Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager

Sunshine House • Lawrenceville, GA

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About The Position

The Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager is a field-based instructional leader who develops Education Coaches, partners with center and regional operations leaders, and leads measurable improvement in early childhood learning experiences. Through data-informed problem solving, practice-based coaching, professional learning, and quality-improvement cycles, this position builds adults’ capacity to sustain strong daily teaching practices for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and prekindergarten students, and, as assigned, school-age children.

The role includes coaching management and capability development; center diagnostic quality-improvement leadership; curriculum and teaching practice; measurement, documentation, and communication; professional learning and assigned project ownership; and cross-functional partnership and leadership conduct. The position calls for an evidence-seeking, empathetic, candid, accountable, tactful, self-directed, organized, and adaptable leader grounded in developmentally appropriate practice who can teach others to solve problems.

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 and at least two years leading, managing, or formally coaching adults.
• Understanding of center operations, including staffing and scheduling constraints, classroom ratios, licensing readiness, enrollment, and director responsibilities, and 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; 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 and coach Education Coaches and build their capabilities.
• Partner with center and regional operations leaders.
• Lead measurable improvement in early childhood learning experiences through data-informed problem solving, practice-based coaching, professional learning, and quality-improvement cycles.
• Build adults’ 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 and teaching practice.
• Measure, document, and communicate quality and improvement efforts.
• Lead professional learning and assigned projects.
• Build cross-functional partnerships and demonstrate effective leadership conduct.

Benefits

• Free childcare.
• Car and phone allowances.
• Regular bonus potential.
• Same-day pay available.
• Unlimited growth opportunities.
• Health, dental, vision, and other benefit choices, including AFLAC.
• Affordable Blue Cross Blue Shield plans.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Employee wellness program.
• Paid time off accruing from day one, with increased accrual based on tenure.
• Seven paid holidays.
• Monday-Friday schedule.
• Employee discounts on major brands, including Verizon.
• Paid birthday holiday.
• Paid required professional development, trainings, and professional development.
• CDA program support and up to 95% free tuition for CDA, associate’s, bachelor’s, or master’s programs through the TEACH program; eligible bonuses may increase funding to over 100%.
• Tuition reimbursement support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager