Preschool Teacher Coordinator

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Location: Northwest Head Start Center 2160 North 6th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705, 1 position

Level: Experienced

Position Type: 40 hours/week

Salary Range: $1,886.40 biweekly

Travel %: In Town

Job Shift: Day (M-F), 7:30am-3:30pm, work is in-person and has limited eligibility for remote work, may require working some evenings and weekends.

Job Categories: Education

Classification: Salary, Exempt

Supervisor: Program Services Coordinator

Supervises: Teacher (1), Co-Teacher (1-2), Cook (1), Driver/Custodian (1)

Job Summary:

Child-Parent Centers (CPC) is seeking professionals who share our values and principles for building trusting relationships with children, families, and colleagues. Successful candidates welcome individual differences and perspectives, respect cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and are sensitive to current circumstances. Candidates display a commitment to teamwork, open communication, and are eager to work in a fast-paced, high quality preschool environment. This is a great opportunity for organized and dependable early childhood professionals with a strong work ethic and a desire to grow. CPC provides opportunities and financial support for teacher coordinators to grow professionally including attainment of a bachelor's degree in early childhood education or child development. If you have previous experience working in an early childhood center and are interested in joining our growing team, we encourage you to apply.

Reporting to the program services coordinator, the Teacher Coordinator will supervise, lead, oversee, and support center staff in their implementation of the Head Start (HS)/Early Head Start (HS) program and the delivery of high-quality comprehensive services to enrolled children and families. The Teacher Coordinator oversees the administrative requirements of the center including compliance with a broad range of local, state, and federal regulations such as childcare licensing (BCCL) and ERSEA (eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance). The Teacher Coordinator implements daily routines with children that promote children’s cognitive, social, health, and emotional growth for later success in school. The teacher coordinator serves as the parent’s primary contact for all Head Start services. The teacher coordinator receives regular on-going support from the program services coordinator and the education specialist (coach) to implement the agency’s curriculum that includes creating a safe and enriching environment, embedding responsive and effective teacher-child interactions, and fostering partnerships with families by respecting values, strengths, and cultures and welcoming parent's contributions and participation. The teacher coordinator position is funded for eight hours per day Monday through Friday, working directly with children for 6.75 hours per day four days of the week. When children are not attending class, the teacher coordinator guides the center team activities such as regulatory compliance, food service oversight, transportation oversight, parent meetings, curriculum planning lessons, documenting children's work and outcomes, entering and analyzing child and family data, setting goals, and attending professional development opportunities.

Benefits:

Paid Leave - 25 paid holidays, 5 days paid vacation after one year and up to 10 days each year thereafter, and 5 days paid Personal leave first year, 8 days each year thereafter, up to 5 days paid Sick leave each year.
Insurance benefits - dental, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Health Savings Accounts, PPO medical (3 plans), Vision, and Supplemental Life coverage for self, spouse, and child ($25,000 basic life and Accidental death and disability provided by employer)
Retirement Plan - Agency contribution after years of services and hours eligibility criteria are met. Employee 401k deferral once eligibility is met.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be 21 years of age.
Possess a bachelor’s degree from a recognized educational institution in the field of Early Childhood Education or closely related field as determined by the agency
Three (3) years’ experience in a management role with a diverse community population in the human services area such as education, health services, or social services Three (3) years’ experience supervising staff.
Demonstrated proficiency using Office 365 (Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Read, write, and speak English.
Submit a current AZ Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card prior to start date.

Competencies:

Accountability and Dependability
Safety Focus
Listening
Creative and Innovative Thinking
Building Relationships
Teamwork
Self-Management
Adaptability and Flexibility
Development and Continual Learning
Technology

Other Requirements (post hire):

Must be able to travel to and from various sites as needed.
Provide proof of immunizations: MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Tdap (adult Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis), and a Tuberculosis Self-Assessment
Able to pass a company paid physical exam prior to starting work.
Able to pass a criminal background check.
Must be able to prove the right to work in the USA by providing appropriate documents to complete the Federal I-9 form.
Must possess or have the ability to possess and keep current certification in First Aid Training/CPR training including Infants and Children.
Must be able to obtain the State of Arizona Food Safety Manager Certification and Food Handlers Class within one month of employment.

Desired Qualifications:

Possess a master’s degree with major in Child and Family Services, Family Engagement, Social Services, Human Services, Early Childhood Education, Community Health Services, Social Services, or agreed equivalent that supports high quality implementation of our program as determined by the agency.
Six (6) years’ work or volunteer experience with groups or individuals from a variety of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds or with Head Start.
Able to read, write, and speak Spanish.

Work Environment:

Indoor classroom – temperature controlled
Outdoor playground – exposure to hot and cold
Possible exposure to communicable illness, blood borne pathogens
Exposure to cleaning and sanitizing chemicals

Physical Requirements

Frequently

Ability to see or hear and respond quickly to unsafe situations
Stooping, bending, reaching
Moving quickly around objects (run, jump, jog)
Up and down from carpet/floor and/or 12”-14”chairs
Lift children (3-5 year old children) {30 – 40 lb}

Occasionally

Picking up and dropping off supplies
Push and pull furniture {20 to 50lb}
Lifting +/- 50 lb