Education Coach

Innovative Network of Knowledge•Roswell, NM

11h•Onsite

About The Position

It's a great feeling to work for a company that does so much good for others around the world! This role involves ensuring the physical and mental health and safety of children, providing ongoing coaching on effective teaching, and evaluating classroom environments to promote healthy development and skill growth. The position also requires monitoring compliance with positive adult-child interactions, implementing tools for child screenings and assessments, identifying opportunities for parent engagement, and following appropriate practices to keep children safe. Additionally, the role involves completing training requirements, creating weekly lesson plans, scheduling communication with teaching staff, completing child screenings and assessments on time, organizing child files and documentation, monitoring classrooms for hazards, and overseeing incident reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in early childhood education or a Bachelor’s or advanced degree and equivalent coursework in early childhood education with early education teaching experience.
Experience with children with disabilities.
Demonstrate the ability to respond sensitively and competently to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
Demonstrated ability to maintain emotional control, and professional composure at all times.
Maintain computer literacy required to meet the responsibilities of the position.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of all INK policies and procedures.
Ability to organize and prioritize duties and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently.
Possess a valid driver’s license.
Complete and pass health examination.
Confirm work eligibility status.
Successfully pass driving history check.
Clear criminal background check.
Required to lift up to 60 pounds.
Required to stand, sit on the floor, bend, squat, kneel, lift children, and engage with children.
Exposure to communicable diseases, and other hazards such as cigarette smoke, pets, at risk neighborhoods, etc.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

Collaboration with community partners.
Communicate in writing and verbally in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers protect the physical and mental health and safety of our children and no child is left alone or unsupervised while under our care.
Provide ongoing coaching on and evaluation of effective teaching in an organized learning environment that promotes healthy development and children’s skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, including children with disabilities.
Monitor and evaluate the classroom environment and implementation of prescribed curricula to provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, social and emotional development, math, science, social studies, creative arts, and physical development, and integrate child assessment data in individual and group planning.
Monitor compliance with positive adult-child interactions as measured by the CLASS: Pre-K instrument.
Implement tools that support screenings, assessments, and ongoing evaluation of a child’s developmental level and progress in outcomes.
Identify opportunities for parents and family members to engage in their child’s development and in program services, including but not limited to parent conferences and group activities.
Follow appropriate practices to keep children safe during all activities, including reporting at a minimum suspected or known child abuse and neglect, appropriate supervision of children at all times; and all standards of conduct.
Complete minimum training requirements as specified in state and federal standards.
Create weekly lesson plans which reflect opportunities for positive adult-child interactions, including individualized curriculum.
Schedule regular communication with teaching staff to ensure they are well-informed about their children’s routine, classroom activities, behavior, and progress.
Complete all required child screenings and assessments on time.
Organize child files, classroom forms, and other documentation while confirming documents are current and compliant.
Monitor the classroom to make certain it is free from physical and environmental hazards.
Provide oversight of Incident reporting to ensure it occurs within the timeframes designated in program policy and protocol.
Evaluate the implementation of and provide feedback on curricula, equipment, supplies and physical space for indoor and outdoor learning environments.
Share data used to monitor the quality of instruction and classroom environments, including adult-child interactions, and provide recommendations for continued professional development.
Identify potential interference with a child’s development and school readiness and coordinate with education, family, mental health and/or child development professional program staff to address identified needs.
Participate in school functions, scheduled meetings and team decision and operations.
Work collaboratively with supervisors, peers, other staff members, service providers, and professionals.
Maintain confidentiality in all areas of child and program operations.
Perform other job duties as assigned.