Education Disability Coordinator

Position: Education Disability Coordinator 1
Description

The Education & Disabilities Coordinator supports high-quality, inclusive early learning services across assigned sites and programs. Under the direction of the Education & Disabilities Manager, this position serves as a child development subject matter expert and provides monitoring, coaching, technical assistance, training, and data review to support developmentally appropriate learning experiences, child assessment, individualized instruction, inclusive classroom practices, disability services, and continuous quality improvement.

The Coordinator partners with teaching teams, site leaders, families, education and early intervention partners, health and mental health staff, and community partners to support full participation for all children. This includes children with identified disabilities, developmental concerns, individualized support needs, health or behavioral support plans, and children who need additional accommodations to access daily routines, classroom activities, and learning experiences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions of this job include, but are not limited to:

Education Coordination and Classroom Support

Monitor and support implementation of the agency-approved early learning approach, lesson planning, classroom schedules, indoor and outdoor learning environments, individualized instruction, and child assessment practices.

Provide child development expertise, coaching, training, technical assistance, and written feedback to teaching teams to strengthen developmentally appropriate practice, responsive interactions, inclusive environments, data-informed planning, and individualized supports.

Review classroom documentation, child assessment information, lesson plans, environmental expectations, and monitoring data to identify strengths, gaps, follow-up needs, and professional development priorities.

Support teaching teams in using observation, assessment, family input, and child goal information to plan responsive instruction and adjust strategies for individual children and groups.

Conduct formal and informal classroom observations as assigned and provide clear follow-up recommendations to support quality improvement.

Disability and Individualized Support Services

Coordinate and monitor developmental screening follow-up, referrals, evaluation timelines, individualized service planning, and communication with families, internal staff, and community partners.

Support teaching teams in implementing individualized plans, accommodations, modifications, adaptive materials, visual supports, communication supports, and individualized teaching strategies within daily routines.

Partner with teaching teams and families to support understanding of referral, evaluation, eligibility, service planning, service delivery, and transition processes.

Promote full participation by helping teams identify each child's strengths, adjust environments, teach replacement skills, increase adult supports, and implement individualized plans before any limitation to participation is considered.

Support coordination with education, early intervention, special education, health, mental health, and community partners to help ensure children's developmental and individualized needs are addressed.

Monitoring, Documentation, and Data Review

Monitor education and disabilities documentation for accuracy, timeliness, confidentiality, and completion.

Track and review data related to screenings, referrals, individualized plans, child outcomes, assessment completion, classroom monitoring, coaching follow-up, and professional development needs.

Support completion of required program reports, self-assessment activities, program improvement efforts, and agency monitoring systems.

Use classroom observation data, child assessment information, individualized service records, behavior or incident data, and monitoring tools to identify trends and recommend program improvements.

Maintain confidentiality of child, family, and staff information in accordance with agency policy and applicable requirements.

Identify safety, supervision, accessibility, or implementation concerns and communicate timely recommendations to the Site Manager and Education & Disabilities Manager.

Support classrooms in developing and following individualized care plans, accommodations, environmental supports, and emergency response plans for children with specialized needs.

Program Support and Collaboration

Participate in interdisciplinary meetings, staffing conversations, and case planning as assigned to support coordinated services for children and families.

Participate in candidate interviews, hiring committees, onboarding support, or staff training activities related to education and disabilities services as assigned.

Provide or coordinate training and information for families on child development, developmentally appropriate expectations and practices, inclusive supports, and ways to support children's learning, independence, and participation…