Texas Rising Star Mentor

Workforce Solutions Borderplex • El Paso, TX

2d • $24 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Provide technical assistance and coaching support to assist the child care and early learning programs in attaining, maintaining, and improving Texas Rising Star certifications status. Assist programs with improving their level of quality through ongoing assessment, self-reflection, and tailored technical assistance. Consult with programs to develop and monitor Continuous Quality Improvement Plans (CQIP's), model best practices, provide constructive feedback, deliver targeted training, and refer programs to other helpful resources and training. A Mentor is considered "mandated reporters", as such, when they observe a situation in which a child has been harmed, neglected, or placed in imminent danger, they will ensure that the incident is reported to Child Care Regulatory (CCR).

Requirements

• Must meet one of the following:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science. Minimum work experience requirements of one year of full-time early childhood classroom experience in a childcare, EHS, HS, or pre-K through third-grade school program.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with at least 18 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science with at least 12 credit hours in child development. Minimum work experience requirements of one year of full-time early childhood classroom experience in a childcare, EHS, HS, or pre-K through third-grade school program.
• Associate degree in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science, and two years of full-time early childhood classroom experience in a childcare, EHS, HS, or pre-K through third-grade school program.
• Have knowledge of child care industry and experience in early education systems.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrate ability to mentor and coach directors/owners and staff in meeting Texas Rising Star Certification.
• Understanding of early childhood evaluations, observations, and assessment tools for both teachers and children
• Basic administrative skills, including record keeping, and use of ta computer for data management and professional communication
• Detail-oriented with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to relate to individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds
• Ability to interpret rules, regulations and guidelines and apply as appropriate
• Bilingual (English and Spanish speaker)
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing effective results
• Use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet, and entering data on a PC tablet
• Use of various forms of platforms for means of communication (Email, TEAMs, Zoom, SharePoint, etc.)
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and meet requirements to be included as an authorized driver on the Workforce Solutions Borderplex Commercial Package Policy as stipulated by the insurance carrier. Successful clearance of local and/or state background checks.

Responsibilities

• Complete training modules 1 through 6, 9, and 10 within the Texas Rising Star (TRS) Assessment Training and Certification Program (ATCP) before being assigned a caseload.
• Comply with the requirements established under a TRS Mentor role as stipulated in TRS local and state guidelines.
• Assist the child care and early learning programs determine their strengths and weaknesses to assist them in achieving TRS certification, reaching higher levels, and continuously improving.
• Conduct on-site visits to child care or early learning program establishment and perform an overview of the TRS eligibility and requirements with focus on the support and mentoring provided to meet those requirements.
• Collaborate with the director to create the program's CQIP and support with implementation.
• Provide the necessary support, coaching and mentoring to the child care or early learning program in the areas related to the needs based on assessment of facility records, classroom assessments, teacher interaction, classroom management, indoor and outdoor activities, etc.
• Assist the child care or early learning program in creating a Documentation Portfolio to include providing guidance and support to develop the required documents.
• Be a mentor and coach to the early educators by providing the support of establishing an educational environment while allowing accidental learning to take place.

What This Job Offers

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