Education Specialist

## Job Summary and Minimum Qualifications

**Level:** Management

**Position Type:**40 hours/week - year round

**Salary Range:** $49,046.40 Salary/year

**Travel %:**In-Town and Out of Town

**Job Shift:** Day (M-F), eligible for a hybrid work schedule, may work some evenings and weekends

**Job Categories:** Education

**Location:** Margaret H Molloy Administration Building, 602 E 22nd St, Tucson, AZ 85713

**Classification:**Salary, Exempt

**Supervisor:** Education Services Coordinator

**Supervises:**None

**Job Summary:**

As a member of the Education Services department, the Education Services Specialist (ESS) is the educational leader at Child-Parent Center (CPC), guiding teachers, Site Supervisors, staff, parents, volunteers, and community partners. Consistent with the mission of CPC, the ESS ensures high quality Early Childhood Education, school readiness, and the vision of strong communities in Southern Arizona. The ESS develops teachers’ and family educators’ capacity, awareness and implementation of Child Parent Centers’ philosophy, values, and beliefs. Educational coaches use researched based coaching and mentoring strategies to support the implementation of the agency’s Languages of Learning curriculum (based in Reggio Emilia principles and philosophies), state regulatory requirements, and the Office of Head Start performance standards. Coaches provide guidance, feedback, structure and collaboration with staff to increase children’s and families’ successes. Educational coaches use observations, data analysis, evaluation, modeling, co-planning, and collaboration to inform coaching and support professional growth of teaching staff. The Education Specialist is accountable for assuring annual developmental gains for all children. They demonstrate a passion for early childhood education in the classroom, center, throughout CPC, and in the greater community.

**Benefits:**

• Paid Leave - 26 paid holidays, 5 days paid vacation after one year and up to 13 days each year thereafter, and 8 days paid Personal leave first year, 11 days each year thereafter, up to 5 days paid sick leave annually.
• Insurance benefits - dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, PPO medical (3 plans), Vision, and Supplemental Life coverage for self, spouse, and child ($25,000 basic life and Accidental death and disability provided by employer) Supplemental coverages (Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident Insurance), and pet insurance.
• Retirement Plan - Agency contribution after years of services and hours of eligibility criteria are met. Employee 401k deferral once eligibility is met.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

• Possess a bachelor’s degree from a recognized educational institute in the field of early childhood education or a bachelor’s degree in a related field (as determined by the agency) and a minimum of 18 credits of early childhood education coursework.
• Three (3) years working experience in a preschool classroom or early childhood education setting
• One (1) year of experience coaching, mentoring, or supervising preschool classroom staff.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive)
• Read, write, and speak English
• Able to pass a company paid physical exam prior to starting work.
• Able to pass a DES Centralized Background Check prior to starting work.

**Competencies:**

• Accountability
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Creative and Innovative Thinking
• Building Relationships
• Teamwork
• Oral and Written Communication
• Analysis/Reasoning
• Problem Solving
• Decision-Making/Judgment
• Self-Management
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Technology

**Other Requirements (post hire):**

• Must be able to travel to and from various sites as needed throughout the five counties in Southern Arizona as required.
• Must be able to travel outside assigned areas in company-owned vehicles. Travel could begin before daylight hours and continue after sundown in some situations.
• Provide proof of immunizations: MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Tdap (adult Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis), and a clear Tuberculosis Self-Assessment.
• Ability to maintain a valid level fingerprint clearance card and annual DES Centralized Background Check.
• Must be able to prove the right to work in the USA by providing appropriate documents to complete the Federal I-9 form.
• Ability to attain and maintain the following:
• Pre-school CLASS certification on an annual basis
• SmartTeach Reliability Certification every three years
• First Aid and CPR training including Infants and Children.

