Early Learning Specialist, Day Shift, The Lourie Center Head Start

About the role

The Lourie Center Head Start, Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Early Learning Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Model working with children on experiences that advance their words, graphics, logical thought, body language, symbolic languages, fantasy, narratives, play, pretending, friendships, group identities and all similarities and differences that emerge.
• Collaborate with educators, children and families to create inclusive early learning environments and experience plans driven by results from aggregated data.
• Support educator professional development with creation and tracking of Professional Development Plans which include setting shared goals, conducting goal specific focused observations, identifying and registering for professional development trainings and workshops and provision of regular reflective feedback.
• Utilize program selected tools and curriculum to guide work (Classroom Assessment Scoring System; Teaching Strategies Gold; Tools of the Mind; Creative Curriculum, Circle of Security Classroom, Infant Toddler Early Childhood Rating Scale; Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale; Rating Observation Scale for Inspiring Classrooms, Inclusive Classroom Profile Environmental Rating Scale etc.)
• Provide classroom support (jumping in where there is a need; impromptu side by side coaching/modeling; “second teacher” when needed etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood, Human Development, or related field
• Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of five years classroom teaching experience in an early learning setting working with children and families, birth - five years old.
• Knowledge of emergent curricula
• Experience with presentations and training for adult learners
• Mandatory: Reliable transportation
• Mandatory: Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Requirements

None

Pay

$55,982.75 - $81,182.40

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday 8am-5pm