CYP Training and Curriculum Specialist
Navy Region Naval District Washington Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR) · Patuxent River, MD · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes a Summary (purpose) and Duties, Requirements, Qualifications, Education, Additional info (benefits? maybe not). We need to include sections only when real content. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have content for Summary (purpose) maybe as About the role. Duties as Responsibilities. Requirements as Requirements. Qualifications as Qualifications. Education maybe part of Qualifications? Could be separate but we can include under Qualifications. Skills maybe not explicit separate; we have skills listed under Qualifications. Could create Skills section but we have skill statements within Qualifications; better to keep Qualifications only. Benefits: posting mentions "Help Review our benefits" but no details; we should not create Benefits section unless actual content. So omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Also remove "Help Review our benefits" line (just a link). Also remove "Help" after sections? The text includes "Help Duties", "Help Requirements", "Help Qualifications", "Help Education", "Help Additional information", "Help Review our benefits". Those "Help" words are likely UI; we should drop them.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the summary purpose text, duties list, requirements list, qualifications list, education details, additional info (like drug-free workplace, background checks, etc). Also maybe include "Conditions of employment" under Requirements? Actually Requirements section includes Conditions of employment etc. We'll keep that.
We must use
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have content for Summary (purpose) maybe as About the role. Duties as Responsibilities. Requirements as Requirements. Qualifications as Qualifications. Education maybe part of Qualifications? Could be separate but we can include under Qualifications. Skills maybe not explicit separate; we have skills listed under Qualifications. Could create Skills section but we have skill statements within Qualifications; better to keep Qualifications only. Benefits: posting mentions "Help Review our benefits" but no details; we should not create Benefits section unless actual content. So omit Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. Remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Also remove "Help Review our benefits" line (just a link). Also remove "Help" after sections? The text includes "Help Duties", "Help Requirements", "Help Qualifications", "Help Education", "Help Additional information", "Help Review our benefits". Those "Help" words are likely UI; we should drop them.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need to include the summary purpose text, duties list, requirements list, qualifications list, education details, additional info (like drug-free workplace, background checks, etc). Also maybe include "Conditions of employment" under Requirements? Actually Requirements section includes Conditions of employment etc. We'll keep that.
We must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
. So we need to convert duties bullet list (the long paragraph with many duties) into list items. The duties are given as a paragraph with many sentences separated by periods; we can split into logical items. But we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep as a single
if not list? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are enumerated as a list but not marked with bullets; we should treat them as list items. We'll break each duty sentence into
- . Similarly for requirements (conditions of employment etc.) we can list.
Qualifications: list of KSAs; we can list.
Education: maybe a
with the two options.
Additional info: maybe a
with drug-free workplace etc.
We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: use the Summary paragraph.
Then Responsibilities: list duties.
Then Requirements: list conditions of employment etc.
Then Qualifications: list KSAs.
Then Education: maybe as
(or could be part of Qualifications but we follow instruction to include section only if real content; we have Education content, so we can make a section Education? Not in allowed headings list; allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Education not allowed. So we must fit Education into one of those headings. Could put under Qualifications (since qualifications include education). Or we could treat Education as part of Qualifications. We'll embed education details within Qualifications section as part of list or paragraph.
Similarly Additional info (drug-free workplace etc.) could be part of Requirements or Qualifications? It's more about conditions of employment; maybe include under Requirements as additional conditions. We'll add to Requirements.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications.
We must not create Skills section unless we have explicit skills list separate; we have skills within Qualifications; we can keep Qualifications.
Now craft HTML.
We need to ensure no extra whitespace? Just output.
Let's draft:
About the role
The CYP T&C Specialist's purpose is threefold: to provide comprehensive staff training, assist in monitoring developmentally appropriate curriculum (ages 6 weeks-18 years), and promote career/education opportunities for professional growth. Quality training directly correlates to high-quality child and youth programming.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a lead participant in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.
- Develops, coordinates, and delivers a comprehensive training program designed to expand the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of individuals assigned to work with children and youth in Navy CYP, ensuring appropriateness for the age group(s)/program area that the learner is assigned.
