Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager
About The Position
The Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager is a field-based instructional leader serving the Greenville region. The role develops Education Coaches, partners with center and regional operations leaders, and leads measurable improvement in early childhood learning experiences. Using data-informed problem solving, practice-based coaching, professional learning, and quality-improvement cycles, the manager builds adults’ capacity to sustain strong daily teaching practices for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, prekindergarten students, and, as assigned, school-age children. The position leads coaching and capability development, center diagnostic quality improvement, curriculum and teaching practices, measurement and documentation, professional learning, assigned projects, and cross-functional partnerships. The role requires objective observations, constructive coaching, facilitation of professional learning, management of multiple deadlines, and use of digital productivity and data tools. It also requires meeting applicable background screening, travel, driving, and other job-related conditions, subject to applicable law and reasonable accommodation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Early Childhood Administration, or a closely related field, with demonstrated early childhood content expertise.
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience in licensed early care and education, including substantial classroom instructional experience.
- At least two years leading, managing, or formally coaching adults.
- Demonstrated understanding of center operations, including staffing and scheduling constraints, classroom ratios, licensing readiness, enrollment, and director responsibilities, as well as effective practice for birth through age five.
- Evidence of leading a multi-step improvement effort, using data to inform decisions, and monitoring completion of an action plan.
- Ability to conduct objective observations, facilitate professional learning, provide constructive coaching, manage multiple deadlines, and use common digital productivity and data tools.
- Ability to meet required background screening, travel, driving, and other job-related conditions consistent with applicable law and reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- Multi-site early childhood leadership experience.
- Director or assistant director experience.
- Previous formal supervision of coaches or managers.
- Experience with Creative Curriculum, Brain Connect, or comparable curriculum.
- Experience with ERS, CLASS, state QRIS systems, and reflective or practice-based coaching.
- Experience with dashboard design, data cleaning, coaching logs, project management, and evaluation of training transfer.
- Experience across infant/toddler and preschool/pre-K settings, and school-age settings where relevant.
Responsibilities
- Develop Education Coaches and build their coaching capabilities.
- Partner with center and regional operations leaders.
- Lead measurable improvement in early childhood learning experiences using data-informed problem solving, practice-based coaching, professional learning, and quality-improvement cycles.
- Build adult capacity to sustain strong daily teaching practices for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, prekindergarten students, and, as assigned, school-age children.
- Lead center diagnostic quality improvement.
- Support curriculum implementation and effective teaching practices.
- Conduct objective observations and provide constructive coaching.
- Facilitate professional learning and own assigned projects.
- Measure, document, and communicate progress and quality-improvement activity.
- Manage multiple deadlines and use digital productivity and data tools.
- Meet required background screening, travel, driving, and other job-related conditions.
Benefits
- Free childcare.
- Regular bonus potential.
- Same-day pay available.
- Affordable Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and choices for health, dental, vision, and other benefits such as AFLAC.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Employee wellness program.
- Paid time off accruing from day one, with additional time off earned with tenure.
- Seven paid holidays.
- Paid Birthday holiday.
- Employee discounts on major brands such as Verizon.
- Paid required professional development and trainings.
- CDA program funding and support for the TEACH program, including up to 95% free tuition for eligible CDA, associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s programs; eligible bonuses may increase funding above 100%.
- Tuition reimbursement is mentioned as a potential advancement support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
