Texas Rising Star Mentor - Provder Service in Amarillo, Texas

Texas Rising Star Mentor

The Texas Rising Star Mentor is responsible for assisting child care and early learning programs with all processes related to participation in the Texas Rising Star (TRS) program. Serve as a liaison with the Child Care Regulation Division. Will also work collaboratively and cooperatively with all staff of the One-Stop Center System.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Providing technical assistance and coaching support to assist child care and early learning programs in attaining, maintaining, and improving Texas Rising Star certification status
• Providing consultation in the development and implementation of the Continuous Quality Improvement Plan (CQIP) and regularly reviewing each program's plan with the director
• Modeling best practices and providing constructive feedback for program directors and teachers
• Delivering targeted and individualized training
• Referring programs to other helpful resources and training
• Assisting child care and early learning programs with improving their level of quality through ongoing assessment, self-reflection, coaching, and tailored technical assistance
• Working in partnership with child care and early learning programs and will support programs to address potential as well as cited deficiencies
• Working in partnership with Texas Rising Star assessors to ensure that child care and early learning programs submit required documents by deadlines
• Conducting debriefing discussions and/or overviews with each assigned program at the end of each visit
• Maintaining confidentiality to the extent that federal, state, and local rules and laws allow
• Must obtain and maintain all required certification and/or credentialing as specified by Texas Workforce Commission for Texas Rising Star mentors
• Must complete required annual Child Care Regulation clock hour training as specified by Texas Workforce Commission
• Must be willing to travel and have dependable means of transportation

Required qualifications include:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science OR
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with at least 18 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science with at least 12 credit hours in child development OR
• An associate's degree in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science AND two years of suitable experience in early childhood education as determined by the Board. Suitable experience in early childhood may include, but is not limited to: working in a child care and early learning program; providing early childhood coaching or mentoring;
  
  owning or operating a child care and early learning program; and teaching college coursework in early childhood
• Must have and maintain valid Texas driver's license, auto liability insurance, and reliable transportation

The Texas Rising Star Mentor position is subject to a successful background check following the offer of employment and a successful background check every two years (24 months) during employment.