- Arranges for subject matter experts to conduct/support specialized training, as needed.
- Identifies ongoing training needs by evaluating individual's strengths and challenges and tailors training plans and content to meet the needs of learners.
- Coordinates with CYP Directors to establish training plans that address the range of CYP training requirements, confirms each professional is scheduled for required learning opportunities and ensures resources are available to support career progression.
- Works primarily with CY Program Assistants to ensure DoD standardized courses are completed and competencies are documented as mastered within specified timeframes.
- Provides training to CYP employees so they can ensure classroom and activity area compliance with fire, safety, and sanitation rules and regulation.
- Maintains training records and individual development plans.
- Prepares training status reports and recommendations to supervisors and notifies CYP Directors of employees' and providers' training status and performance.
- Develops programs that encourage and support the pursuit of continuing higher education by documenting requirements for completion of the Child Development Associate (CDA) or the Military School-Age Credential (MSA), and providing information, assistance and guidance to employees and providers who are seeking college-level classes to meet their professional goals.
- Supports CYP employee's utilization of the employee tuition assistance program to pursue higher education and credentials.
- Develops a working relationship with local colleges, universities and professional organizations and advises employees/providers about continuing avenues of professional development.
- Assists the Family Child Care (FCC) Director and FCC Monitor(s) with requested training supports and to encourage providers to become accredited where applicable.
- Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs.
- Monitors and provides quality assurance for the development and implementation of curriculum, activity plans, schedules, and routines that incorporate the observed needs of children and youth.
- Observes, reviews, evaluates, and modifies activities and plans for appropriateness and effectiveness to optimize the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development, unique developmental needs, and experiences in classrooms/activity areas and programs.
- Coordinates recommendations for adjustment and conducts follow up observations, as needed.
- Provides frequent physical check of assigned classrooms/activity areas to ensure supervision and accountability measures are implemented and ensures professionals functioning in single ratio are supported as needed.
- Conducts quality assurance checks on classroom/activity records to include lesson plans, after action plans, medication and allergy documentation, classroom inspection checklists, temperature logs, child portfolios, inclusion and behavior support plans, accident/incident reports, child attendance and accountability reports, as well as any locally required documentation.
- Ensures the quality and consistency of developmental programming to include the environment, equipment, materials, program structure, curriculum, risk management practices, and oversight and coordination of activity schedules and lesson plans.
- Reviews inspection and accreditation requirements for knowledge of overall process and updates.
- Provides direction and support for CYP professionals in preparing for and completing tasks and procedures related to inspections and accreditation.
- Advises appropriate behavior management techniques and classroom management strategies while working with children and youth.
- Ensures best practices in supporting and responding to children and youth of all abilities.
- Facilitates inclusion of children who require accommodations for participation in CYP.
- Guides Program Assistant team in preparing and implementing program options for children and youth with special or unique requirements and individual needs.
- Monitors and ensures care for children with special needs is applied, evaluated, and modified, in accordance with policy.
- Supports the Installation Inclusion Action Team (IAT) by participating in meetings and supporting the development of Inclusion Support Plans (ISP).
- Monitors the implementation of ISPs and ensures classroom and program staff are trained on accommodations and supports documented in the ISP.
Requirements
- Must satisfactorily complete all background checks for child care positions, including fingerprint checks, a Tier 1 with Child Care check, Tier 3 if applicable, and a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check.
- Must pass a pre-employment physical, provide evidence of immunization, be free of all communicable diseases, and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
- Must possess a valid state driver’s license.
- Must successfully obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as needed.
- Ability to complete required training certificates, and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal, State, and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoD's Child and Youth Programs.
- Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.
- May work an uncommon tour of duty to include evening and weekend work to accommodate schedules of employees and providers.
- Position not eligible for scheduled recurring telework. Management may authorize unscheduled telework in the event of weather, other base closures, or on an ad‑hoc basis and should be considered on a case by case basis IAW DoD and Navy policy.
- Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installations Command is a Drug‑Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.
