Head Start Child Development Specialist/Coach

Description

Matrix Human Services is Educating Children, Supporting Families and Rebuilding Neighborhoods in Detroit.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL BE A PART OF WITH JOINING MATRIX

• Over 30 program locations throughout Detroit and surrounding areas
• 20,000+ individuals benefiting from Matrix services every year
• The largest Head Start Program in the city of Detroit
• The largest HIV treatment and prevention program in Detroit
• After school youth services and academic enrichment
• Workforce Development and Financial Literacy Programs
• Housing Education and Home Buying Assistance
• Healthy Senior Living Program

FOCUS ON PERSONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. Tuition Assistance. Professional Development Support. In-House Learning and Professional Development Platform.

WE EMBRACE WORK LIFE BALANCE. Vacation Banks. Paid Holidays.

BENEFITS OPTIONS. Medical/Rx. Nonstop Visa Card. Dental. Vision. Life/AD&D Insurance. Flexible Spending Accounts. Combine Short- & Long-Term Disability. Employee Assistance Program (EAP). 403(b) Retirement Account.

CEO Starr Allen-Pettway has been honored by the Michigan Chronicle as a distinguished nonprofit leader in Southeast Michigan. 

CORE VALUES:

• Positive Attitude
• Always Learning
• Results Through Accountability
• Building Relationships

JOB SUMMARY/ACCOUNTIBILITY:

The Child Development Specialist will conduct classroom observations using tools such as CLASS, PQA, TPOT and TPITOs, and provide ongoing coaching/mentoring for staff to enhance adult-child interactions and child outcomes for school readiness.

This position requires a full-time on-site presence, offering you the chance to engage directly with our team and projects, and ensuring a hands-on role in our dynamic work environment.  

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain a positive, supportive relationships with staff
• Develop and implement Practice Based Coaching strategies using the Teachers Learning and Collaborating (TLC), Learning Communities structure with teaching staff
• Work with the Assistant Education Managers to develop a schedule for conducting classroom observations as a foundation for determining needs
• Coach and mentor assigned teachers by utilizing research-based effective teaching strategies based on the individualized needs of each staff member
• Assess all education staff to identify strengths and areas of needed support
• Submit coaching plan to review with the Assistant Education Manager and assess teacher progress
• Facilitate teacher learning and growth through positive and constructive feedback
• Receive feedback to support adult learning
• Train new teaching staff and maintain support as needed while they gain knowledge of their role and responsibilities of their position
• Provide follow up support to staff following any form of training for the purpose of increasing implementation of information and transfer of skills into practice
• Ensure the use of adopted curriculum, assessments, materials and strategies are implemented to fidelity
• Assess classroom environments for an impact on a child’s behavior and development including the use of space and arrangement of equipment, developmentally and culturally appropriate lesson plans, activities, materials, communication and interactions with children
• Coach staff to promote parents in their parenting role as their child’s first teacher and building on that relationship to enhance parent-child attachment
• Administer CLASS Assessment tool
• Administer PQA Assessment tool
• Monitor COR Data, Active Supervision implementation, Lesson Plans, and Individual Learning Plans
• Gather and record information about the implementation of practices described in goals/action plans for the purpose of summarizing and displaying data.
• Complete monthly monitoring reports or coaching logs for assigned visits and submit them according to timelines for the purpose of meeting program requirement for tracking and monitoring
• May be required to fill in during center staff shortages and breaks
• Maintain adequate safeguards for the privacy and confidentiality of information.
• Complete required documentation of relevant activities and submit records and reports in a timely and accurate manner.
• Stay abreast of current issues and trends by participation in grantee-sponsored training, center pre-service and in-service trainings, and other continuing education, career and professional development opportunities; read and review regulations and other resources