Curriculum Coach Head Start

LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES•Natchitoches, LA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Curriculum Coach serves as the educational lead for a Head Start center, responsible for ensuring the full implementation of the PRIME TIME program’s early learning system, policies, procedures, and tools. The primary goal is to support all children in achieving School Readiness Goals. This role involves providing ongoing coaching to teaching staff to help them effectively implement practices in areas such as CLASS teacher-child interactions, learning environments, curriculum, child assessment, meeting diverse needs, family engagement, and professional growth. The Curriculum Coach will work with teachers to ensure fidelity in curriculum implementation and reliability in child assessment, utilizing child outcomes data for planning and individualization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education OR Curriculum Instruction OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with at least six (6) credit hours in early childhood education and experience teaching preschool-aged children OR state-awarded preschool teaching certification with experience teaching preschool-aged children required.
Previous experience teaching in an early childhood setting.
Experience with supervision, management, or coaching preferred.
Experience managing an infant/toddler or preschool program.
Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
Knowledge of children with disabilities preferred.
Knowledge of infant/toddler health and safety licensing requirements.
Skills in collaboration and community partnerships.
Ability to interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds.
Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated computer literacy skills, using MS Office applications and other basic data systems, including internet navigation.
Must be honest, dependable, and able to meet deadlines.
Must be self-motivated and able to work independently.
Physical examination and background checks are required for this position.
Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Obtain certification in CPR and First Aid.
Ability to sit most of the time with some bending and reaching.
Ability to stand, walk, or bend periodically.
Ability to engage in repetitive movement of wrists, hands, and fingers—typing and/or writing.
Ability to work frequently at close visual range (i.e. preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading).
Ability to receive and respond to oral communication.
Ability to lift a child weighing 40 pounds, 20 times a day if needed.
Travel is required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time for work-related meetings and functions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred.
Knowledge of children with disabilities preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the education lead for the center, overseeing the implementation of all aspects of education services.
Provide teachers with supervision, training, coaching, and monitoring.
Support the effective implementation of the education content area, adhering to all relevant policies and procedures.
Oversee the training of new hires in conjunction with education and HR leads.
Develop, conduct, or arrange training as needed for staff, parents, or volunteers.
Work with teachers to implement program curriculum that incorporates all elements and meets all standards established by the PRIME TIME program, in compliance with Head Start standards and best practices.
Oversee and approve the preparation of weekly lesson plans, ensuring inclusion of individualization and all other required elements.
Ensure that teachers integrate goals from Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for children with disabilities, in consultation with the Mental Health/Disabilities Coordinator.
Ensure the completion of all required child screenings and assessments, including 45 and 90-day requirements for new children and quarterly progress assessments for all children.
Ensure that classrooms and outdoor areas are supplied with developmentally appropriate materials.
Participate in team meetings, home visits, and community events as needed.
Support teachers in understanding child outcomes data and using it to improve practice.
Provide teachers with coaching and support for quality improvement and professional growth through regular observation and formal and informal feedback.
Model strong, positive relationships with families.
Support Family Coordinators in implementing all aspects of the family services program, including planning monthly Parent Committee meetings.
Ensure parents are integrally involved in developing the program’s curriculum and approach to child development and education through regular meetings with Policy Council members and others.
Assist teaching staff in developing a system to offer parents opportunities for enhancing and increasing their child observation skills.
Coordinate training for parents and community members who wish to volunteer in the classroom.
Lead regular team meetings to ensure effective communication and service coordination.
Attend local, state, and regional initiatives to represent the center and for professional development.
Develop a working knowledge of local community resources related to education and transition.
Actively participate in the Head Start/Early Head Start community, including staff meetings, mandated training, committee meetings, and other program-wide functions, including some evening activities.
Maintain education portfolios or other documentation of early childhood education services.
Ensure child observations, assessments, and planning information are recorded in CreativeCurriculum.net.
Review the weekly MBI (managing by information) report and ensure all concerns are addressed in a timely fashion.
Review quarterly MBO (managing by outcomes) report and ensure all concerns are addressed in a timely fashion.
Review quarterly and annual child outcomes data and oversee teacher planning to help all children make developmental gains.
Participate in the annual program self-assessment.
Perform all other duties as assigned.