Early Childhood Job Center

• Nurture curiosity through purposeful experiences to create a future full of lifelong learners. 
• Help to meet the diverse needs of our families in our program. 
• Implement Reggio-Emilia Inspired Approach while bringing joy, warmth, patience, and understanding to the teachers in the classrooms every day, encouraging teachers to learn and grow. 
• Inspiring teachers and children to be lifelong learners, implementing curriculum that promotes social, emotional, physical, verbal, and cognitive development. 
• Committed to making the school successful and know that creating meaningful relationships with staff and children play a crucial role in that success.
• Education coaches work to improve teaching practices as well as strengthen the programs overall professional development efforts. 
• Possessing unique knowledge, skills, and competencies. 
• Instructing teachers through the planning, organizing, and implementation of high-quality education for young children. 
• Provide intense and less intensive coaching to teaching staff in identified areas. 
• Provide all teaching staff support in the delivery of high-quality education services.
• Performs all job responsibilities in a safe manner. 
• Complete duties with a positive attitude and with the intention of Paladins success. 
• Implement positive discipline strategies, when planning and assisting teachers in the classroom environment. 
• Model quality interactions with teachers and children daily. 
• Build collaborative relationships to mentor colleagues. 
• Includes any other duties to help drive our vision, fulfill our mission, or support our organizational values

Mentoring

• Mentor, coach, and provide feedback to teachers in the classroom setting regarding developmentally appropriate instruction and professional development.
• Provide resources and support to new/less experienced early childhood education staff.
• Support early childhood curriculum and assessment in preschool classrooms.
• Articulate curricular and assessment needs to education staff. Work with individual staff who need one-on-one support.
• Partner with Education Director to develop individualized professional development plans for education staff.

Classroom Management, Intentional Planning, and Meaningful Assessment

• Always provides a safe environment with supervision of children at all times, consistently applying active supervision and emergency procedures.
• Intentionally planning on-going experiences with teachers that enhance the cognitive, social, emotional, linguistic and physical development of young children.
• Gather data to know your programs needs and expectations based on community, family, and child needs, program goals including school readiness goals, areas where education staff need support and would benefit from intensive coaching, your existing continuous quality improvement system.
• Implementing developmentally appropriate behavior management techniques, including Conscious Discipline in alignment with Paladins image of the child.
• Keep necessary reports and documentation, including but not limited to, assessment data and conference notes.