Job Description
Summary The Pre-K Instructional Coach contributes to the efforts of United Way of Greater Nashville (UWGN) by ensuring Read to Succeeds’ core elements are implemented with fidelity and in accordance with brain-based research and best practices to ensure teachers and families are equipped to guide children participating in the program to become kindergarten ready. This position serves as a liaison between the community-based site and UWGN in the interest of supporting teachers, families, and administrators in excellence in early childhood education. The Pre-K Instructional Coach is a leader in the education arena and is responsible for ensuring coaching, curriculum alignment, Conscious Discipline implementation that will coincide with the Pyramid Model, parent engagement, participants’ assessment, and Lending Library use.
Duties Educational Support · Provides small group and differentiated instruction to coach Read to Succeed Pre-K teachers in academic and social-emotional curriculum implementation techniques in accordance with best practices, DHS and state standards for the purpose of equipping teachers with the tools and knowledge to be successful in preparing children for kindergarten.
· Monitors Read to Succeed Pre-K teacher and student progress using the Read to Succeed checklists, classroom observations, Teaching Strategies GOLD and individual student assessments to gather essential data to determine successes and target areas for quality improvement.
· Conducts individual and small group intervention with Read to Succeed Pre-K students to promote the development of various components of academic and social-emotional proficiency.
· Develops, coordinates and facilitates professional development trainings for the partner agency and in conjunction with UWGN to keep Read to Succeed Pre-K teachers abreast of best practices, techniques and advancements in early childhood education.
Stakeholder Communications · Collaborates with UWGN team to share ideas and provide solutions to reach the common goal of supporting communities via education, listening channels and empowerment.
· Communicates with Read to Succeed stakeholders the program’s mission, goals, objectives, and approaches to share success stories and promote continued engagement.
· Recruits, trains and manages volunteers (normally two to four per month) in interest of providing increased opportunities for children to practice academic and social-emotional skills.
· Meets, plans and collaborates with instructional coaches, teachers and administrators to identify gaps in student learning and strategies to achieve desired results.
Family Engagement · Maintains the partner site’s Lending Library book inventory through purchases, organization, and upkeep to promote the use of the library and increase the book checkout rate.
· Plans and implements four family reading incentives per year to encourage families to support their children in reading and to give children more opportunities for reading practice.
· Plans and implements four family academic and/or social-emotional workshops to educate families on ways they can support their children to success and encourage families to partner with schools.
· Communicates to families about their child’s progress and shares tools to support continued success.
Professional Development · Attends and utilizes methodologies from multiple professional development opportunities a year to say abreast of trends and be a subject matter expert on early childhood education.
· Researches early childhood education trends including literacy, STEAM, DAP, DLL and social-emotional development and applies knowledge to program to assist children in achieving learning outcomes.
· Explores and identifies education best practices, techniques, and advancements to ensure teachers are given the best tools to advance the program and guarantee program standards and licensure requirements are maintained.
· Other duties as required which are reasonably withing scope of the activities enumerated above.
Requirements · Master’s degree in early childhood education, child development or family studies. A bachelor’s degree in a related field with five years applicable experience may be substituted for the master’s degree.
· 3+ years of experience in direct curriculum implementation and instruction in a professional early childhood environment; coordinating and facilitating professional development trainings; drafting and conducting student and classroom assessments; small group and differentiated instruction; serving an at-risk or special needs community.
· Regular and predictable attendance.
· Ability to work flexible hours.
· Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
· To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Knowledge: · Early Childhood Curriculum (birth to third grade)
· Social-emotional and academic development
· Early Education Assessments
· Tennessee Early Learning Standards and K-4 state educational standards
· Early childhood education state and local regulations, including DHS quality rating scale
· Instructional coaching techniques and philosophies
Nice To Haves CPR/First Aid Certified
Benefits - Paid vacation and sick time
- 403b
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid holidays
Job Tags
Full time, Local area, Flexible hours,