Education Coach

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Waldo Community Action Partners is seeking an Education Coach!

Starting salary: $21.07+/hr – dependent on prior experience

Sign on Incentive of $1,500 Available – $250 payable after successful completion of 90 days, $500 payable after successful completion of 6 months and $750 after successful completion of one year.

WCAP is a charitable, educational, 501(c)(3) private non-profit organization that mobilizes public and private resources to assist low‑income Waldo County residents in alleviating poverty and addressing its underlying causes.

WCAP's Early Childhood Program provides services to children and families in Waldo County. Pre‑K programs are available in school districts where WCAP collaborates with public schools.

The Coach works with child development staff to expand staff’s skills, knowledge and practice.

• Assess education staff to identify strengths, areas of needed support, and which staff would benefit most from intensive coaching with support from Managers/Supervisors.
• Provide opportunities for practice‑based coaching for identified education staff, including opportunities to be observed and receive feedback and modeling of effective teacher practices directly related to program performance goals.
• Provide one‑on‑one observations and mentoring based on tiers of need as outlined in the Practice‑Based Coaching (PBC) model.
• Ensure intensive coaching opportunities for staff identified to align with the program’s school readiness goals, curricula, and other approaches to professional development.
• Assure use of child data to inform lesson planning, individualization, and the intensification of instruction in the areas of oral language, dual language, literacy development and skills, social‑emotional and self‑regulation development and skills, and numeracy and problem‑solving skills.
• Implement formal cycles of reflective‑content using PBC to support the application of curricular learning objectives as well as the transfer of knowledge and improvements in daily practices.
• Provide opportunities for education staff not identified for intensive coaching to receive other forms of research‑based professional development aligned with program performance goals as able or assigned.
• Utilize training and experience in adult learning and in using assessment data to drive coaching strategies aligned with program performance goals.
• Promote ongoing, high‑quality communication and team cohesion among the team.
• Partner with external early childhood education professional development experts as appropriate to meet the training needs of education staff.
• Assist in the development and coordination of staff pre‑ and in‑service trainings and other trainings as requested.
• Support full implementation of the Agency’s designated research‑based classroom curriculum and other adopted models that support curriculum implementation.
• Work with Teachers to provide support to coachees, as applicable.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary work and collaboration among the education program staff and other program areas, ensuring responsive, intentional, and developmentally appropriate interactions that support children’s social‑emotional, physical, cognitive, and language learning.
• Collaborate with Site Supervisors and Child Services Manager regarding teacher site/classroom assignments and goal setting.
• Document and collect data on coaching activities.
• Collab­oratively design data‑informed tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the coaching approach.
• Monitor the impact of coaching strategies and adjust the approach to maximize positive impact.
• Meet with new departmental staff upon hire and support departmental orientation and onboarding of new staff.
• Assist in monitoring staff progress of training and certifications.
• Participate in the review and revision processes of onboarding and continued professional development structures.

• Must be able to pass a physical examination and TB screening.
• Must have adequate transportation, a valid driver’s license and meet WCAP’s insurance requirements.
• Must meet WCAP’s background clearance requirements.
• Valid Criminal Record…