• Early Childhood Education Coach - Simms

    UCLA Health (Santa Monica, CA)


    Description

    Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

     

    Come join our Venice Family Clinic as an Early Childhood Education Coach (ECEC). In this key role, you will provide on-site and in-home coaching and mentoring to improve teacher-child interactions and parent-child interactions. The Early Childhood Education Coach will provide coaching and mentoring to ensure curriculum fidelity, using the Practice-Based Coaching and TLC Coaching models. The ECE Coach will also assist in providing training for all Early Head Start (EHS) education staff to meet training and performance standards set by Early Head Start and Title 5 and 22.

     

    Salary range: $28.60 - $49.13 HourlyQualifications

    Required:

    + Master's degree in early childhood education, special education or a related field with three (3) years of experience in creating plans and teaching children. Two of the three years must have been in a supervisory capacity. Other combinations of education and experience will be evaluated on an individual basis.

    + Proven knowledge of Early Childhood Education and ability to work well with staff, children, parents and other agencies.

    + Knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards, California State licensing requirements, ITERS-R, ECKERS-R, FCCERS-R, Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos and Partners for Healthy Babies.

    + Considerable knowledge of human services resources and agencies, including local, state and federal

    + Current Infant/Toddler CPR and First Aid certification

    + Ability to determine and prioritize demanding workload while being flexible to emergent/unplanned needs and situations

    + Knowledge of and experience with group dynamics, facilitation and collaboration.

    + Ability to interpret, apply and audit various policies, procedures and regulations

    + Ability to exercise tact and discretion in all partner, staff, child and family interactions

    + Excellent written and verbal communication skills

    + Strong computer skills

    + Work in classroom and home environments in addition to the office

    + Must have a telephone or other means of communication.

     

    Head Start and Early Head Start experience is preferred.

     

    UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.