Lead Early Childhood and Education Specialist

Vista Del Mar • Los Angeles, CA

5h • $80,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Lead Early Childhood & Education Specialist (ECE) provides instructional support, mentoring, and coaching to family childcare providers and center- based teachers to enhance the overall quality of early care and education. The ECE conducts regular visits with providers to assess and strengthen environmental quality, teaching practices, and children’s development. The ECE provides child development and tailored family support services through individual child and family needs assessments, family partnership plans, parent education/support groups, and case management services. Additionally, the ECE ensures providers, teachers in compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards and Community Care Licensing Regulations.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Psychology, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years experience with young children 0-4 and their families.
• Minimum 1 year of coaching/mentoring/training ECE professionals.
• Child Development Director Permit or ability to obtain Director Permit within 3 months of hire.
• Bilingual English-Spanish
• Valid CA driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with Family Childcare Providers is a plus.
• Knowledge of ChildPlus, DRDP, FCCERS, CLASS, Creative Curriculum, ASQ’s preferred.
• Experience with Head Start/Early Head Start

Responsibilities

• Work with a mixed caseload of up to 15 childcare providers and families.
• Conduct at least two 90-minute visits per month (and as many as needed) to provide coaching, consultation and guidance.
• Plan and facilitate educational activities in assigned childcare settings at least one time a month.
• Assess childcare providers utilizing various tools such as FCCERS, ITERS and curriculum fidelity checklists to monitor and support teacher interactions, refine learning environments, and ensure curriculum fidelity.
• Use a strength-based approach to working with providers and center-based teachers on specific and measurable professional goals. Uses standardized documentation to track provider/teacher goal completion and outcomes.
• Facilitate Practice Based Coaching alongside equity- centered and trauma- informed coaching techniques to refine teaching practices. This includes but is not limited to conducting regular focused observations, assessing educators' strengths and needs, collaboratively establishing SMART goals through co- created agreements, and cultivating a space for reflective practice and feedback.
• Assist in facilitating and/or planning of provider workshops. Track and monitor training completion for providers in Child Plus.
• Conduct developmental screenings and ongoing child assessments (ASQs, DRDPs) and assist Education Manager to track and aggregate child development data.
• Review screening and assessment results with providers and teachers; uses this information to help co-create engaging and individualized lesson plans and inclusive learning environments. Ensures that intervention activities are offered regularly within the educational setting.
• Provide counseling/support sessions with families in childcare settings and/or in the family home, including child development guidance and parent education. Frequency of family visits will be based on the urgency and intensity of identified family needs and goals with a minimum of two visits a year.
• Conduct family needs assessment and develop individualized family partnership plans inclusive of parent, family, and child goals.
• Co-facilitate parent teacher conferences in collaboration with Provider at minimum 2x/year.
• Attend and participate in monthly Specialist Meetings, as needed.
• Provide tailored case management services to assist families with accessing needed community resources.
• Provide transition services to families in collaboration with other members of EHS inter-disciplinary team to promote school readiness.
• Support families with chronic attendance patterns to maximize access and benefit of EHS services.
• Complete monthly monitoring reports and progress notes for assigned visits. Submits documentation according to timelines on TORSH Talent and Child Plus.
• Provide case coordination with disabilities specialist and other community providers such as Regional Center, LAUSD, and DCFS to positively impact family outcomes and to support children’s IFSP/IEP goals.
• Support providers and teachers to achieve education requirements, including completion of the CDA certificate program or a comparable credential or a degree in child development/ECE. Tracks education requirements in Child Plus.
• Ensure that childcare providers remain in compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards, Community Care Licensing, Title V regulations, and any other pertinent

Benefits

• Full benefits offered (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• FSA/Dependent Care and Supplemental benefits through The Standard
• 403(b) – 3% Employer contribution based off annual salary
• 4 Mental Health Days
• Up to 12 Paid Holidays
• Up to 25% for Cell Phone Discounts with 3 Major Carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees