Head Start School Readiness/Instructional Coach - Wythe/Bland County Area

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt, Full-time, 10 months

RATE OF PAY: Grade 5

NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: Avg. 44 weeks, 40 hours per week, 10 months

LOCATION: Wythe/Bland County Area

DUTIES: The School Readiness/Instructional Coach has a two-fold area of responsibility: 1) Coaching responsibilities include assessing all education staff to identify strengths, areas of needed support for which staff would benefit from coaching, including opportunities to be observed and receive feedback and modeling of effective teacher practices directly related to program performance goals; provides opportunities for education staff not identified for intensive coaching through the process to receive other forms of research-based professional development aligned with program performance goals; ensures that intensive coaching opportunities align with the program’s school readiness goals, curricula, and other approaches to professional development; provides input into the programs overall T/TA and Coaching Plans; and 2) School readiness responsibilities include helping to ensure an on-going educational program that meets the educational, transitional, and developmental needs of individual pre-school age children, infants, toddlers and pregnant women.

EDUCATION: *A minimum of a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a baccalaureate degree in a related field with coursework at least equivalent to as associate’s degree in early childhood education;

*A related degree (other than early childhood) may include Interdisciplinary Studies, Human Development, Child and Family Development or Psychology; *Coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education includes, but is not limited to, courses that focus on child development, early childhood education, early childhood curriculum (as a whole or by domain such as math, science, or literacy), early childhood teaching/instruction, child assessment, psychology, family development, health and physical development, mathematics, science, and children’s literature. Such courses may be offered in various departments, such as education, home economics, music, art, library sciences, physical education and recreation, psychology, human services, family studies, and others.);

• Candidate must have experience teaching in a preschool classroom utilizing a structured curriculum and assessment measures and experience with adult learners;

• Must hold or obtain CLASS reliability certification:

*Understands social and economic background and developmental needs of children and families; *Demonstrates knowledge of overall Head Start goals and philosophy;

• Exhibits effective interpersonal and communication skills;

• Has good computer skills;

• Maintains confidentiality;

• Be familiar with the ethnic background, be able to communicate in the language of families in the program and be able to serve and effectively communicate, to the extent feasible, with children and families with limited English proficiency.

Must have valid Driver’s License;

PRIOR TO HIRE: Must submit to fingerprint check, Sex Offender check, complete a Sworn Disclosure, complete Child Protective Services check, complete a TB Screening or PPD, submit to drug/alcohol test, and must present reference checks;

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS: Must possess or secure First Aid/CPR Certification;

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Must get Physical, DMV, and must be proficient in English;

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to lift minimum number of 50 pounds. This position requires bending, lifting, walking, talking, seeing, sitting, running, speaking, and hearing;

PREFERENCES: (Current and former Head Start parent, active Agency volunteers, current work experience participants, interns);

HOW TO APPLY: Please go to www.clinchvalleycaa.org and submit application to HR@clinchvalleycaa.org. If you are a current employee, please email interest to HR@clinchvalleycaa.org;

DEADLINE: Until such position is filled.

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