Professional Development Coach I

Expected Hourly Pay Rate:

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CCRC prides itself as a workplace of choice for passionate talent, driven by our mission to cultivate child, family and community well-being. Whether the position works directly with the public or supports our programs, every position is vital to our mission's success and reputation as a leader. We are not your typical non-profit. We are 900+ people strong and growing!

General Summary:
Under general supervision, the Professional Development Coach provides on-site and quality improvement coaching and promotes professional development access and attainment to childcare providers. The Professional Development Coach provides service to providers, specifications of the cases are grant dependent. The Professional Development Coach builds and maintains relationships, provides mentoring and resources, creates and facilitates professional development plans, and connects growth opportunities to the providers served.

This position is full-time and field-based, and requires regularly working a non-traditional schedule (i.e., weeknights and weekends)

Please review the full job flyer here: Professional Development Coach I Job Flyer

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Within a team environment, the Professional Development Coach performs the following responsibilities:

Coaching & Mentoring 60%

• Provide onsite-based professional development coaching visits. Travel to the provider's location to do so.
• Coach participants to ensure participant observations, assessments, age-appropriate activities, lesson plans, and portfolios are completed.
• Model appropriate curriculum. Practice and act as a resource for participants on participant development, quality childcare, and professional development topics.
• Assist participants in creating a professional development plan, setting goals, and selecting strategies in accordance to program requirements

Participant Training and Engagement 20%

• Facilitate and/or present to Early Childhood Educators at professional development trainings on participant development topics, Early Childhood Educators (ECE) competencies, and other appropriate activities. Travel as needed to conduct training activities.
• Assess and guide participants on their status toward achieving development permits in accordance with the Child Development Permit Matrix issued by California Teacher Credentialing (if applicable to program).
• Build connections with local, higher education institutions to facilitate ECE professionals with current resources and practices in the field and connect childcare providers to educational opportunities.
• Facilitate professional learning cohorts and networking opportunities for ECE professionals.

Monitoring & Compliance 20%

• Ensure participants remain in compliance with Community Care Licensing regulations and other state funding terms and conditions in accordance to specified programs.
• Remain current on community resources and ECE program practices and assessment tools.
• Conduct progress monitoring of program activities and enter progress reports in database(s) in accordance with program deadline compliance.
• Measure and monitor Early Childhood Education environments and program activities for quality assurance purposes. Ensure accountability of participants and provide ongoing support for meeting program requirements.
• Assist supervisors in the preparation and submission of reports by program deadlines.

Job Specifications

Minimum Required

• Education: Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Experience: Two years of teaching experience working with children, families and/or childcare providers.

• Professional/Technical Certifications: Holds or the ability to obtain or qualify for CPR and First Aid Certification.
• Technical Requirements - List specifics:
  • Technical Requirements - Basic Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Bilingual Required: Ability to converse in English and Spanish
• Travel: This position requires 15% of travel. Travel may involve attending meetings, trainings, CCRC sponsored events and conferences throughout the nation. Some overnight travel may be required. Staff members driving on behalf of CCRC may choose to drive a CCRC vehicle or own vehicle and must meet requirements to be an approved driver including holding and maintaining current auto insurance, current California Driver's License and DMV clearance required.
• Work Schedule: The schedule is full time and must have the availability to work in the field or remotely, as needed. Ability to work a non-traditional work schedule including early mornings, late evenings and weekends.
• Work environment: Work performed in office, remote location, or at childcare site location. There are opportunities for work outside while supporting the team at CCRC sponsored events.
• Background & Health Clearance Requirements: Head Start / CCP;
  • Background & Health Clearance Requirements: Background requirements determined according to the requirements of the program(s) which the position will be supporting.
  • Background check required. As a grant-funded Agency supporting Children and Family Services, CCRC conducts background checks commensurate with the role to verify candidate qualifications (criminal history, employment history / experience, education, reference checks) and ensure grant compliance. Specific roles may have additional verification / clearance to the standard background check as part of the recruitment and selection process, including:
  • Live Scan Clearance / DOJ Fingerprinting: For positions working directly with the public in a child/ community care or child / community care adjacent setting (CA Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 and/or Early Care & Learning Program Performance Standards 1302.90).
  • Health Clearance: For positions working directly with the public in a child/ community care or child / community care adjacent setting or working with "at risk" populations, CA Code of Regulations Title 22, *101216, CA Health and Safety Code 1596.7995, and/or Early Care & Learning Program Performance Standards 1302.93)
  • MVR / DMV clearance in accordance with CCRC's liability insurance provisions: For positions where driving is required.
  • Child Development Permit: For positions working in an educational capacity (California Education Code Sections 44242.5, 44340, and 44341)
  • CPR / Pediatric CPR certification: For certain identified positions working directly with the public in a child/ community care or child / community care adjacent setting (CA Health & Safety Code 1596.865 - 1596.866)
  • Federal Debarment Checks: For positions acting in a principal capacity to federal funds (Early Care & Learning Program Performance Standards 1304.11, Code of Federal Regulations Title 2 Grants and Agreements 2.180.320 and 2.180.995)

Preferred

All minimum requirements above met, plus:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Experience: Three years' teaching experience working with children, families and/or childcare providers,

Early Care and Education, and/or related fields, or any combination of education and experience which would enable the candidate to successfully perform the functions of the position.

• Professional/Technical Certifications: Holds or the ability to obtain a Site Supervisor Permit.
• Technical Requirements - In addition to above (list specifics):
  • Proficiency in Windows based programs and data entry experience.
  • Intermediate or Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Bilingual preferred. Ability to read, write and/or translate in English and Spanish

At CCRC, passion and meaningful work is rewarded! We offer employees:

• Competitive compensation package
• Robust benefit offerings -Medical, Dental, Vision, and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance and Long Term Disability paid for by CCRC
• Employer Contribution and Employer Match in the 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 100% vesting
• Generous Time Off Policy-Vacation and Sick Time, Holidays, and Paid Winter Break
• Opportunities for learning and professional development, including education reimbursement
• Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs
• 501(c) (3) designation-You can apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness!
  

We have doubled in size over the past 10 years. We provide child development and early education, workforce development opportunities, child care financial assistance, Head Start preschool and Early Head Start services and more for close to 50,000 parents, children, and child care providers each month in Northern Los Angeles County, including Antelope Valley, and the entirety of San Bernardino County, including an office in Victorville, serving a total geographic area of 22,500 square miles.

Child Care Resource Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Accommodations: If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at (818) 717-1000 ext. 6599 or email them at Recruiting@ccrcca.org.