Senior Coordinator, Consultant Family Child Care

Senior Coordinator, Consultant Family Child Care

September 11 , 2025

Puget Sound Educational Service District seeks a Senior Coordinator to work with Family Child Care (FCC) sites to implement FCC Head Start Performance Standards, provide technical assistance, coaching, mentoring, and ongoing support to FCC staff. Duties will also include coordinating program activities and action plans, monitoring program standards, recruitment of new family childcare providers and providing excellent customer service to internal and external clients.

This position may also support other Early Learning Direct Service programs.

PSESD is one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts and state approved charter and private schools in Washington. Serving over 39% of Washington’s K-12 public school students, our agency provides critical services designed to ensure that our students are ready to enter school, achieve at high levels in the K-12 system, and succeed in postsecondary endeavors. We are committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education.

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Early Learning Program Hiring Requirements

• Portable Background Check: All Early Learning Program hires must have a cleared PSESD fingerprint background check (Washington State Patrol and FBI clearance)
  and a cleared Portable Background Check (PBC) before their hire date, and every three (3) years thereafter as a condition of continued employment. Applicants without a current PBC should consider completing a PBC during the application phase. Please click here for instructions, and please click here to start the process.
• Required Health Documentation to be completed within 30 days of official start date for all Early Learning staff, including:
  • Completed Medical Release Form
  • Tuberculosis clearance (if not included on Medical Release Form)
  • MMR vaccine documentation (if not included on Medical Release Form)

Bachelor’s Degree in Childhood Development or Early Childhood Education (ECE), or a related field (Elementary Education, Special Education, Human Development, Child and Family Studies) and 45 ECE college credits

Professional experience mentoring, coaching, and/or providing technical assistance to early learning staff

Experience providing group or staff training and/or teaching adult learners

Head Start, Early Head Start, ECEAP, or other state-funded preschool experience

Professional experience in teaching and caring for infants, toddlers, and/or preschool children in a family childcare home

Knowledge of Head Start performance standards and/or childcare licensing Washington Administrative Codes (WACs).

Applicants are required to include the following attachments within the online application in order to be considered:

• Cover Letter: Clearly reflect how you meet the minimum qualifications(and preferred qualifications if applicable).
• Resume: Provide complete chronological resume including all work history along with dates of employment (month and year) and job responsibilities, education, and certifications.
  • Please note that salary placements for selected candidates will be based on related experience detailed in the resume provided via the application process
  • Additional Documents: In some cases, additional documents may be required and will be specified in the job opening announcement/advertisement.

Location: Office based in Renton, travel to Family Child Care sites in King & Pierce Counties

Job Type: Full time, 40hrs/week

Hiring Salary Range: $74,129-$97,264(Salary Band H)

Full Salary Range:$74,129-$107,361 (Salary Band H)

Department: Learning, Teaching, and Family Support
-Early Learning

We attract, retain, and motivate exceptional people with an equitable and competitive compensation package. Salary offers consider candidate qualifications and relevant experience. New hires at Puget Sound ESD start employment on or around the 1st and 15th of each month. For awareness and planning purposes, linked here are the dates through August, 2025.

• Participation in Washington State Department of Retirement System
• Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
• Subsidized ORCA card, free parking, and electric car charging stations (Renton office)

Open until filled; for best consideration, submit complete application by 9/28/2025
. Interviews are tentatively scheduled for 10/7/2025 in person.

Jobs are listed here for information only.

To apply for a specific open position, you must be a registered applicant in the PSESD - School Jobs and apply specifically for each position for which you wish to be considered.

PSESD is committed to having a diverse workforce and encourages all candidates meeting the minimum qualifications to apply.

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