Early Childhood Coach (Bilingual Spanish/English)

Position Type: Part-Time, Non-Exempt, 20 hours per week

Salary Range: $20-$25/hour

Position Overview:

Are you interested in helping early childhood educators thrive in their daily work with young children? Would you like to be a part of a dynamic and supportive organization that is committed to making a difference for children, families, and early childhood educators?  We want to talk to you! The Center for Inclusive Child Care is seeking a part-time Development Coach working 20 hours per week.  The Center for Inclusive Child Care values racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity. We are working to increase diversity on our team. People of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

Candidates we are seeking:

• Bi-lingual/fluent in Spanish and English in speaking, reading and writing.
• 5 years of experience providing direct service in early childhood education.
• Associate degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or a related field with 6-23 approved credits; OR 60 semester credits with 6-23 approved credits. Must meet the Achieve requirements for endorsement for either Health & Safety Specialist, Inclusion Coach and/or Infant Toddler Specialist found at: https://www.mncpd.org/resources/#tab-id-3
• Must possess and maintain a valid MN state driver’s license and vehicle insurance.
• Satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening.
• Preferred: Three years of experience providing mentoring, coaching, consultation, or technical assistance.
• Preferred: Knowledge of Minnesota child care licensing and programmatic requirements in the early care and education system in Minnesota.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide relationship-based professional development (RBPD) and coaching to child care programs, family child care, and child care center staff throughout Central Minnesota.
• This position serves as a link between Spanish speaking families, providers, community programs, organizations, and parents by responding to needs providing support over the phone, online, and face-to-face.
• Provide RBPD coaching to assist early childhood professionals in supporting, modeling, goal setting and reflection, and resources focused on inclusion, health and safety policies, and/or infant and toddler best practices.
• Work interactively with early childhood educators to jointly develop and implement Continuous Quality Improvement plans to meet ongoing goals.  Provide hands-on support and modeling as well as observation and reflective feedback to promote goals.
• Assist those being coached to structure environments, routines and interactions that contribute to positive social-emotional outcomes for the children and families in a program.
• Provide community outreach that will recruit Early Childhood programs to participate Center for Inclusive Child Care’s programing.

Travel:

• This position requires up to 50% travel typically within one or two hours from your home location.
• Must be physically able to independently operate your own vehicle and travel independently throughout the region, and statewide as needed, which may occasionally require an overnight stay.

Benefits:

• Start with 16 days of Paid Time Off
• Seven Paid Holidays
• Winter break paid holiday from December 24 – January 1st
• Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Contributions
• 2% IRA Company Contribution
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 7 weeks paid parental leave
• Remote work flexibility
• Travel Stipend
• Continued investment in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives including employee training and employee-run DEI Committee