Education/Disabilities Manager

Pay Rate: $1864.80 Bi-Weekly BA in ECE

Benefits:

• Paid Vacation time and Sick Leave
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance coverage available first day of employment (for full time employees)
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Spring Break and Winter Break
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Perkins Loan Forgiveness programs.
• Tuition assistance to meet job requirements
• Paid trainings
• Employee Assistance Program
• $35,000 term AD&D life insurance at no cost to employee (for full time employees)
• Travel Connect medical support for assistance when you travel

The Education and Early Childhood Development content area is an integral part of the larger system of services provided by Head Start/Early Head Start. It plays an important part in supporting the goals of the program. This position is responsible for the education of children, provide services for children with disabilities and facilitation of mental health services for the early childhood development portion of the Head Start Performance Standards. This includes working to develop an early childhood education curriculum and providing educational resources for staff and parents, ensuring compliance with performance standards and recognized best practices in the field of early childhood education. The position ensures the education and child development services are supported by staff/consultants with training and experience in areas that include the theories and principles of child growth and development, early childhood education and family support. This position also ensures that the disabilities and mental health services provided are supported by staff and/or consultants with training and experience in filed(s) related to social, human or family services so that needed services for children with disabilities can be individualized and secured.

Current minimum qualification is one of the following:

1. A baccalaureate or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education/related field; or

2. A baccalaureate or advanced degree in any field and coursework* equivalent to a major relating to Early Childhood Education with experience in an early childhood setting teaching preschoolage children.

3. Minimum of one year of supervisory experience required *Coursework equivalent to a major related to Early Childhood Education includes but is not limited to the following:

A. Teaching Credentials: licensure or certification by the state for Pre-K teachers recognized by the local school district or state education agency as qualifying teachers to teach pre-school children in that school district or state if the individual also has experience in an early childhood setting teaching pre-school aged children. This typically requires a bachelor’s degree plus licensure or certification. OR

B. *Coursework: No less than 9 credits within the bachelors degree in courses that focus on child development, early childhood education and curriculum, early childhood teaching and assessment, or related subjects with an additional 6 credit hours in psychology, family development, health and physical development, mathematics, science, and children’s literature or related subjects. Such courses may have been taken in various departments, such as Education, Home Economics, Music, Art, Library Sciences, Physical Education and Recreation, Psychology, Family Studies, and others

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CDI Head Start is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.