Early Care and Education Specialist

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About the positionResponsibilities• Administer child screenings/assessments on School Readiness participants.• Administer program assessments in School Readiness and Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) provider classrooms.• Assist with determining appropriate early intervention services for all School Readiness and VPK children, including Warm Line referrals.• Assist with inputting, collecting, and analyzing data to identify emerging trends and training needs for the ELC's providers and families.• Provide recommendations to the ECE Manager for children with concerns who ELC will refer to other early intervention agencies.• Develop and implement professional development opportunities, special events, conferences and forums for providers.• Provide technical assistance and coaching to early childhood educators and parents as needed.• Maintain knowledge of law, policies & procedures.• Deliver services and provide timely follow-up in accordance with law.• Assist with compiling resources, creating packets, and arranging resource areas for parents and providers throughout the seven-county area.• Assist with internal and external audits to ensure accuracy and compliance.• Participate in a minimum of two ELC outreach events and/or activities each fiscal year.• Responsible for ensuring appropriate use of all resources by immediately reporting suspected fraud via ELC-established Fraud Reporting Procedure.• Participate as directed in all ELC quality improvement efforts to achieve optimum organizational performance.• Contact the Abuse Hotline immediately in the event an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation is received and notify a manager immediately.• Provide information and reporting accurately and timely.Requirements• High School diploma or equivalent and four (4) years relevant work experience in early childhood education, human services program, or related field required.• Bachelor's or associate degree and two (2) years experience in early childhood education, human services program, or related field required.• One year experience working as an administrator or teacher within an early childhood setting preferred.• Two years experience creating and delivering group and individualized instruction preferred.• Experience working with special needs children preferred.• An understanding of child care programs, early childhood education, social service issues, community action programs, and serving low-income communities.• Complete Child Assessment, Teacher Assessment, Coaching certification within one year of hire.Nice-to-haves• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, web-based programs, and databases.• Ability to adapt readily to change.• Ability to work flexible schedules, including occasional weekends/evenings as required for training purposes.• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including providing technical programmatic information to nontechnical audience.• Ability to manage multiple projects, follow-through and meet deadlines.• Ability to train on subject matter and to adjust delivery of training and training materials to classroom situations and audience.Benefits• Health insurance• Dental insurance• Vision insurance• Flexible paid time off and holidays• Life insurance• Short-term and long-term disability insurance• Retirement savings plan (401K)• Loan forgiveness eligible employer• Hybrid work option after successful completion of probationary period

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