CCR&R Coach - Somali - Child Care Resource & Referral

About the role

This position provides regular reflective and relationship-based coaching to teachers and instructional leaders working in early childhood programs. It involves establishing collaborative relationships, integrating racial justice and equity principles, facilitating goal setting, and supporting continuous quality improvement.

Responsibilities/Duties

• Establishes and maintains ongoing collaborative relationships with early education programs and educators.
• Integrates racial justice and equity principles into coaching strategies.
• Facilitates goal setting, data evaluation, and observation feedback with administrators and teachers.
• Collaboratively establishes action steps and identifies available resources through engaged data dialogues and reflective conversations.
• Supports continuous quality improvement in practice with a focus on program goals, standards, and early childhood inclusive practices.
• Conducts regular direct observations of coachees in practice using formal and informal tools and provides feedback.
• Uses technology when appropriate to support programs and coachees through video review, feedback, and resource sharing.
• Serves as a resource in identifying appropriate research-based strategies and interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Uses coaching data to help inform training and technical assistance plans and goal setting.
• Coordinates and supports networks and communities of practice for educators.
• Provides training for early childhood providers.
• Participates in coach mentoring and ongoing coaching professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor degree in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field; OR a Step 10 on the Oregon Registry and coursework in age three to five development; OR Associates degree WITH the ability to obtain a bachelor degree in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field within four (4) years of hire.
• Experience/Training: Minimum (5) years of experience teaching in, coordinating, or coaching in an early childhood program, including at least two (2) years of experience in leadership role.
• Other Qualifications: Possession of, or ability to obtain, an Oregon Registry Master Trainer Certification within one (1) year of hire.
• Working Conditions: Works in a variety of office and classroom settings. As necessary to meet workload demands, works outside of typical schedule, including flexible evening/weekend hours. Work requires travel to off-campus locations and periodic weekend or overnight trips with advance notice.

Benefits

• Vacation, sick and personal business or emergency leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance.
• Optional short-term disability insurance, optional life, optional AD&D.
• Retirement through Oregon PERS.
• Tuition waiver plan and professional development funds.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).