Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager

Regional Education Manager

Love making a difference? You'll fit right in. As a coaching manager, there’s something truly special about knowing you’re shaping a child’s future. When you join The Sunshine House family, you’re not just taking a job—you’re making an impact. Our preschool education managers play a crucial role in mentoring education leaders. Learn more about our 50-year legacy of love & early childhood learning: https://youtu.be/0geByoV9ZVY

The Regional Education Quality & Coaching Manager is a field-based instructional leader who develops Education Coaches, partners with center and regional operations leaders, and leads measurable improvement in early childhood learning experiences. Through data-informed problem solving, practice-based coaching, professional learning, and quality-improvement cycles, this position builds the capacity of adults to sustain strong daily teaching practices for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, prekindergarten students, and, as assigned, school-age children.

Compensation & Pay Range: $57,000-$64,000 annually plus free childcare, car/phone allowances.

Candidates with preferred requirements may qualify for higher pay within the range. Regular increases are considered with additional education, stellar performance, and years of service.

Essential Accountabilities

• Coach management and capability development
• Center diagnostic quality improvement leadership
• Curriculum and teaching practice
• Measurement, documentation and communication
• Professional learning and assigned project ownership
• Cross-functional partnership and leadership conduct

Key Attributes

• Evidence-seeking
• Coachable
• Empathetic and candid
• Accountable
• Tactful in operations partnerships
• Self-directed
• Organized
• Adaptable
• Grounded in developmentally appropriate practice
• Able to teach others to solve problems.

Minimum required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Early Childhood Administration, or a closely related field with demonstrated early childhood content expertise.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in licensed early care and education, including substantial classroom instructional experience and at least two years leading, managing, or formally coaching adults.
• Demonstrated understanding of center operations (staffing and scheduling constraints, classroom ratios, licensing readiness, enrollment, director responsibilities) and effective practice for birth through age five.
• Evidence of having led a multi-step improvement effort, used data to inform decisions, and monitored completion of an action plan.
• Ability to conduct objective observations, facilitate professional learning, provide constructive coaching, manage multiple deadlines, and use common digital productivity and data tools.
• Ability to meet required background screening, travel, driving and other job-related conditions consistent with applicable law and reasonable accommodation.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree; multi-site early childhood leadership; director/assistant director experience; previous formal supervision of coaches or managers.
• Experience with Creative Curriculum, Brain Connect or comparable curriculum; ERS, CLASS, state QRIS systems, and reflective or practice-based coaching.
• Experience with dashboard design, data cleaning, coaching logs, project management, and evaluation of training transfer.
• Experience across infant/toddler and preschool/pre-K, and school-age settings where relevant.

Why You’ll Love Working at The Sunshine House:
Our team is our family. You invest in our children, and we invest in you! 

• Competitive Pay: The pay range is just the starting point. Our hiring managers carefully consider your experience, credentials, & education and complete annual salary evaluations. Ask about how we support advancement (like tuition reimbursement) that may increase your pay.
• FREE childcare
• Regular bonus potential
• Same day pay available
• Unlimited growth opportunities 
  
  
• Fantastic Benefits Package: You have lots of choices for health, dental, vision, and other benefits such as AFLAC. Choices afford you control over how you’d like to receive your healthcare, and how much you want to pay for it.
• Affordable Blue Cross Blue Shield plans
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401K retirement plan
• Employee wellness program
  
  
• Work-Life Balance: Your paid time off starts accruing from day one. And the longer you stay with the company, the more time off you earn – including 7 paid holidays.
• Monday-Friday schedule
• Employee discounts on major brands like Verizon
• Paid Birthday holiday

• Education Supports: All required professional development is paid. Interested in continuing your education? We pay for the CDA program and support TEACH.
• Paid trainings & professional development
• Up to 95% FREE tuition for CDA, associate's, bachelor's or master's programs with the TEACH program. Eligible bonuses could push the amount of funding to over 100%.

About The Sunshine House:
For 50 years, The Sunshine House has provided high-quality early education and childcare for children from 6 weeks to 12 years old. We operate more than 100 schools across 7 states, helping children build a solid educational and social foundation while having fun. Learn more at www.sunshinehouse.com.

he Sunshine House is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The Sunshine House prides itself on closely following state and federal laws designed to keep you protected. Follow the links below to learn about Discrimination, FMLA, and Polygraph protections. Information on additional employee rights can be found posted at each school.

Discrimination Information

FMLA Information

Polygraph Test Information

Salary : $57,000 - $64,000