Quality Improvement Coach

Saginaw ISD; Saginaw (MI); Presencial; USD 59.000 - 62.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Saginaw Intermediate School District is seeking a Quality Improvement Coach to support early childhood educators in Great Start to Quality. This licensed-exempt training and coaching role focuses on relationship-based coaching to strengthen teaching practices and early literacy while driving continuous quality improvement.

The position requires travel across the Resource Center region, collaboration with ECIC, MiLEAP, licensing, Head Start, and community partners, and ensuring confidentiality of

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development, education, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in early childhood education, coaching, consultation, or professional learning.
• Knowledge of early literacy, developmentally appropriate practices, and quality improvement concepts.
• Ability to travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region and work within various programs.

Responsabilidades

• Support early childhood programs and educators in understanding the Great Start to Quality process.
• Provide individualized, practice-based coaching with goals, observation, and feedback.
• Build respectful, strengths-based relationships with educators and leaders.
• Help educators set goals, implement effective practices, and monitor progress.
• Support literacy, screening, and quality improvement activities across programs.
• Travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region and document coaching activities.

Conocimientos

Coaching

Professional learning

Communication

Documentation

Technology skills

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education / related field

Descripción del empleo

Employer: Saginaw Intermediate School District

Location: Saginaw County, Michigan

Assignment Location: Saginaw; travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region required

Available Positions: At least 1

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Early Childhood

Compensation: $58,840–$61,818

Position Summary

The Quality Improvement Coach supports early childhood educators and programs participating in Great Start to Quality through individualized, relationship-based coaching designed to strengthen effective teaching practices, including early literacy, and support continuous quality improvement. As a License-Exempt Provider Pre-Service Training Trainer and Coach, this position may also provide statewide training and coaching to License-Exempt Providers.

Essential Responsibilities

• Support early childhood programs and educators in understanding and navigating the Great Start to Quality quality improvement process.
• Provide individualized Practice-Based Coaching using shared goals and action planning, focused observation, and reflection and feedback.
• Build trusting, respectful, strengths-based relationships with educators and program leaders.
• Help educators identify strengths, establish goals, implement effective teaching practices, and monitor progress.
• Support early literacy, developmental screening, and other quality improvement practices and resources.
• Provide coaching through in-person visits, virtual meetings, and other responsive communication methods.
• Maintain accurate documentation of coaching activities, goals, observations, progress, and outcomes using required systems, including MiRegistry.
• Collaborate with Resource Center staff, ECIC, MiLEAP, licensing, early childhood mental health, GSRP, Head Start, workforce partners, and other community partners.
• Participate in required professional learning, mentor coaching, Communities of Practice, peer learning opportunities, and statewide initiatives.
• Travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region and work within early childhood program settings.
• Maintain confidentiality and protect the accuracy and security of program, educator, child, and family information.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement of Great Start to Quality coaching and quality improvement services.
• Ability to travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region and participate in required regional and statewide profess

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development, education, or a related field.
• Three to five years of relevant experience in early childhood education, coaching, consultation, professional learning, program quality improvement, program administration, or a related area.
• Knowledge of early childhood development, developmentally appropriate practices, effective teaching practices, and continuous quality improvement.
• Knowledge of or experience with early literacy, CLASS, developmental screening, observation-based quality improvement, or related initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with educators, program leaders, and early childhood professionals.
• Ability to use reflective, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and relationship-based approaches when working with adult learners.
• Strong communication, organization, documentation, and technology skills.
• Ability to travel throughout the assigned Resource Center region and participate in required regional and statewide profess