Education Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Education Coordinator provides professional expertise in Early Childhood Education. This position focuses on the management, administration and oversight of high-quality educational services and ensures equitable access in all areas of early care and education.

Essential Functions:

• Monitors and maintains compliance across Education Service Areas of the Head Start Program Performance Standards, Child Care Development Fund and the State of Oregon Office of Child Care.
• Maintains a safe environment for children.
• Completes annual self-assessment of Education.
• Develops, implements and monitors School Readiness Goals.
• Supports School readiness through effective parent and family engagement.
• Coordinates with the Tribe's Culture Department to implement developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum in Pre-K Classrooms.
• Ensures classrooms maintain a culturally responsive environment and collaborates with the Culture Department to implement a culturally responsive curriculum.
• Conducts classroom observations utilizing the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) tool and provides feedback to teachers.
• Conducts observations and coaching to ensure fidelity to Creative Curriculum.
• Administers Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies Gold for Preschool classroom.
• Provide training, technical support, and guidance with individualization, implementation, and overall planning of the adopted curriculum.
• Supports a coordinated approach for improving teacher-child interactions, inclusive practices, sensory integration, language-rich environments and school readiness.
• Gathers, compiles, analyzes, and presents yearly outcome data related to Education.
• Uses outcome data for long-term strategic planning and to create Program Improvement Plans.
• Presents Education data to Policy Council and staff.
• Assists with the development and monitoring of program goals.
• Gathers and submits information for the Program Information Report (PIR).
• Assists in the conduct and analysis of the Community Assessment.
• Administers and monitors Child Plus Data Management for Education component. 
• Contributes to an environment of acceptance that supports and respects gender, culture, language, ethnicity and family composition.
• Ensure all teachers provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces social and emotional development and educational progress.
• Ensures all staff complete mandatory professional development coursework.
• Acts as Child Development Associates (CDA) advisor for participating staff.
• Monitors and supports classrooms toward Conscious Discipline Fidelity.
• Coordinates services provided onsite by a contracted Teacher Coach.
• Supervises, guides and evaluates classroom staff.
• Facilitates assigned staff committee(s).
• Ensures proper documentation and confidentiality of child records.
• Coordinates services provided by educational Specialists.
• Abides by and is familiar with all Tribal and Preschool policies.
• Reports child abuse/neglect to proper authorities as required.
• Coordinate with appropriate staff to provide staff with the information, guidance, and resources needed to help children and families meet their individualized goals and objectives; including their Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP).
• Coordinate with appropriate staff to train teaching staff to modify the environment and activities to remove barriers for inclusion of children with disabilities in the full range of program activities.
• Maintains current knowledge and skills necessary to comply with Head Start and Early Head Start regulations and requirements.
• Participates in regular training programs and conferences at least 20 hours per year.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Supervisory:

• Supervises the day-to-day activities of assigned employees.
• Develops and coaches employees to meet their potential and fulfill their responsibilities.
• Ensures the hiring, training, promoting, assigning, disciplining and discharging of employees are in accordance with Tribal Law, including without limitation, the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO).
• Assures staff adherence to all policies and procedures, work, safety and administrative rule, Tribal Law and State Regulations.
• Serves as a mentor, as requested, for Tribal career development.
• Tracks attendance and approves timesheets.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or special education or related field and five (5) years of related work experience.
• Two (2) years must include responsibility for a classroom and two (2) years must include supervisory/management experience. Experience with Head Start or Early Head Start preferred.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• This position may require driving.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must be familiar with Conscious Discipline. Must be familiar with Conscious Discipline (preferred) and/or positive behavior intervention supports (PBIS).
• Familiar with Head Start Early Learning Outcomes, Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework and Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• Requires ongoing registration in Oregon Registry Online (ORO) for tracking of professional development, credentials, and/or licensing requirements in the field of Early Childhood Care and Education.
• Requires Teaching Strategies GOLD Interrater Reliability Certification, Preschool/Pre-K
• Requires knowledge of Head Start Practice Based Coaching.
• Requires CLASS Certification.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children.
• Must have a working knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).
• Must have a working knowledge of Trauma Informed Practices.
• Maintains knowledge in Early Childhood Education.
• Demonstrated ability to build appropriate, helping relationships with adult learners, preschool-aged children, and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Recognizes, respects, and honors the cultural identities of others.
• Must have excellent communication skills, and listening skills.
• Must have the ability to work well with children and staff.
• Must have a working knowledge of Head Start components.
• Must have the ability to work at times with minimal supervision.
• Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and record-keeping skills.
• Must have the ability to respond courteously and tactfully to complaints and client requests, and to maintain confidentiality.
• Must be proficient with Child Plus database system
• Requires TB and Hep B vaccinations immunizations
• Requires working knowledge and proficiency in use of office equipment and computer software such as Microsoft products.
• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, business and telephone etiquette
• First Aid/CPR certification is required within 90 days of hire.
• Food handler's card is required within 30 days of hire.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture is required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Continually requires color identification, close vision, far vision, and depth perception.
• The worker is frequently subject to classroom noise.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required. 

Background Check:

• Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and fingerprinting.
• Must maintain registration in the State of Oregon Central Background Registry

Disclaimer:

The individual must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing a significant safety threat to self or others.  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all personnel so classified.

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All positions are located in the greater Grand Ronde area unless specifically noted otherwise.

If you have questions or need more info, please call: 1-800-422-0232 x-2109

Application materials must be received in Human Resources by 5pm on the closing date.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS ARE DEFINED AS:

• Grand Ronde Tribal members
• Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal member
• Parent or legal guardian of Grand Ronde Tribal member children.
• Current Regular Employee, past their six-month introductory period, receiving at least a "meets expectations" on most recent performance evaluation and not under disciplinary action or performance improvement within the previous six months.

For individuals that meet the minimum qualifications: 

AN INTERVIEW WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING RANKING ORDER:

1. Grand Ronde Tribal members.
   a. (Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal members who show they meet the minimum qualifications of the position during the course of the interview process will be given first consideration for hire and the recruitment process will end)
2. Tribal member spouses, parents and/or legal guardians of Grand Ronde Tribal member children and current regular employees.