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What You’ll Be Doing

You will collaborate with the Director of Sandpipers to structure and implement a program that will meet the needs of the children enrolled and their families, and support families to promote each child’s inclusion in all ongoing classroom activities and assist in obtaining and coordinating services to meet the needs of the child. The Education Coordinator will manage the site and be responsible for the day-to-day needs and activities of the children; and supervise the childcare staff to ensure appropriate delivery of the program as well as the safety and wellbeing of the children. Additionally, the Education Coordinator will oversee the state funded Pre-K classrooms and staff.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

•    Assists the Program Director in conducting regular staff meetings and coordinating trainings.

•    Supervises interns in the program (i.e., assign, orient, train, and evaluate).

•    Meets regularly with program staff to complete supervision, and review classroom activities – determines any program changes as needed.

•    Provides training and resource materials for staff to ensure understanding of appropriate activities for children in the program.

•    Maintains accurate and updated files for children, reviews developmental profile for each child.

•    Promotes wholesome interpersonal relationships among staff and supports a holistic approach to strengthen the delivery of services to children and their families.

•    Prioritizes the health and safety of children and staff by maintaining a clean and safe environment, adhering to all safety protocols.

•    Engages in professional development opportunities and stays up to date on relevant industry topics.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities

•    Current Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Early Childhood Education Certificate (Pre-K – Grade 2) or

•    Current Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Teacher-Early Childhood Special Education Certificate (Birth – Grade), which includes Early Childhood Education Certification or

•    A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field such as Child Development, Elementary Education, or Special Education with 24 credits in Early Childhood Education from an accredited or approved institution of higher education.

In addition, the position requires:

1.    A minimum of 2 years of early childhood education classroom teaching experience AND

2.    A 3-credit college course or a minimum of 40 documented hours of professional development over 2 years in mentoring, supervision, and leadership OR an individual professional development plan not to exceed 2 years from the date of employment for achieving this requirement AND

3.    A Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standard certificate relevant to this position OR an individual professional development plan not to exceed 2 years from the date of employment for achieving this requirement.

•    Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a Childcare setting required.

•    Supervisory experience preferred.

•    Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.

•    Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.

•    Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.

•    Collaboration and teamwork.

•    Leadership.

•    The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

Direct Service Staff:

This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Travel Requirements

Site location: Middletown

Equal Employment Opportunity

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

•    Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.

•    Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.

•    Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.