Instructional Coordinator

At Easterseals of Chicagoland and Greater Rockford, we are committed to two - often interconnecting - pillars of work……early learning and disability. Through these pillars, we transform the lives of early learners and individuals of all abilities through access to expert educational, family, and community support. As an affiliate of America's largest nonprofit healthcare organization, we have proudly served the communities and families of Chicagoland and Greater Rockford since 1936.

For more information about our organization, please visit us online tersealschicago.org.

Under the direction of the Regional Director the Instructional Coordinator supports Early Learning Services sites throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs by providing coaching, expertise, oversight, training, and leadership in the area of education and child development services for all Easterseals HS/PFA programs and services in compliance with the Head Start Program Performance Standards, the Head Start Act, and the Illinois State Board of Education.

The Instructional Coordinator ensures that all education staff are implementing evidence-based instructional practices and designs and delivers a plan for intensive and individualized professional development that results in exemplary teacher-child interactions, and instructional quality. Provides content area support and oversight in the areas of education, disabilities, and mental health services to the Easterseals Head Start/Early Head Start programs in an assigned geographic area.

This role is ideal for someone who has respect for children and families with diverse values and cultures and is passionate about supporting learning environments and opportunities that are designed to help children develop physically, socially, cognitively, and emotionally and ensuring that parents are supported in their role as the child's primary teachers.

This position is headquartered at Easterseals Chicago Location at 1939 W 13th Street, Chicago, IL 60608.

• Work with the Instructional Coaches, other Easterseals staff, partner site directors and staff, and the community to ensure consistent, high-quality education and disabilities services at all assigned HS/EHS programs.
• Work with Easterseals staff, site directors and staff, and the community to ensure that programs recruit and enroll Head Start/Early Head Start children, including children with disabilities, to meet their funded enrollment numbers and to keep an active waiting list.
• Provide supervision to Instructional Coaches and Preschool for All Teachers, including annual appraisals and development of professional development plans.
• Participate in program planning based on analysis of child and program educational outcomes.
• Provide support to Instructional Coaches and Preschool for All Teachers at sites on a regular basis, including assisting with building collaborative relationships with the Family and Health Services team, and site directors and staff, in order to provide integrated services to families.
• Ensure that a family strengths-based approach is understood and followed by staff.
• Participate in active supervision to ensure the safety of all children and that no child is ever left alone or unsupervised.
• Participate in program planning and implementation of all service areas as part of an integrated leadership team.
• Participate in the self-assessment process, community needs assessments, and strategic planning.
• Participate in the monthly analysis of monitoring data with the leadership team, provide recommendations, and ensure that data is utilized to guide planning.
• Participate in site visits, presentations, and orientation for prospective new sites as part of an integrated leadership team.
• Implement a system to ensure that all education and disabilities information is entered into Child Plus and Teaching Strategies GOLD in a timely manner, including developmental screenings, referrals, disability status, home visits, parent-teacher conferences, observations, and assessments.
• Prepare monthly reports with updates about PIR information and information tracked for education and disabilities.
• Facilitate and/or participate in regularly scheduled content area, team, director, and other meetings.
• Implement a system to ensure that all developmental screening information is completed within 45 days of children's enrollment.
• Implement a system to ensure that all children identified as benefit ting from…