Foundations Early Childhood Coach

Description

JOINT INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH + FAMILIES (JI) – An Equal Opportunity Employer

Joint Initiatives for Youth + Families (JI) is a nonprofit organization established in 1989 specifically for the purpose of bringing together agencies that serve children and youth to drive collective impact and ensure higher impact services for young people ages 0-21 and their families in El Paso and Teller Counties.

Foundations is the early childhood program of JI, bringing together agencies and individuals to work collaboratively on a seamless system of care for young children and their families in El Paso County.

Provides guidance and support to local Early Childhood Education (ECE) administrators and providers by setting quality improvement and trauma-informed goals and supporting skill development and implementation of quality systems, environments, practices, and interactions. Serves as a trusted thought partner to administrators and providers by helping them navigate challenges, celebrate successes, and build sustainable systems that improve outcomes for children, families, and staff.

• Treats children and families with respect, dignity, and empathy.
• Builds trusting, strengths-based relationships through observation, reflective coaching, and collaborative goal setting.
• Partners with ECE administrators and providers to support implementation of grant requirements, continuous quality improvement, and participation in Colorado Shines and other early childhood initiatives.
• Uses reflective coaching practices to support professional growth and sustainable quality improvement.
• Adapts coaching approaches to meet the unique needs, goals, and readiness of each program.
• Designs, coordinates, and delivers professional development through coaching, training, communities of practice, consultation, and other capacity-building strategies that support evidence-based early childhood practices.
• Connects programs with technical assistance, professional development opportunities, and community resources that support continuous quality improvement.
• Develops procedures, forms, and expectation documents to be utilized by coaches that meet the various requirements of early childhood grants and state initiatives.
• Coordinates and tracks coaching activities across multiple grant funding sources and state initiatives.
• Maintains accurate coaching records and documentation in accordance with grant and organizational requirements.
• Monitors program progress and prepares reports that demonstrate outcomes and grant compliance.
• Ensures required documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner.

• Engages in productive and respectful communications with JI leadership and colleagues.
• Serves as a positive ambassador of JI to external parties.
• Displays a positive attitude, works well with others, and accepts direction well.
• Works well under stressful and emotionally-taxing circumstances and engages in effective self-care.
• Works effectively with those representing a variety of needs and abilities, with varying socioeconomic, cultural, and racial backgrounds.
• Recognizes that we hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence our perceptions of and interactions with individuals who are diverse from ourselves.
• Treats youth and families with respect, dignity, and empathy.
• Reviews work for accuracy, clarity, timeliness, and conformance with procedures and processes.
• Commits to JI’s organizational mission, vision, and operating philosophies in compliance with instructions, policies, and guidance.
• Assumes other tasks and duties as assigned. These tasks and duties may support other programs and departments from time-to-time and the broader JI mission.

• Organizes and manages multiple tasks concurrently.
• Must possess strong leadership skills and an ability to build relationships and connect people with one another for a common goal.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Functions and works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Works with a diverse population, modifying…