Early Childhood Coach - St. Cloud, MN

Center for Inclusive Child Care•St. Cloud, MN

About The Position

The Center for Inclusive Child Care is hiring a part-time Early Childhood Coach in the St. Cloud area to support early childhood educators and help them grow in their work with young children. The organization believes strong support for educators improves outcomes and experiences for educators, children, and families. It seeks team members passionate about early childhood, relationships, and educator development, and is committed to building a team that reflects the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the communities it serves. People of color and bilingual candidates, particularly those fluent in Spanish, are encouraged to apply. The coach provides culturally sensitive, relationship-based professional development and coaching to early care and education settings throughout Minnesota, including child care centers and family child care providers. The role requires up to 50% travel, typically within one or two hours of the employee’s home location, with statewide travel as needed and occasional overnight stays. The employee must be physically able to operate their own vehicle and travel throughout the region.

Requirements

Five years of experience providing direct service in early childhood education.
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or a related field.
Three years of experience providing mentoring, coaching, consultation, or technical assistance.
Knowledge of Minnesota child care licensing and programmatic requirements in the early care and education system.
Valid Minnesota state driver’s license and vehicle insurance, which must be maintained.
Satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening.
Physical ability to independently operate a personal vehicle and travel throughout the region and statewide as needed.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual ability, particularly fluency in Spanish.
Bachelor’s degree (listed as preferred in the posting).

Responsibilities

Provide culturally sensitive relationship-based professional development and coaching to early care and education settings, including child care centers and family child care providers throughout Minnesota.
Encourage and support collaboration between families, providers, community programs, and organizations.
Coach early childhood professionals through modeling, goal setting, reflection, and resource sharing, focusing on inclusion, health and safety, and infant and toddler best practices.
Work collaboratively with early childhood educators to jointly develop and implement action plans to meet ongoing goals.
Assist those being coached in structuring environments, routines, and interactions that contribute to positive social-emotional outcomes for children and families in a program.
Connect programs, families, and individuals to CICC resources and/or community partners to access external support.
Travel within the region and statewide as needed, including occasional overnight stays.