PTHS Curriculum Coach

NATURE AND SCOPE OF POSITION

The Curriculum Coach is responsible for serving as the educational lead for a Head Start center, with the responsibility of ensuring full implementation of all aspects of the PRIME TIME program’s early learning system, policies/procedures, and tools, with the goal of supporting all children to achieve School Readiness Goals. The Curriculum Coach must provide ongoing coaching to teaching staff to support them in successfully fulfilling all aspects of their role, including but not limited to effective practices in the following: CLASS teacher-child interactions; learning environments; curriculum; child assessment; meeting all children’s needs; working with families; professional growth and collaboration. The Curriculum Coach is responsible for working with teachers to implement program curriculum with fidelity, as well as working with teachers to implement child assessment system reliably, including understanding child outcomes data and using them to plan and individualize.

JOB FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL:

Education:

• Serve as education lead for the center, overseeing implementation of all aspects of education services and providing teachers with supervision, training, coaching, and monitoring.
• Support the effective implementation of the education content area, implementing all relevant policies and procedures.
• Oversee training of new hires (in conjunction with education & HR leads); develop, conduct or arrange other training as needed for staff, parents or volunteers.
• Work with teachers to implement program curriculum that incorporates all elements and meets all standards established by the PRIME TIME program (in compliance with Head Start standards and best practices).
• Oversee and approve the preparation of weekly lesson plans, including individualization and all other required elements.
• Ensure that teachers integrate goals from Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for children with disabilities (in consultation with Mental Health/Disabilities Coordinator).
• Ensure the completion of all required child screenings and assessments, including 45 and 90-day requirements for new children and quarterly progress assessments for all children.
• Ensure that classrooms and outdoor areas are supplied with developmentally appropriate materials.
• Participate in team meetings, home visits, and community events as needed.
• Support teachers in understanding child outcomes data and using it to improve practice.
• Provide teachers with coaching and support for quality improvement and professional growth through regular observation and formal and informal feedback.

Family Partnerships:

• Model strong, positive relationships with families.
• Support Family Coordinators to implement all aspects of the family services program, including planning monthly Parent Committee meetings.
• Ensure parents are integrally involved in developing the program’s curriculum and approach to child development and education through regular meetings with Policy Council members and others.
• Assist teaching staff in developing a system offering parents opportunities for enhancing and increasing their child observation skills.
• Coordinate training for parents and community members wanting to volunteer in the classroom.

Communication and Service Coordination:

• Lead regular team meetings to ensure effective communication and service coordination.
• Attend local, state, and regional initiatives to represent the center and to develop professionally.
• Develop a working knowledge of local community resources related to education and transition.
• Actively participate in Head Start/Early Head Start community, including staff meetings, mandated training, committee meetings, and other program-wide functions as needed, including some evening activities.

Record Keeping and Reporting:

• Education portfolios or other documentation of early childhood education services
• Child observations, assessment & planning information in CreativeCurriculum.net

Ongoing Monitoring and Self-Assessment:

• Review the weekly MBI (managing by information) report and ensure all concerns are addressed in a timely fashion.
• Review quarterly MBO (managing by outcomes) report and ensure all concerns are addressed in a timely fashion.
• Review quarterly and annual child outcomes data and oversee teacher planning to help all children make developmental gains.
• Participating in the annual program self-assessment

MARGINAL-

• Performs all other duties as assigned

PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education OR Curriculum Instruction OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with at least six (6) credit hours in early childhood education and experience teaching preschool-aged children OR state-awarded preschool teaching certification with experience teaching preschool-aged children required
• Master’s degree preferred

Work Experience:

• Previous experience teaching in an early childhood setting
• Experience with supervision, management, or coaching preferred
• Experience managing an infant/toddler or preschool program

Core Skills:

• Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred
• Knowledge of children with disabilities preferred
• Knowledge of infant/toddler health and safety licensing requirements
• Skills in collaboration and community partnerships
• Ability to interact effectively with people from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Demonstrated computer literacy skills, using MS Office applications and other basic data systems, including internet navigation
• Must be honest, dependable, and able to meet deadlines
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently

Additional Requirements:

• Physical examination and background checks are required for this position
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Obtain certification in CPR and First Aid
• Ability to sit most of the time with some bending and reaching
• Ability to stand, walk, or bend periodically
• Ability to engage in repetitive movement of wrists, hands, and fingers—typing and/or writing
• Ability to work frequently at close visual range (i.e. preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading).
• Ability to receive and respond to oral communication
• Ability to lift a child weighing 40 pounds, 20 times a day if needed

Travel

• Travel is required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time for work-related meetings and functions

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, bend, reach, stand, and walk periodically. The employee must have the ability to engage in repetitive movement of wrists, hands, and fingers. Specific vision abilities required by the job include the ability to work frequently at close visual range. The employee must be able to receive and respond to oral communication. The employee may be required to lift a child weighing 40 pounds, 20 times a day if needed.

Work Environment: Work is generally performed in an office environment. Noise level in the work environment is moderate to occasionally loud (examples include business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic, human voices). Standard office equipment generally used includes telephones, personal computers and/or tablets, printers, calculators, and fax machines. May be required to operate a motor vehicle during the course of duties.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities/Prime Time Family, Inc is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, creed, ancestry, marital status or sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, citizenship status, victims of domestic violence, or any other protected category.

NOTE: This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities. The organization reserves the right to change this description at its discretion.