ECE CDA Workforce Coordinator

Child Care Resources Inc; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Professional Development

Sick and vacation leave

14 paid holidays annually

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Voluntary Benefits

401(k)

Bus/rail Pass Monthly Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Child Care Resources Inc is seeking an operations-focused coordinator to drive the statewide CDA Workforce expansion project. The role emphasizes recruiting students and early-career practitioners, ensuring self-paced CDA training, and assisting through practicum and portfolio development.

You will collaborate with schools to schedule 480 hours, monitor progress, and provide hands-on support for training modules, CDA prep, and verification visits.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented with strong follow-through.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team across diverse communities.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and work with Junior/Senior High School students and new ECE practitioners seeking to advance education.
• Ensure enrollees are in a self-paced training program meeting CDA requirements and monitor progress with the current vendor.
• Assist enrollees with building portfolios, providing sample TA, and completing Registry forms.
• Collaborate with neighborhood schools to facilitate 480 hours of practicum.
• Conduct 1:1, small group, and large group meetings to track CDA milestones.
• Provide support for training modules, portfolio, practicum, parent surveys, applicant process, CDA exam prep, and verification visits.
• Connect candidates to centers offering 480 hours practicum; assist in program marketing.
• Gather data for statistical reports and create materials to promote the Childcare Registry; complete PATCH reports.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organization and attention to detail

Teamwork and independent work

Multicultural experience

Customer service

Computer literacy

CDA knowledge

Education

Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

Job description

PATCH is seeking an individual to be responsible for day to day operations of the coordination and implementation of the statewide CDA Workforce expansion.

What You'll Do

• Recruit and work with Junior/Senior High School students, new ECE practitioners who would like to increase their education.
• Ensure enrollees are in a self-paced training program that at minimum, meets the CDA requirements and to monitor their progress utilizing the current selected vendor.
• Assist enrollees with building the required portfolio, providing them with sample and/or TA support provides technical assistance to practitioners on how to complete the Registry forms.
• Work with neighborhood schools to collaborate and allow students to conduct their 480 hours or practicum.
• Check in with the school and monitor students' progress. Meet frequently with students to ensure they are on the path to meetings all components of the CDA. Meetings will be don 1:1, in small groups and/or large groups.
• Provide support for any training module a student may struggle with, portfolio, practicum placement, parent surveys, applicant process, study/prep for CDA exam and prepare for verification visits.
• Connect candidates to a preschool/infant toddler center/head start that will offer 480 hours of required practicum experience.
• Assist in program marketing.
• Assists in gathering data for statistical reports and developing materials used to promote and inform about the Childcare Registry.
• Complete monthly PATCH reports and reports for funders.
• Performs other duties as necessary.

Requirements

Mental, Physical and Communication Demands:

• Requires relating to people in a friendly and professional manner with excellent verbal written communication skills.
• Must be organized and able to pay close attention to detail.
• Must be able to interact and communicate effectively with a wide variety of people.
• Demonstrate the ability to work independently and closely in a team.
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and kneel.
• Must occasionally lift/or move more than 50 pounds.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Previous experience interacting in a multi-cultural community.
• Requires knowledge of customer service and oral and written communications.
• Requires proficiency in computer and typing skills.
• Knowledge of CDA process.
• Knowledge of State's child care licensing requirements is preferred.
• Knowledge of community child care issues and resources is preferred.

Education/Experience:

• Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Experience working in the early childhood field is preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of the CDA process.
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Professional Development
• Sick and vacation leave
• 14 paid holidays annually
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Voluntary Benefits
• 401 (k)
• Bus/rail Pass Monthly Reimbursement
• Optima Employee Assistance Program (EAP)