• Ability to plan and manage complex budgets with diverse funding sources, and to perform fiscal management and long- and short-range planning.
• Ability to manage time and work effectively in a demanding environment; communicate effectively verbally and in writing; collaborate and participate in shared decision-making; and resolve conflict and mediate.
• Personnel-management skills, including the ability to lead and motivate staff, foster positive relationships, and promote a sense of community.
• Ability to perform the position’s work demands, including frequent communication and interaction, computer use, extended sitting, frequent bending at the waist, detailed work across concurrent tasks and changing priorities, working with interruptions, and self-regulating emotions and behavior.
• Before employment, submit official transcripts and employment verifications, provide satisfactory references, pass the background check, disclose any qualifying final sexual-harassment determination within the last seven years, provide proof of U.S. work eligibility, obtain Board of Trustees approval, provide a tuberculosis exam certificate, and complete Live Scan fingerprinting with clearance before the first day of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as an ECE instructor and/or director of a child development program at a community college.
• Recent experience working with racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students, and understanding how historical exclusion in higher education and particular fields shapes participation and outcomes.
• Willingness to examine and remediate instructional, relational, and classroom practices to better engage and support racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students.
• Experience and skill addressing inequity in the classroom and on campus.
• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching.
• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within courses and classrooms.
• Knowledge of the implications of AANAPISI and HSI designations for institutional, departmental, and instructional practices.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate all aspects of the Child Development program, including planning, administration, admissions, referrals, facility maintenance, and regulatory compliance.
• Administer the Center in accordance with applicable California Department of Education, Community Care Licensing, food program, health and safety, nutrition, and emergency-procedure requirements.
• Manage fiscal resources, including state and federal contracts, other funding sources, and regulatory reporting.
• Develop, analyze, and manage the annual operating budget and seek external funding.
• Coordinate staff selection, supervision, and evaluation.
• Develop and implement programming that follows exemplary early childhood education practices and is developmentally appropriate and culturally, linguistically, and individually responsive.
• Plan, implement, and supervise staff development; provide leadership to staff, students, and volunteers.
• Compile data and use appropriate software to prepare statistical and other reports required by the college, District, and state.
• Plan, implement, and supervise a culturally responsive family engagement program that provides families meaningful opportunities for involvement.
• Collaborate with ECE instructional faculty to coordinate the instructional curriculum with the Child Development Center program.
• Collaborate with ECE and other instructional faculty across the three colleges to provide student practicum opportunities.
• Coordinate with campus, District, and community programs serving children and families, including CalWORKS, EOPS, and the Multicultural Center.
• Promote collaboration between Center staff and the campus community by participating in college-wide professional development and events.
• Serve on college committees as assigned and participate in professional development activities and events.
• Report unsafe working conditions or practices and near-miss incidents to a supervisor.

Benefits

• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
• District payment of all or a portion of monthly medical plan premiums, depending on coverage.
• District payment of monthly dental and vision plan premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Life insurance.
• Salary continuance insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Participation in the State Teachers' Retirement System defined-benefit retirement plan; academic employees do not contribute to Social Security.
• Optional tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior