Job Goal:

The Preschool Promise Instructional Coach responds to coaching requests and referrals to provide reflective and relationship based coaching to both teachers and instructional leaders, while also pro-actively supporting the implementation of Preschool Promise. This position serves as a coach to early educators in family and center based childcare settings, school districts and other early education programs to meet program, classroom and teacher goals, best practice standards and increase the level of job-embedded professional development, collaborative routines and instructional leadership.

The Preschool Promise Instructional Coach shall support the implementation and continuous quality improvement of Preschool Promise in partnership with early education programs granted funds to participate in Preschool Promise. The Coach will provide intensive and individualized consultation and coaching in accordance with the Preschool Promise program expectations, Preschool Promise Policies and Procedures and Preschool Promise Manual.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Creates ongoing trusting relationships with early education programs and a range of educators to develop the most conducive environment for learning, reflection and establish collaborative coaching relationships
• Articulates and facilitates understanding of Preschool Promise program expectations, especially in the areas of Supportive Environments and Ambitious Instruction, Continuous Quality Improvement, Leadership with Knowledge, and Inclusionary Practices
• Delivers regular one-on-one coaching sessions to educators and instructional leaders of Preschool Promise programs, following the Oregon Early Learning Coaching Guidelines and employees’ specific coaching strategies to engage teachers and instructional leaders
• Utilizes reflective practices with Preschool Promise programs to facilitate goal setting, data evaluation, and observation feedback.
• Supports for continuous quality improvement in practice especially around Preschool Promise Program Expectations, NAEYC Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and implementation of best practices in early learning, inclusion, dual language learning and social/emotional development
• Conducts regular direct observations of coachee in practice using formal and informal tools, and provides feedback
• Uses technology to support Preschool Promise programs and coachees through video review, feedback, resource sharing and coordinating peer feedback.
• In partnership with Preschool Promise administrators and teachers, creates coaching goals, action steps and identifies available resources through engaged data dialogues and reflective conversations.
• Supports Preschool Promise programs in their use of data to create program and early educator goals.
• Provides materials, resources and recommendations to strengthen practice implementation and reach set coaching goals
• Serves as a resource in identifying appropriate research-based instructional strategies and interventions to improve outcomes for Preschool Promise children and families.
• Uses coaching data to help inform training and technical assistance plans with Preschool Promise Specialists.
• Participates in ongoing coaching provided by ELD contracted Mentor Coaches

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in ECE or related field (Education, Human Development, Child and Family Studies, or Social Work) or a Step 10 on the Oregon Registry and coursework in age three to five development
• 2 or more years of experience in an early childhood program with a focus on preschool
  • Knowledge of how children birth to five learn within the context of ongoing, meaningful relationships with important adults in their lives
  • A thorough understanding of the needs of preschool children, their families, and those who work with them
  • Knowledge of how programs engage families in partnerships
  • Strong knowledge of effective teaching practices
• 2 years of experience providing Technical Assistance and training, including coaching, to early education programs, providing classroom observations and/or home visits to families with young children
• Experience supporting the primacy of families, their home languages, and their cultures, and an understanding of how to engage them
• Knowledge of inclusive practices in preschool programs
• Knowledge of how to best support the early learning workforce in all settings
• Effective techniques of adult learning and relationship-based coaching practices
• Able to obtain Oregon Early Learning Coaching Certificate (when available)
• Knowledge of early learning quality assessment tools, including:
  • Classroom Assessment Scoring Scale (CLASS™)
  • Environmental Rating Scale(ERS) (specifically, Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale-3 and Family Child Care Environments Rating Scale Program Assessment Scale (PAS)
• Knowledge of child assessment and screening tools, including:
  • Teaching Strategies Gold
  • Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool
  • Ages and Stages Questionnaire
  • Ages and Stages Questionnaire-Social Emotional
• Bilingual preferred.
• Preferred experience in Head Start, Licensed center, and family child care settings.

General Staff Responsibilities:

• Participate in staff meetings, conferences, training sessions and workshops as assigned.
• Demonstrate familiarity with employment policies, performance standards, work plan and objectives of Agency.
• Keep current and accurate records on Find Child Care Oregon.
• Maintain and submit monthly End Of Month Reports
• Maintain confidentiality in regards to provider and child information.
• Maintain objectives and professional standards.
• Improve self-skills and education.
• Fulfill role as mandated reporter as stated in Child Abuse and Neglect Policy.
• Perform any other work-related duties as requested by your supervisor.
• Be present at work in order to provide consistency of services.
• Be a contributory team member in a positive/productive manner.
• Demonstrate commitment to mission, values, and policies in the performance of daily duties
• Apply safe practices in the performance of duties
  • Reporting of unsafe or hazardous working conditions and/or any injury immediately
  • Complying with Agency safety standards
  • Participate in emergency drills
  • Promote a culture of safe environments in the workplace

Other Requirements:

• Must possess excellent planning, organization, and time management skills, and the capacity to build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, and provide services that are culturally competent and appropriate to the needs of the target audience.
• Must be able to perform independently the duties of the position efficiently and effectively.
• Requires the ability to communicate formally and informally with a wide range of contacts and demonstrate tact, diplomacy, empathy, and friendliness in dealing with people under stressful conditions, either by phone, email, and/ or in person.
• Must be able to work respectfully with and maintain congenial and respectful relations with individuals of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities; including staff, children, families, and community.
• Must possess the skills and ability to use equipment necessary to carry out job responsibilities (e.g. computer and virtual training software, cell/telephone, facsimile machine, projectors, digital cameras, and video recorders).
• Must be able to travel throughout the region and to other required opportunities, including overnight and/or on weekends.
• Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material.
• Fluent in English both verbally and written.
• Adhere to NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and apply the Oregon Equity Lens

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Observe, compare, and monitor behaviors, records and data to determine compliance with
• prescribed standards
• Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material
• Lift up/ move up to 50 pounds
• Frequently crouch to a child’s height and maintain eye contact at a child’s level when providing support; stand tall; stand or sit for long periods of time; walk up and down stairs; walk or run quickly; walk over rough or uneven ground.
• Frequently bend and kneel.
• Maintain the safety of the environment through visual, auditory and smelling senses
• Set up/break down a classroom which requires moving of tables, chairs, shelves etc.
• Kneel or sit on the floor or in child sized furniture.
• Make precise arm‐hand positioning movements and maintain static arm‐hand positions
• Make skillful, controlled manipulations of small objects
• Perform regular sanitation of office, lending library, classroom and equipment which may require the use of broom, carpet sweeper, and mop.
• Sit for long periods of time with daily use of computer screen;
• Do tasks involving repetitive arm and hand movements, such as heavy word processing/keyboarding, using various office tools to collate, punch, cut, or stamp paper and other repetitive or high-volume tasks such as bulk mailings, filing projects, etc.;
• Occasional filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bending as necessary;
• Frequent requirement to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment/Conditions:

• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions, as well as in an outdoor environment (exposure to weather) The noise level varies by sites and meetings.
• Requires exposure to cleaning fluids and sanitizing agents.
• Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people

Agency-Wide Requirements:

• Current enrollment in the Child Care Division’s Central Background Registry
• Current physical examination, drug screen, and TB screen documentation prior to hire
• Ability to drive a private or Agency vehicle; must possess a valid driver's license and personal automobile or provide a plan that will allow fulfillment of position requirements. A DMV Record check will be conducted prior to hire.
• Desire to work with low‐income children and their families
• Communicate effectively with staff, Preschool Promise Grantees, child care programs and providers, families, children, and the public using the telephone, email, and in face to‐face, one‐to‐one, and in group settings
• To protect the health and safety of our employees and families, and pursuant to the Governor's Order, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19 as a condition of employment. If you are unable to comply with this policy due to pregnancy, disability, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, we will ask for written verification.