Early Head Start Mentor Coach: Infant-Toddler Training

Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana; Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The EHS Mentor Coach position in Louisiana is focused on observing infant/toddler classroom activities and providing on-the-job guidance and training to Early Head Start program staff to improve services and support center staff development.

Responsibilities include building strong relationships with staff, monitoring curriculum implementation, delivering coaching, and conducting needs assessments and CLASS observations to promote high-quality early childhood learning.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field (e.g., Special Education, Child Development, Psychology).
• Self-directed and multitask oriented.
• Ability to work as a team member within the Early Head Start Management team.
• Skills in providing training to Early Head Start direct service staff and assist staff in creating professional goals and action steps to improve services.
• Required to obtain Infant CLASS certification and Toddler CLASS certification; knowledge of infant/toddler curriculum and social/emotional curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Develop constructive relationships with infant/toddler direct service staff and serve as a role model for best practices.
• Monitor the implementation of the infant/toddler curriculum through observations.
• Provide non-intensive and intensive training and coaching to staff based on need.
• Increase effective teaching practices and intentional interactions that promote infant/toddler learning and development.
• Conduct and analyze needs assessments, curriculum fidelity assessments, and CLASS observations.

Skills

Self-directed

Multitask oriented

Team collaboration

Staff training

Education

Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or related field

Infant CLASS certification

Toddler CLASS certification

Knowledge of infant/toddler curriculum

Knowledge of social/emotional curriculum

Job description

The EHS Mentor Coach position in Louisiana is focused on observing infant/toddler classroom activities and providing on-the-job guidance and training to Early Head Start program staff to improve services and support center staff development.

Responsibilities include building strong relationships with staff, monitoring curriculum implementation, delivering coaching, and conducting needs assessments and CLASS observations to promote high-quality early childhood learning.