Preschool Teacher Coordinator

Preschool Teacher Coordinator

Northwest Head Start
- Tucson, AZ 85705

Salary Range $1,886.40 biweekly

Position Type: 40 hours/week

Job Shift: Day (M-F), 7:30am-3:30pm, work is in-person and has limited eligibility for remote work, may require working some evenings and weekends.

Job Categories:
Education

Classification:
Salary, Exempt

Supervisor:
Program Services Coordinator

Supervises:
Teacher (1), Co-Teacher (1-2), Cook (1), Driver/Custodian (1)

Job Summary:

Child-Parent Centers (CPC) is seeking professionals who share our values and principles for building trusting relationships with children, families, and colleagues. Successful candidates welcome individual differences and perspectives, respect cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and are sensitive to current circumstances. Candidates display a commitment to teamwork, open communication, and are eager to work in a fast-paced, high quality preschool environment. This is a great opportunity for organized and dependable early childhood professionals with a strong work ethic and a desire to grow.

CPC provides opportunities and financial support for teacher coordinators to grow professionally including attainment of a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or child development. If you have previous experience working in an early childhood center and are interested in joining our growing team, we encourage you to apply.

Reporting to the program services coordinator, the Teacher Coordinator will supervise, lead, oversee, and support center staff in their implementation of the Head Start (HS)/Early Head Start (HS) program and the delivery of high-quality comprehensive services to enrolled children and families. The Teacher Coordinator oversees the administrative requirements of the center including compliance with a broad range of local, state, and federal regulations such as childcare licensing (BCCL) and ERSEA (eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance).

The Teacher Coordinator implements daily routines with children that promote children's cognitive, social, health, and emotional growth for later success in school. The teacher coordinator serves as the parent's primary contact for all Head Start services. The teacher coordinator receives regular on-going support from the program services coordinator and the education specialist (coach) to implement the agency's curriculum that includes creating a safe and enriching environment, embedding responsive and effective teacher-child interactions, and fostering partnerships with families by respecting values, strengths, and cultures and welcoming parent's contributions and participation.

The teacher coordinator position is funded for eight hours per day Monday through Friday, working directly with children for 6.75 hours per day four days of the week. When children are not attending class, the teacher coordinator guides the center team activities such as regulatory compliance, food service oversight, transportation oversight, parent meetings, curriculum planning lessons, documenting children's work and outcomes, entering and analyzing child and family data, setting goals, and attending professional development opportunities.

Benefits:

• Paid Leave - 25 paid holidays, 5 days paid vacation after one year and up to 10 days each year thereafter, and 5 days paid Personal leave first year, 8 days each year thereafter, up to 5 days paid Sick leave each year.
• Insurance benefits - dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, PPO medical (3 plans), Vision, and Supplemental Life coverage for self, spouse, and child ($25,000 basic life and Accidental death and disability provided by employer)
• Retirement Plan
  - Agency contribution after years of services and hours eligibility criteria are met. Employee 401k deferral once eligibility is met.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years of age.
• Possess a bachelor's degree from a recognized educational institution in the field of Early Childhood Education or closely related field as determined by the agency
• Three (3) years' experience in a management role with a diverse community population in the human…