- All individuals involved in the provision of child care services on a Department of Navy (DON) installation or in a DON‑sanctioned program must complete the Installation Records Check (IRC). The IRC includes a check of the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program (SARP) records in the Alcohol and Drug Management Information Tracking System (ADMITS) database, a check of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) records in the Fleet and Family Support Management Information System (FFSMIS), and an installation security/base check via the Navy Justice Information System (NJIS) database and/or other law enforcement systems. This information will be used to determine suitability for the applicant in accordance with criteria for automatic and presumptive disqualifiers, per DoDI 1402.05.
- Per Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1402.05 Background Checks on Individuals in DoD Child Care Services Programs, incumbents will be automatically disqualified for a conviction in either civilian or military court (to include any general, special, or summary court‑martial conviction or if they received non‑judicial punishment [under Article 15 or chapter 47 of Title 10, U.S.C]) for any of the following: a sexual offense, any criminal offense involving a child victim, or a felony drug offense. Additionally, the incumbent will be automatically disqualified if he/she has been held to be negligent in a civil adjudication or administrative proceeding concerning the death of or serious injury to a child or dependent person entrusted to the individual's care.
- Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Qualifications
. So we need to convert duties bullet list (the long paragraph with many duties) into list items. The duties are given as a paragraph with many sentences separated by periods; we can split into logical items. But we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep as a single
if not list? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are enumerated as a list but not marked with bullets; we should treat them as list items. We'll break each duty sentence into
- . Similarly for requirements (conditions of employment etc.) we can list.
Qualifications: list of KSAs; we can list.
Education: maybe a
with the two options. Additional info: maybe a
with drug-free workplace etc. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Let's craft. First, About the role: use the Summary paragraph. Then Responsibilities: list duties. Then Requirements: list conditions of employment etc. Then Qualifications: list KSAs. Then Education: maybe as
(or could be part of Qualifications but we follow instruction to include section only if real content; we have Education content, so we can make a section Education? Not in allowed headings list; allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Education not allowed. So we must fit Education into one of those headings. Could put under Qualifications (since qualifications include education). Or we could treat Education as part of Qualifications. We'll embed education details within Qualifications section as part of list or paragraph. Similarly Additional info (drug-free workplace etc.) could be part of Requirements or Qualifications? It's more about conditions of employment; maybe include under Requirements as additional conditions. We'll add to Requirements. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. We must not create Skills section unless we have explicit skills list separate; we have skills within Qualifications; we can keep Qualifications. Now craft HTML. We need to ensure no extra whitespace? Just output. Let's draft:
About the role
The CYP T&C Specialist's purpose is threefold: to provide comprehensive staff training, assist in monitoring developmentally appropriate curriculum (ages 6 weeks-18 years), and promote career/education opportunities for professional growth. Quality training directly correlates to high-quality child and youth programming.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a lead participant in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.
- Develops, coordinates, and delivers a comprehensive training program designed to expand the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of individuals assigned to work with children and youth in Navy CYP, ensuring appropriateness for the age group(s)/program area that the learner is assigned.
- Arranges for subject matter experts to conduct/support specialized training, as needed.
- Identifies ongoing training needs by evaluating individual's strengths and challenges and tailors training plans and content to meet the needs of learners.
- Coordinates with CYP Directors to establish training plans that address the range of CYP training requirements, confirms each professional is scheduled for required learning opportunities and ensures resources are available to support career progression.
- Works primarily with CY Program Assistants to ensure DoD standardized courses are completed and competencies are documented as mastered within specified timeframes.
- Provides training to CYP employees so they can ensure classroom and activity area compliance with fire, safety, and sanitation rules and regulation.
- Maintains training records and individual development plans.
- Prepares training status reports and recommendations to supervisors and notifies CYP Directors of employees' and providers' training status and performance.
- Develops programs that encourage and support the pursuit of continuing higher education by documenting requirements for completion of the Child Development Associate (CDA) or the Military School-Age Credential (MSA), and providing information, assistance and guidance to employees and providers who are seeking college-level classes to meet their professional goals.
- Supports CYP employee's utilization of the employee tuition assistance program to pursue higher education and credentials.
