Early Learning Specialist; bilingual

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for growth, innovation, and transforming the landscape of early childhood education? Acelero, Inc. is looking for a dynamic Early Learning Specialist to drive our mission to eliminate the gaps between young children’s potential and their success in school and life.

Our mission is bold:
To design and deliver research and evidence-based approaches to eliminate the gaps between young childrenʼs inherent potential and their achievement in school and life. With our partners, we accelerate child and family outcomes that honor all of the aspirations and cultures of the communities we serve.

Our values:
Data-Informed Learning;
Transparent & Open Communication;
Growth Mind Set;
Championing Equality;
Caring Teams & Communities.

As the Early Learning Specialist
, you will support Education Leaders and Teachers to ensure full implementation of all aspects of Shine Early Learning’s early learning system, policies/procedures and tools, with the goal of supporting all children to achieve School Readiness Goals.

• Support Education Leaders in coaching and mentoring of teaching staff including administering CLASS™ and other teacher performance tools reliably

• Coach Education Leaders to effectively facilitate monthly professional learning communities related to curriculum planning and assessment data

• Support center staff in implementing early learning curriculum with fidelity

• Provide consistent on-going consultation to teaching staff to support differentiated instruction for children with IEPs or with challenging behaviors

• Ensure timely identification, referral, identified services and transition support for children with disabilities

• Contribute to ongoing and regularly scheduled recruitment of children with disabilities

• Apply expertise in on-going, performance based assessment system to support the center directors and teachers in understanding child outcomes data and using results to plan and individualize instruction

• Track child outcomes and program quality assessment data across classrooms and centers, analyze data and make program development recommendations based on analysis

• Support Education Leaders in coaching related to educational quality including fidelity of curriculum implementation and meeting Shine Early Learning’s School Readiness Goals

• Use a consultative model to help the Education Leaders excel as coach, including modeling techniques

• Provide feedback to Teachers and Education Leaders in all areas of educational quality, including but not limited to; CLASS ,Learning Environments, Curriculum, Assessment, Meeting All Children’s Needs, Working with Families, Professional Growth and Collaboration

• Work with Education Leaders to create and maintain quality improvement plans; identify and obtain resources to support Education Leaders in successfully executing quality improvement

• Support quality of implementation and use of assessment cycle during assessment work groups

• Provide coverage for Education Leaders role when needed

• Track child outcomes and program quality assessment results on a center- and program-wide basis, analyze data and make program development recommendations to Deputy Director and Executive Director

• Support Deputy Director and team in planning and implementing comprehensive, differentiated and sequential professional development for education staff (provide data and individual information regarding assigned centers)

• Maintain documentation of monitoring, coaching and training activities, adhering to Shine Early Learning’s existing systems (Master Binders, Shine Insight, etc.) whenever applicable

• Complete monthly reports on area activities and progress toward goals with recommended modifications to plans, submit to Deputy Director as scheduled

• Devise work methods and procedures that support improvements in existing work practices; supporting the Deputy Director, Education Leaders, Teachers and Assistant Teachers

• Plan and adjust work operations to meet changing or emergent program requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice to quantity or quality of work

• Work with Deputy Director to develop and maintain focus…