Child Care Coach Manager at VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Summary: The Partnerships in Child Care division of Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge provides information, support, and assistance to child care teachers and Directors to improve the quality of their early childhood instruction and thus positive learning outcomes for children. The Child Care Coach provides this array of support and guidance to early care and education programs through on-site technical assistance.

Position Type: Full Time, Non-Exempt

Essential Functions:

• Support the implementation of goals and objectives established by the division
• Schedule and conduct visits to Type III early learning centers and registered family child care home providers to work with providers to implement best practices, implement strategies to promote sustained change, and support self-directed improvement
• Provide targeted technical assistance through coaching to child care centers according to guidelines established by the program and the Louisiana Department of Education
• Provide to Type III child care centers coaching on effective implementation of Early Learning and Development Standards, Teaching Strategies GOLD student learning documentation and assessments, curriculum, and CLASS assessment results, including but not limited to
  • Conduct needs assessments with teachers and Directors
  • Coach on how to conduct live, ongoing observations of children
  • Guide on setting schedule in order to meet TS GOLD checkpoints effectively
  • Provide technical support on using the TS GOLD app
  • Provide modeling, guidance, and development of age-appropriate lesson plans linked to curriculum
  • Guide room arrangement and assessment of materials
  • Review CLASS assessment reports with providers
  • Set up goals and action plans on improving CLASS scores
  • Lead reflection on and share feedback about teaching practices
• Provide CLASS observations in Infant, Toddler and/or Pre-K classrooms
• Develop and provide training session content and materials for child care providers
• Prepare in a timely manner all required reports on visits conducted
• Prepare information for other project evaluation and reports
• Help identify needed training/professional development for teachers
• Help identify needed training/professional development for teachers
• Help organize in-service training programs for staff
• Link child care teachers and/or Directors with needed resources for additional development
• Provide emotional support for teachers and Directors regarding the amount of new knowledge being learned and implemented
• Build collaborative relationships with Community Network members and partners, Mental Health Consultants, Child Care Quality Specialists, and others from Louisiana’s Department of Education
• Perform other job-related duties
• In collaboration with direct supervisors, implement a personal professional development plan

Competencies:

1. Communication Proficiency
2. Accountability for Others
3. Balanced Decision Making
4. Leading Others
5. Flexibility
6. Initiative
7. Analysis of Data
8. Problem Management

Supervisory Responsibility: No

Required Education and Experience:

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit, use hands, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee can sometimes be exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.