Early Learning and Inclusion Manager

Job Overview

The Early Learning Inclusion Manager (ELIM) supports the Center Directors, Coordinators of Education, and teachers to ensure full implementation of all aspects of AVANCE's early learning system, policies/procedures, and tools, with the goal of supporting all children to achieve School Readiness Goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Promotes and models the organization's Core Values.
• Ensures overall program is in full compliance with Head Start Performance Standards, State Licensing Regulations, Texas Rising Star, NAEYC (as appropriate).
• Supports Center Directors in coaching and mentoring of teaching staff, including administering CLASS and other teacher performance tools reliably.
• Coaches Center Directors to effectively work with Teachers in an ongoing manner and facilitate monthly professional learning communities related to curriculum planning and assessment data.
• Assists center staff in implementing early learning curriculum with fidelity.
• Provides consistent, on-going consultation to teaching staff to support differentiated instruction for children with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) or with challenging behaviors.
• Ensures timely identification, referral, identified services and transition support for children with disabilities according to IDEA standards.
• Contributes to ongoing and regularly scheduled recruitment of children with disabilities.
• Applies expertise in on-going, performance-based assessment systems to support the center directors and teachers in understanding child outcomes data and using results to plan and individualize instruction.
• Tracks child outcomes and program quality assessment data across classrooms and centers, analyzes data, and makes program development recommendations based on the analysis in collaboration with the Director of Analytics and the Assistant Director of ECE.
• Assists early learning team in planning and implementing comprehensive, differentiated, and sequential professional development for early learning staff.
• Partners with teaching staff to support curriculum planning and implementation, as well as child assessment data analysis and application of data, to individualize action plans.
• Serves as an education lead to assist the Center Director or Coordinator of Education in overseeing implementation of all aspects of education services, providing teachers with coaching, training, and monitoring using CLASS, a teacher success rubric and other teaching performance tools.
• Coordinates with the Family Engagement team to ensure full parent involvement in the program.
• Ensures the completion of all required child screenings and assessments, including 45 and 90-day requirements for new children and quarterly progress assessments for all children.
• Assists in the interviewing, on-boarding, coaching, and training of teaching staff.
• Supports for Educational Quality & Positive Child Outcomes
• Supports Center Directors in coaching related to educational quality, including fidelity of curriculum, utilizing a consultative model to implement and meet AVANCE's goals.
• Acts as the lead coach for teachers and teams, as needed.
• Provides feedback to teachers and Center Directors in all areas of educational quality, including but not limited to:
• CLASS
• Learning environments
• Curriculum
• Assessment
• Meeting all children's needs
• Working with families
• Professional growth and collaboration
• Works with Center Directors and Coordinators of Education to create and maintain quality improvement plans; identify and obtain resources to support Center Directors and Coordinators of Education in successfully executing quality improvement.
• Stays current in the program's curriculum model(s) and consistently supports fidelity of implementation, including engagement in curriculum planning meetings and on-going assessment system(s).
• Provides coverage for Center Director roles when needed.
• Frequently visits the centers to provide support to Center Directors in the operation of the centers/classrooms.
• Assists Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education or Zone Director in planning and implementing comprehensive, differentiated, and sequential professional development for education staff (provide data and individual information regarding assigned centers).
• Assists Assistant Director Early Childhood Education or Zone Director in collaborating and coordinating within the education team and across service areas and initiatives (Family Services, Mental Health & Disabilities, Health, and Nutrition).
• Assists in the interviewing and onboarding of teaching staff, Center Directors, and Coordinators of Education.
• Assists with providing on-the-job training to new hires.
• Participates in leadership activities and meetings, as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

Record Keeping and Reporting

• Maintains documentation of monitoring, coaching, and training activities, adhering to AVANCE existing systems as applicable.
• Completes regular reports on area activities and progress toward goals with recommended modifications to plans and submits to supervisor as scheduled.

Requirements:

Education

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education OR Bachelor's degree in related field with at least six (6) courses in early childhood education and experience teaching preschool-aged children OR state awarded preschool teaching certification with experience teaching preschool-aged children

Certification

Preferred:

• CLASS Certification (or ability to become certified within 12 months from date of placement in the ELIM role)

Work Experience

Required:

• Previous experience supervising/coaching in an early childhood setting

Additional Skills Required

• First Aid and CPR training.
• Knowledge in Special Education/Inclusion Advanced skills using Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Excellent presentation, writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Highly resourceful team player, with the ability to be extremely effective independently and manage numerous simultaneous projects.
• Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle stressful and sensitive situations in a professional manner with tact and discretion, all while maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Team building and customer service oriented.
• Spanish fluency is helpful, but not required.
• Ability to travel to various training sites; dependable transportation required on-a- daily basis with a valid driver's license, a clean driving record (subject to annual MVR check and policy), current auto liability insurance and be bondable by AVANCE, San Antonio, Inc.

Disclaimer(s)

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. Nothing in this job description forms or is intended to form a contract of employment. Neither shall the content in this job description be interpreted to conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the "at will" employment status of AVANCE San Antonio employees. Employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

Travel

Travel required locally or long-distance up to 50% of the time for work-related meetings and functions.

Equipment

Computer, computer software programs and peripherals, resource materials and equipment, copier, fax, and other equipment applicable to the position.

Working Conditions

Mental and Physical Demands

General office and sedentary. Regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Use of personal computing equipment.

Normal to heavy track in and out of service area.

May work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Maintain emotional control under stress; work with interruptions and deadlines; walking, standing, stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing; occasional: lifting/carrying, pulling/pushing 10-30 pounds. Work evenings and weekends as needed.

Environmental Factors

Occasional exposure to biological hazards (communicable diseases, bacteria, insects, mold, fungi, etc.). Occasional exposure to weather related conditions when working in an outside environment/neighborhoods and events.

ADA/ADAAA Statement

AVANCE is committed to equal opportunity in employment for persons with disabilities and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended, and any other applicable state and federal laws. Accordingly, AVANCE does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities regarding application, hiring, advancement, discharge, compensation, training or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Moreover, it is AVANCE's policy to provide reasonable accommodations in employment to qualified individuals with disabilities so that they can perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of AVANCE's business or would change the essential functions of the position. Retaliation against an individual with a disability for utilizing this policy or seeking a reasonable accommodation is prohibited. Individuals with any questions or requests for accommodation should contact the Human Resources Department.

EEO/AAP Statement

AVANCE values diversity and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. It is also our goal to employ and advance in employment women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.