- Develops a working relationship with local colleges, universities and professional organizations and advises employees/providers about continuing avenues of professional development.
- Assists the Family Child Care (FCC) Director and FCC Monitor(s) with requested training supports and to encourage providers to become accredited where applicable.
- Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs.
- Monitors and provides quality assurance for the development and implementation of curriculum, activity plans, schedules, and routines that incorporate the observed needs of children and youth.
- Observes, reviews, evaluates, and modifies activities and plans for appropriateness and effectiveness to optimize the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development, unique developmental needs, and experiences in classrooms/activity areas and programs.
- Coordinates recommendations for adjustment and conducts follow up observations, as needed.
- Provides frequent physical check of assigned classrooms/activity areas to ensure supervision and accountability measures are implemented and ensures professionals functioning in single ratio are supported as needed.
- Conducts quality assurance checks on classroom/activity records to include lesson plans, after action plans, medication and allergy documentation, classroom inspection checklists, temperature logs, child portfolios, inclusion and behavior support plans, accident/incident reports, child attendance and accountability reports, as well as any locally required documentation.
- Ensures the quality and consistency of developmental programming to include the environment, equipment, materials, program structure, curriculum, risk management practices, and oversight and coordination of activity schedules and lesson plans.
- Reviews inspection and accreditation requirements for knowledge of overall process and updates.
- Provides direction and support for CYP professionals in preparing for and completing tasks and procedures related to inspections and accreditation.
- Advises appropriate behavior management techniques and classroom management strategies while working with children and youth.
- Ensures best practices in supporting and responding to children and youth of all abilities.
- Facilitates inclusion of children who require accommodations for participation in CYP.
- Guides Program Assistant team in preparing and implementing program options for children and youth with special or unique requirements and individual needs.
- Monitors and ensures care for children with special needs is applied, evaluated, and modified, in accordance with policy.
- Supports the Installation Inclusion Action Team (IAT) by participating in meetings and supporting the development of Inclusion Support Plans (ISP).
- Monitors the implementation of ISPs and ensures classroom and program staff are trained on accommodations and supports documented in the ISP.
Requirements
- Must satisfactorily complete all background checks for child care positions, including fingerprint checks, a Tier 1 with Child Care check, Tier 3 if applicable, and a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check.
- Must pass a pre-employment physical, provide evidence of immunization, be free of all communicable diseases, and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
- Must possess a valid state driver’s license.
- Must successfully obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as needed.
- Ability to complete required training certificates, and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal, State, and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoD's Child and Youth Programs.
- Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.
- May work an uncommon tour of duty to include evening and weekend work to accommodate schedules of employees and providers.
- Position not eligible for scheduled recurring telework. Management may authorize unscheduled telework in the event of weather, other base closures, or on an ad‑hoc basis and should be considered on a case by case basis IAW DoD and Navy policy.
- Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installations Command is a Drug‑Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.
- All individuals involved in the provision of child care services on a Department of Navy (DON) installation or in a DON‑sanctioned program must complete the Installation Records Check (IRC). The IRC includes a check of the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program (SARP) records in the Alcohol and Drug Management Information Tracking System (ADMITS) database, a check of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) records in the Fleet and Family Support Management Information System (FFSMIS), and an installation security/base check via the Navy Justice Information System (NJIS) database and/or other law enforcement systems. This information will be used to determine suitability for the applicant in accordance with criteria for automatic and presumptive disqualifiers, per DoDI 1402.05.
- Per Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 1402.05 Background Checks on Individuals in DoD Child Care Services Programs, incumbents will be automatically disqualified for a conviction in either civilian or military court (to include any general, special, or summary court‑martial conviction or if they received non‑judicial punishment [under Article 15 or chapter 47 of Title 10, U.S.C]) for any of the following: a sexual offense, any criminal offense involving a child victim, or a felony drug offense. Additionally, the incumbent will be automatically disqualified if he/she has been held to be negligent in a civil adjudication or administrative proceeding concerning the death of or serious injury to a child or dependent person entrusted to the individual's care.
- Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Qualifications