Education Specialist - Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency : Job Details

DescriptionAbout Us:Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, Inc. (NEMCSA) is a private, nonprofit Community Action Agency, whose Mission is to provide quality programs and services to strengthen and enhance the self-sufficiency of individuals, families and communities through the best use of human and financial resources, focusing on those who are experiencing an economic hardship.What You'll Do:This position promotes the school readiness of children by providing direction for all program services related to education, including curriculum, program planning, development and training, and serving as a resource specialist for program staff. This position participates in teaching staff orientation, mentoring and helps plan, provide, facilitate, and implement professional learning. This position supervises Instructional Coaching staff and Professional Development Coordinator. This position also analyzes data for goal setting and ongoing monitoring. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties as related to the job may be assigned.

• Responsible for full implementation of education and child development program services to ensure compliance with internal and external policies and standards, including Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Act of 2007, Great Start Implementation Manual, Child Care Licensing Rules, and other pertinent standards;

• Develop and maintain knowledge of research-based developmentally appropriate best practices and resources in early childhood education, curricula, and disseminate such knowledge by providing ongoing quality assistance to staff;

• Provide guidance and support to staff with implementation of curriculum/individualization plans and ongoing assessments;

• Assist in maintaining good school-community relationships; Collaborate as a member in committees related to curricula areas.

• Review and assess component activities and interrelationships with other components; identify possible solutions for problems and makes recommendations; professionally interact with co-workers, staff, and parents;

• Support classroom and program monitoring through site visits, classroom observations, review of electronic records, and work groups. Help assess classroom and program needs and assist with planning strategies for system/process improvement and/or professional learning in the areas of early childhood education;

• Assist in the development and implementation of training for staff and parents to support home to school connection;

• Provide training, supervision and management of Instructional Coaches based on the Practice Based Coaching Model and Professional Development Coordinator;

• Develop and maintain policies and procedures, schedules and timelines for content area in accordance with funding requirements;

• Review and analyze child outcomes data; recommend and implement continuous program improvement strategies based on school readiness goals;

• Perform record keeping and internal and external reporting tasks for various reports in a timely and objective fashion; Prepare and submit information for Program Information Report (PIR), monthly, quarterly, and annual reports;

• Assume the role in absence of an Instructional Coach or Professional Development Coordinator;
• Conduct small group mentoring meetings for teaching staff to reflect on and apply, developmentally appropriate best practices, assessments, and everyday tasks.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position supervises coaching staff. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.RequirementsWhat We'll Love About You:Master's Degree in Child Development or early childhood education with five or more years' experience teaching 3 to 5 year old center-based preschool; supervising preschool programming including curriculum and instruction; disability services knowledge and practice is required.Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Employees in this position must possess reliable transportation, and a valid driver license. Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret (reports, regulations, periodicals). Write (reports, business correspondence and manuals). Present information and respond to questions. Mathematical Skills:Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Security/Privacy Access: This position has full access to view, alter, retrieve or store individually identifiable health or other sensitive information, pertinent to accomplishing assigned tasks, and must maintain confidentiality in accordance with the NEMCSA Privacy Policy. 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 this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) Employees in this position must possess close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and: Occasionally are required to:

• Climb or balance

• Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl

• Reach with hands or arms

• Twist at the neck or trunk

• Lift up to 50 pounds

Regularly are required to:

• Stand

• Walk

• Sit

• Use hands to finger, handle or feel

• Drive or have the ability to drive

• Use video display terminals

• Meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and staff in addition to meeting multiple demands from several people

• Work irregular or extended hours

• Use repeated hand, arm or finger motion

Frequently are required to:

• Talk or Hear

Footwear: No specific footwear required, refer to Employee Handbook Dress Code . Personal Protective Equipment: No specific PPE is required for this position. Work Environment: (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) Employees in this position work in moderate noise, must meet deadlines with severe time constraints and interact with the public and other workers and has direct responsibility for the safety, well-being and work output of others. The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance use in the workplace throughout his/her employment with NEMCSA. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. An Equal Opportunity Program/Employer. Auxiliary aids, services, and alternative format will be made available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Michigan Relay Center 1-800-###-#### (Voice and TDD). Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency, Inc. is an at-will employer.