I. Position Summary
Responsible for ensuring compliance in the area of education of Chicago Commons’ partner agencies. Provides training and technical assistance in curriculum and enhanced curricular for children zero-five. Will require traveling to partner agencies for support.
II. Education & Certification Requirements
(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below 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.)
Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or related field and a minimum of 3 years of direct teaching experience.
III. Experience & Training Requirements
- Must be organized and detail oriented.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Must be comfortable using digital platforms to create printed materials for program use.
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with others.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workload well.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Must be able to travel to multiple schools in diverse communities.
- Must be able to read and write English proficiently.
- Must regularly operate a word-processing system and therefore must be able to read, produce and transmit data on such a system.
IV. Desired Outcomes
- Conducts quarterly meetings with key stakeholders at external agencies, 4 meetings annually.
Monitor Education services across external agencies through unannounced and announced site visits to ensure compliance with the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
- Monitors child database systems for quality assurance and to intentionally plan areas of support.
- Work with direct supervisor on a yearly professional development plan. Identifies own learning needs and takes the steps necessary to develop skills and set challenging goals.
- Provide training and technical assistance to external agencies, as needed.
V. Essential Job Requirements & Duties
(These include but are not limited to the following. The company reserves the right to add to, delete, change, or modify the essential duties and responsibilities at any time.)
- Monitor Education services across external partnering agencies to ensure compliance with the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
- Assess program quality and make recommendations for program improvements to ensure compliance with funding requirements and quality programming for children.
- Represent Chicago Commons at applicable meetings and maintains a liaison with community, neighborhood institutions, and other relevant organizations.
- Travel to various Chicagoland neighborhoods to complete unannounced and announced site visits in alignment with established monitoring schedules.
- Develops improvement plans and tracks ongoing progress to ensure system enhancement.
- Provide training and technical assistance, as needed.
- Establish systems and create tools to help ensure accurate recording keeping and compliance.
- Monitor child database systems and provide support with producing quality observations, assigning educational objectives and improving child outcomes.
- Promote continuous quality improvement and quality assurance efforts for the agency.
- Monitor developmental screenings and ensure timely referrals.
- Provide oversight and support of coaching model and ensure implementation across agencies.
- Develop and disseminate information and resources related to early childhood to support teachers, classrooms, and program quality improvement efforts.
- Create tools and protocols that will assist partnering agencies in carrying out duties, implementing changes, and remaining in compliance.
- Plan relevant training opportunities and meetings.
- Work collaboratively team members and external agency staff to meet the needs of children and families.
- Assess classroom equipment and materials regularly.
- Support site-based staff in completing annual self-assessments.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform.)
The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Working Conditions: (The unavoidable, externally imposed conditions under which the work must be performed, and which create hardship for the incumbent including the frequency and duration of occurrence of physical demands, environmental conditions, demands on one’s senses and mental demands.) N/A
Chicago Commons is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, marital or parental status, sexual orientation including gender identity, gender expression, military discharge status, physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. In addition, Chicago Commons provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. Qualified applicants will be required to complete a successful background and drug screening process upon hire.
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Required
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Bachelors or better in Business Administration
Preferred
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Bachelors or better in Early Childhood Education or related field
Required
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Microsoft Office
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Database Management
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Excel - Spreadsheets
Preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer
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