**Desired Qualifications:**

• Possess a master’s degree from a recognized educational institute in the field of early childhood education or a master’s degree in a related field (as determined by the agency) and a minimum of 18 credits of early childhood education coursework.
• Possess current Pre-school CLASS certification.
• Possess current SmartTeach Reliability Certification
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Five (5) years working experience at a Head Start grantee organization.

**Work Environment:**

• Office setting
• Classroom setting
• Outdoor setting (hot and/or cold temperatures)
• Possible exposure to cleaning and sanitizing chemicals
• Possible exposure to blood and bodily fluids or tissues
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases

**Physical Requirements:**

Frequently

• Ability to see and hear and quickly respond.
• Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time
• Standing for more than 30 minutes at a time
• Viewing paper and/or digital documents for more than 30 minutes at a time
• Stooping, bending, reaching, kneeling.
• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

Occasionally

• Moving quickly around objects (run, jump, jog)
• Up and down from carpet/floor and/or 12”-14” chairs
• Picking up and dropping off supplies
• Push and pull furniture {20 to 50lb}
• Lifting +/- 50 lb

## Duties and Responsibilities
**Job Specific Responsibilities and Duties:**
**Education Services:**

• Understand and implement agency adopted research-based approaches to professional development. Areas of focus include effective curricula implementation, knowledge of the content in Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, partnering with families, supporting children with disabilities and their families, providing effective and nurturing adult-child interactions, supporting dual language learners as appropriate, addressing challenging behaviors, preparing children and families for transitions and using data to individualize learning experiences to improve outcomes for all children.
• Use agency tools and resources to provide opportunities for regular and ongoing coaching including feedback and modeling of effective teacher practices based on areas of support identified in assessments and/or as requested.
• Support attainment of SmartTeach and CLASS, Inter-rater Reliability certification.
• Oversee, research, and create resources to ensure the implementation of the Languages of Learning Framework in the classroom.
• Review and approve classroom inventory, teaching supplies, materials and equipment adhering to procurement policies and procedures. As well as participating in updating supply lists as needed.
• Oversee implementation of classroom practices including room arrangement, lesson plans, daily schedules, routines, and transitions to ensure their adherence to program policies.
• Provide guidance and support for safety and emergency planning systems including the child supervision system and child counts to teaching teams, family educators (FE’s) and site supervisors (SS), site directors (SD) as necessary.
• Initiate and/or participate in IEP/IFSP conferences or meetings regarding individual children with special rights and/or other needs. Provide guidance in the implementation of the IEP/IFSP goals into the classroom and home base lesson plan.
• Complete screenings and make referrals to meet the needs of all children, including those with special rights.
• Substitute in the classroom or home-based option when necessary.
• Facilitate staff’s understanding of decisions and advice from funders, the governing body, policy group, committees, and management by professionally presenting decisions, explaining the rationale and openly addressing questions and concerns.

**Supervision:**

• Identify self-growth, development goals, and strategies for achievement with support and input from supervisor.
• Assess assigned education staff to identify strengths, areas of needed support, and which staff would benefit most from intensive coaching.
• Commit, document, and participate in consistent and planned meetings with teaching staff, family educators and supervisors to further professional growth by utilizing the Cognitive Coaching model.

**Recordkeeping, Monitoring, and Reporting:**

• Conduct and ensure accurate and timely completion of a variety of monitoring, record keeping, and reporting activities for assigned education staff (my teaching strategies, quarterly data analysis system, curriculum plans, CLASS, HOVRS, screenings, Mental Health/Special Rights referrals, on-going assessments, cluster/agency profile, school readiness, etc.). Assess progress, identify action plans, and report findings to the Education Coordinator.
• Partner with assigned teaching teams to identify strengths, areas of needed support, and plan effective coaching strategies to support growth.
• Follow and observe the child supervision system and coach staff in ensuring compliance while reporting non-compliance to Site Supervisor, Critical Issues database, and those with a need to know.
• Monitor the child supervision system and child count system per procedure and report non-compliance to CI database and those with a need to know.