Careers

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with at least 18 credit hours in early childhood education, child development, special education, child psychology, educational psychology, elementary education, or family science.
• A minimum of 1 year experience in an early childhood setting
• Previous experience and proven ability in preparing and conducting training and development workshops for adults with effective results.
• Be conversant in best practices and research.
• Also requires excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly convey thoughts, ideas and concepts to others.
• Computer proficiency and current technological skills are required.
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment and/or periodic physical examination, annual TB skin test, and complete background check every 24 months.
• Must have access to insured and reliable transportation.

The physical requirements for this position are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to frequently walk, stand and sit for extended time periods.
• Repetitive use of hands; reaching and turning;
• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds; light lifting of supplies and materials;
  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to twist, turn, kneel, bend and stoop.
• Must be able to monitor children’s safety in activities when needed

Mentor:

• Provide on-site mentoring to child care providers attaining and maintaining Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification.
• Responsible for assisting facilities to move towards 4 Star or National Accreditation status by providing on-going support through professional development and modeling developmentally appropriate practices.
• Maintain a bi-monthly visit schedule to insure all TRS sites receive on-site visits regularly.
• Submit weekly reports detailing site visits, successes and obstacles.
• Develop instructional materials and provide instructional trainings on a monthly basis for the TRS facility.
• Recruit RSACC providers and provide on-site training in attaining TRS status.
• Participate in community events as required.
• Assist in ordering materials and resources through the Quality Initiatives program as needed for the TRS program.
• Setting goals with the director,
• Works with the Director on TRS categories which are: Director and Staff Qualifications, Program Administration, and Indoor and Outdoor Environments.
• Supports TRS category Teacher Child Interactions as needed
• Responsible for Service Improvement Agreement (SIA) with providers, probations, star level drops, uploading of documents and administrative supports.
• Responsible for all documentation needed for financial agreement and finance (W-9, rate changes, Holiday changes and other documents).
• The TRS Mentor will work collaboratively with the TRS Coach and Assessor.
•  Other duties as assigned.
  

Coach:

• Provide in-classroom guidance for teachers utilizing research-based techniques, approaches, and interactions to successfully facilitate the learning process for children. (Activities include role modeling, coaching, theoretical instruction, etc. in combinations that complement the teacher’s learning style and abilities)
• Works with the program to support the Mentor on TRS categories: Director and Staff Qualifications, Program Administration, and Indoor and Outdoor Environments, as needed.
• Participate in Community events as required.
• Positively impact the results of Child Assessments in your teachers’ classrooms.
• Complete Classroom Behavior Checklists each month on each teacher.
• Train teaching staff to enhance their abilities to provide children with developmentally appropriate classroom environments.
• Ensure that all classroom teachers receive ongoing training and staff development to master the skills to improve TRS category, Teacher Child Interactions.
• Complete Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) on each child care facility and individual staff that is being coached.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the latest research-based early education information.
• Maintain individual records for each teacher to track progress on a regular basis and accomplishments.
• Identify teachers who are unable to incorporate best practices into their daily performance and coordinate the process of getting needs addressed.
• Evaluate and analyze the impact of the mentoring process with the teacher on child outcome results.
• The TRS Coach will work collaboratively with the TRS Mentor and Assessor.
• Observe classrooms and offer creative, new ideas for improvement.
• Other related duties assigned.