Child Development Center; CDC) Coach - St. Paul

• Location 932 Concordia Ave,St. Paul, MN, 55104,United States
• Base Pay $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 / Year
• Job Category Early Childhood Education
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Required Degree 2 Year Degree

Jeremiah Program (JP) is a national organization whose mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. By investing simultaneously in a mother’s vision for her personal and professional goals and the education of her children, she simultaneously reauthors her family’s outcome as well her community’s- proof points matter. In 2025, JP actively served over 2,000 moms and children across nine cities in Austin, TX;
Baltimore, MD;
Boston, MA;
Brooklyn, NY;
Fargo, ND-Moorhead, MN;
Las Vegas, NV;
Minneapolis, MN;
Rochester, MN; and St. Paul, MN.Learn more about JP  .

The Child Development Center (CDC) Coach serves as a leader among peers with a focus on building the Child Development Center’s capacity to deliver the best child development experience possible. In the absence of CDC Director and Executive Director, the CDC Coach plays a pivotal role in leadership and operations. The CDC Coach plays a pivotal role in building relationships with families, helping shape the CDC culture, improving student learning, and influencing practice among peers.

• Ensures ratios are maintained and teachers get adequate time for required breaks and planning time
• In conjunction with CDC Director, supports communication plan in the event of teacher absences and serves as substitute when needed
• When not substituting, visits classrooms on a daily basis to provide feedback to teaching teams to improve implementation of high-quality, and developmentally appropriate teaching practices
• When not substituting, partners with teaching teams inside classrooms to model high-quality instruction and co-teach in alignment with the work the CDC Director is implementing
• When fully staffed, leads weekly lesson planning meetings with all teaching teams to ensure implementation of curriculum, authentic assessment, and collaborate on individualizing instruction for all children
• If not fully staffed, provide weekly feedback on lesson plans to ensure implementation of curriculum, authentic assessment, and collaborate on individualizing instruction for all children
• Supports teachers with the use of authentic assessment systems (Teaching Strategies GOLD), and interpretation of data and use of assessment data in planning
• Ensures instructional resources such as websites, readings, unit plans, instructional materials, assessment tools or other teaching aids are available and shared with families to extend learning beyond the classroom

• Assists and supports operational work that’s led by CDC Director
• In the absence of CDC Director, assists Executive Director in licensure processes and completion of compliance-related paperwork

• Collaborates with CDC director on teaching teams’ identified goals by modeling high-quality teaching practices during daily visits, and supporting teachers as needed
• Informs teaching teams’ professional development needs based on observations and children’s authentic assessment data
• Leads portions of professional development days and follows up with teachers on lessons and applications
• Lead new teacher onboarding/orientation in conjunction with Center Director
• Lead required annual in-service training tracking and coordination
• Supports teachers in planning and preparing materials for parent-teacher conferences

• Associate’s degree (bachelor's degree preferred) required with focus in early childhood education, human services, social work, or closely…