Early Care Education Specialist
Listed on 2026-06-03
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Education / Teaching
Early Childhood Education, Child Development/Support -
Child Care/Nanny
Child Development/Support
Overview
Job Location:
700 - Coastal Bend - Corpus Christi, TX 78415
Position Type:
Full-Time
Education Level: Associates Deg. or Equivalent Experience
Travel Percentage:
Frequent Local Travel (up to 50%)
Job Category:
Community Development & Family Services
As a member of the Baker Ripley Coastal Bend Team you will join an incredibly talented and hardworking Child Care department dedicated to serving the communities/customers in the Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend service delivery area (eleven counties) while advancing Baker Ripley’s impact in the region.
The Early Care and Education Specialist is a relationship builder and valued member of the Texas Rising Star program, responsible for developing close working partnerships with childcare providers. Recruits new service providers and manages existing relationships through effective delivery of training, technical assistance and resource assessment, and distribution of developmentally appropriate materials and equipment. The Specialist conducts on-site technical assistance, mentoring, assessment and training visits to providers in accordance with Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification requirements.
Qualifications- MINIMUM EDUCATION:
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 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 Associate’s degree in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family consumer science with two years of experience as a director in an early childhood program, with preference given for required experience with a provider that is accredited or TRS certified - YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE:
1 year of full-time early childhood classroom experience in a childcare, Early Head Start, Head Star or prekindergarten through third grade school program
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