Early Childhood Coach - St. Cloud, MN

Center for Inclusive Child Care•St. Cloud, MN

12d•$22 - $27

About The Position

The Center for Inclusive Child Care is hiring a part-time Early Childhood Coach in the St. Cloud, Minnesota area. The role supports early childhood educators through culturally sensitive, relationship-based professional development (RBPD) and coaching, helping them build confidence and improve experiences and outcomes for educators, children, and families. The position serves child care centers and family child care providers throughout Minnesota, with a focus on inclusion, health and safety, and infant and toddler best practices. The coach works collaboratively with educators, families, community programs, and organizations. The position 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 coach must be able to operate their own vehicle independently. Remote work flexibility is offered. People of color and bilingual candidates, particularly those fluent in Spanish, are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

Five years of experience providing direct service in early childhood education; the posting also specifies five years of direct care experience in early childhood education as required.
Three years of experience providing mentoring, coaching, consultation, or technical assistance.
Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or a related field; the posting labels a bachelor’s degree as preferred.
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.
Ability to independently operate a personal vehicle and travel throughout the region and statewide as needed.
English and Spanish language skills are listed.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide culturally sensitive, relationship-based professional development and coaching to 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 develop and implement action plans to meet ongoing goals.
Help educators structure environments, routines, and interactions that contribute to positive social-emotional outcomes for children and families.
Connect programs, families, and individuals with Center for Inclusive Child Care resources and community partners for external support.
Travel throughout the region and statewide as needed, including occasional overnight stays.