Education Coordinator

Job Description: To work cooperatively and collaboratively to support the success of our co-workers, children, families, the community, our vendors, our nation and the world.

Job Summary:

The Education Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the Head Start service plans and DCFS Child Care Licensing Standards related to education are implemented in the classroom: lesson planning; assessment; referral for special needs; individualization; and documentation. Monitoring education files, checkpoints, portfolios, and home visits is also required. The Education Coordinator is responsible for: orienting new staff, volunteers, and interns to the curriculum used; classroom activities; daily schedule; classroom routines and program documentation. The Education Coordinator provides input into the evaluations of teaching staff; observes each classroom bi-monthly and as needed and serves as a coach to enhance teacher-student interactions. The Ed Coordinator should also establish a rapport with both staff and families and be visible. The Education Coordinator oversees the total classroom: classroom environment, supplies, materials, teacher-student interactions and professional development.

The Ed Coordinator also serves as a mentor and coach for the teaching teams by: encouraging experimenting with activities; providing resources for the teaching teams; assisting in team building; working with the team in implementing work plans for individual children; and identifying and solving problems in the classrooms.

In the absence of site supervisor, is responsible for daily operations:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

● The Ed Coordinator is responsible for contributing to the overall mission of It Takes A Village and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality education and social service program. The Ed Coordinator should be fully knowledgeable of ITAV’s Continuous Quality Improvement activities.

● The Ed Coordinator is expected to support and contribute to inter-system collaboration with other staff members and external service providers to improve all social service delivery systems.

Serve as a mentor/coach by:

● Planning, conducting, and documenting bi-monthly teacher meetings.

● Planning, conducting, and documenting monthly Teaching Team Meetings.

● Observing each classroom and providing regular feedback.

● Modeling appropriate teaching behaviors when necessary.

● Identifying training needs of staff and participates in the development of the program training plans.

● Supervising lead teachers, teachers, and teacher aides.

● Working collaboratively with the Site Director to report progress; plan new strategies; discuss problems; and review program policies and procedures.

● Providing coverage in classrooms, when necessary, to ensure compliance.

Ensures program content by:

● Monitoring implementation of curriculum to ensure that the learning goals of It Takes A Village and its funders are being met.

● Ensuring weekly lesson plans are completed and providing feedback.

● Utilizing Coaching for Fidelity to ensure appropriate curriculum implementation.

● Ensuring appropriate postings are visible in the classroom and all pertinent documentation is present (emergency contact form, meal sheets, attendance books, sign-in sheets, logs).

● Ensuring that classrooms are clean, organized, labeled and materials are accessible to children.

● Ensuring the rotation of materials and resources in classrooms and that appropriate materials are used in activities.

● Ensuring that all interest areas of the classroom are being utilized and equipped with the appropriate materials and supplies.

● Ordering appropriate equipment, supplies, and materials in quantities needed with input from teaching team and Site Director.

● Using child outcomes report from Creative Curriculum and Village Assessment tool to oversee planning for each classroom.

● Completing quarterly outcome analysis report based on Teaching Strategies Gold Data and submitting it to DFSS and the Executive Director.

● Working with external resources (Child and Family Connections and Chicago Public Schools) and families to ensure that developmental assessments and evaluations are completed.

● Working with the Mental Health Consultant and DFSS Disabilities Liaison to support children with challenging behaviors.

● Working with Family Support, Teaching Staff and the Director of Education to ensure the implementation of literacy activities for children and parents.

● Organizing, orienting and monitoring new teaching staff, interns and volunteers in the classrooms.

Ensures the documenting of child outcomes by:

● Making sure that documentation is placed into the Teaching Strategies Gold system, quarterly checkpoints are completed, and pertinent child case notes are placed in COPA.

● Making sure that Village Assessments are completed three times a year and data is stored on the shared drive.

● Utilizing the COPA system to case note professional development progress.

● Ensuring that ASQ and ESI-R results are documented in COPA.

● Ensure that documentation is consistently inputted into Teaching Strategies Gold.

● Ensuring that lesson plans utilize information from the Child Profiles and Village Assessments.

● Ensuring that, for special needs children: referrals are made and responded to; IEP’s are developed and classroom work plans are given to teaching team; that the teaching teams are trained to work with children with special needs by the Education Coordinator; work plans are implemented; work plans are revised as needed.

● Reviewing children’s portfolios quarterly to ensure that development in each area is being documented.

Documentation

● Submitting monthly reports to the Program Director.

● Monitoring classroom NAEYC portfolios to ensure that all standards are being covered.

● Participates in the annual Head Start self-assessment process.

● Participates in the annual Community Partnerships Program evaluation process.

● Maintaining quarterly inventory of all classroom equipment.

● Evaluation of Teachers, Teaching Assistants, and Teacher Aides.

● Performs other duties as assigned within the scope of the job description.

Qualifications:

▪ Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a Related Field.

▪ Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

▪ Must be able demonstrate the passion, skill, and competence necessary to contribute to each families’ development.

▪ Must have experience working with disadvantaged populations.

▪ Must be able to travel within the community (i.e., parents’ homes, partner sites, community agencies, may require climbing stairs, etc.).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Vision insurance
Schedule:

8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:

Chicago, IL 60607: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location:
One location