Classroom Specialist

Job Type Full-time Description

Posted Date: July 29, 2024

Deadline Date: August 12, 2024, or until filled

Position Title:   Classroom Specialist

Reports to:  Education Coordinator

Department:  Education 

Employment Status:  Full-Time, Non-Exempt, & Full Year Position (12 Months) 

Compensation Range:  $27.86 - $39.36 (Step 1-Step 15) Hourly Rate & Benefits 

Summary of Duties 

The Classroom Specialist (CS) will provide selected teaching staff with individualized coaching and support to enhance the quality of early childhood classroom services in Head Start-Early Head Start & State Preschool classrooms. The CS will work closely with the Education Coordinator and Child Development Specialist Supervisors who directly supervise teaching staff and develop the Professional Development (PD) Goals. Additionally, mentor-coaching may be aligned to assessment data from DRDP (Desired Results Developmental Profile), CLASS, ECERs and any other sources selected by Administration as a priority. The CS position requires skills to build trusting relationships with teaching staff, work with minimal supervision, ability to analyze data and subsets to identify PD needs and target support.

Generous Employee Benefits: ACA Compliant Health Insurance Benefits, Aflac, Dental, Life, and Vision plans. 

· Paid Holidays, Sick Leave, and Personnel Necessity (PN) Hours: 13 Paid Holidays, 21 Days of Paid Vacation: Accrue at the rate of 14 hours per month worked, (1 year of employment = 168 hours), 14 Paid Sick leave, includes 3 Days of Personal Necessity: Accrue at the rate of 9.5 hours per month (1 year of employment= 114)

· Employer Funded Retirement Plan- Foundation contributes 8.5% after one year of service, you can make voluntarily contributions at the start of your employment.

· Free Employee Assistance Program(s) - EASE & EAP

Work Location: FOUNDATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, INC. (Main Office and Sites)  

Main Office: 3450 East Sierra Madre Boulevard Pasadena, California 91107 

Frequent travel will be assigned to report to our designated sites HS/EHS/SPS sites.

· Boyle Heights, Echo Park, Hollywood, and Lincoln Heights   

 Review our website: www.foundationheadstart.org for specific site locations. 

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Summary of Job Duties, Knowledge & Skills 

(Job Description available from HR) 

· Trains and models for the teaching team, or assigned staff practices to support classroom management and best practices: daily routines and schedules, classroom management, establishing transitions, implementation of various Policies and Procedures, and time management in the classroom

· Assists the teaching team in establishing and promoting productive relationships with family/parents, and other agency staff, to increase support to enrolled families, that meet their child's needs. 

· Assists the team in the implementation process of effective teaching strategies by making the necessary adaptations in the program to meet the individual needs of children including and not limited to various disabilities, cultural backgrounds, linguistic groups, etc.

· Conducts classroom visits, in-person or virtual to observe classroom activities, teacher-child interaction, and provides on-site support to teaching staff as a Classroom Specialist.

· Conducts and models effective teaching practices for teaching staff, that includes implementing the curriculum and using positive behavioral guidance using ABCs of behavior, setting classroom routines, and following the Agency’s Policies and Procedures.

· Ensures the teacher writes and maintains proper records on child observations to complete accurate child assessments (DRDP) 

· Supports teaching staff, in collaboration with others such as Mental Health Specialists regarding child’s behavior and recommends teaching strategies to support learning experiences. 

· Provides leadership to the teaching team by assisting them in designing daily classroom schedules