Education Specialist/Project Mentor III UW

Family Service

San Antonio, Texas

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Budget Forecasting, Budget Management, Budget Reporting, Childcare, Coaching, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Contract Management, Contract Requirements, Delivery Management, Demographics, Depth Perception, Early Childhood Education, English Language, Health Science, Human Health, Internet Technology, Kindergarten, Leadership, Legal, Licensing, Lift/Move 25 Pounds, Literacy, Material Science, Mentoring, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, People Management, Performance Metrics, Physical Demands, Plan Meetings, Policy Development, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Procedure Development, Proposal Writing, Reflective Programming Languages, Regulations, Service Delivery, Spanish Language, Staff Requirements, Strategic Planning, Team Player, Training/Teaching, Vaccination, Volunteer Management, Willing to Travel
LOCATION
San Antonio, Texas
POSTED
18 days ago
JOB SUMMARY:
Texas School Ready (TSR) manages the delivery of services to reach the desired impacts of the assigned program area(s) and is responsible for developing and maintaining collaborative relationships, supervising staff and contractual team members and volunteers, developing and revising policies and procedures, and collecting and inputting client and service activity data, while ensuring that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency. The Specialist is also responsible for: writing proposals for program, developing and forecasting budget, managing budget, attending monthly meetings, budget and reporting, supervision/coordination, subcommittee meetings, peer review, departmental, and external and internal reporting of delivery of services. Additionally, the Specialist will provide program coaches with support for implementation of the TSR project. The Specialist will be responsible to implement a variety of strategies including side-by-side coaching, co-teaching, instructional planning, and reflective feedback with program coaches. The Specialist will collaborate with the Children's Learning Center at University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (CLI) staff to ensure TSR fidelity. The Specialist travels as necessary to provide coaching, training, and to attend meetings.
 
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
 
  1. Reports to:
Manager or designated.
  1. Directs:
Supervise staff, contractual team members and volunteers; liaison with and provide leadership to personnel and representatives of collaborating agencies, community residents and others.
  1. Other:
Works cooperatively with all staff to accomplish the mission, goals, objectives and performance measures of the program and agency
 
ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND FUNCTIONS:
 
Required Competencies/Skills:
1. Legal and Regulatory Application and Assessment:  Ability to understand and explain the regulatory and
    administrative environment in which the organization functions.
2. Communication Skills:  Ability to facilitate a group; speak and write in a clear, logical, and grammatical
    manner in formal and informal situations to prepare cogent business presentations.
3. Collaboration:  The ability to work cooperatively with others as part of a team or group, including
    demonstrating positive attitudes about the team, its members, and its ability to get its mission  
    accomplished, and the ability to effectively resolve conflict.
4. Accountability:  The ability to consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, political, and regulatory
    implications of decisions and develops strategies that continually improve the long-term success and  
    liability of the organization.
5. Healthcare and Human Services Environments:  Ability to explain issues and advancements in the    
    healthcare and human services industries.
 
QUALIFICATIONS:
 
To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and skills required for this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed above.
 
Education/Training/Experience:
 
  1. Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, or related field. Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.
 
  1. Previous direct services leadership experience and/or supervision.
 
  1. Leadership development skills of coaching/mentoring is desirable.
 
  1. Three years’ experience training or coaching adults.
 
  1. Three years’ experience teaching preschool children.
 
  1. Use of research-based pre-kindergarten literacy/language/numeracy/science materials and instructional strategies.
 
  1. Understanding of pre-school literacy screening and progress monitoring and how each informs classroom instruction.
 
  1. Understanding of Texas Pre-kindergarten Guidelines, Head Start Child Outcomes, and Child Care Licensing Standards.
 
  1. Experience working with varied groups to achieve integration of early childhood services.
 
  1. Working knowledge of technology (Internet, Microsoft Word, Excel, videotaping, uploading, etc.).
 
  1. Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.
 
  1. Staff will be required to submit proof of their vaccination status or may request to be exempt from vaccination due to a religious and/or medical accommodation.
 
  1. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.
 
  1. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.
 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
 
 
The physical demands described here 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.
 
  1. While performing the duties of this job, you must be able to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear, and taste or smell.
 
  1. You may be able to lift up to 25 pounds, have close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust your focus with good hand-eye coordination.
 
TIMES WORK WILL BE PERFORMED:
The agency’s hours of operation are extended and non-traditional, and may vary based on office location and/or stakeholder requirements.  Employees are asked to work the schedule that is best suited to the achievement of deliverables and stakeholder requirements based on the agency’s posted business hours, or as required by stakeholder and contractual requirements.  Employees who work in an exempt position are paid on a salaried basis and are not entitled to overtime pay.  The amount of salary is intended to compensate the employee for all hours worked to perform the required job.
 

About the Company

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Family Service

In collaboration with others, the mission of Family Service is to provide quality programs and services, which effectively assist and strengthen individuals and families in our community. Family Service provides more than 5,000,000 meals each year through a USDA food program in 85 Nebraska counties. This program feeds almost 21,000 children in more than 1,312 licensed home child-care facilities. Family Service delivers the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program to 3,000 people in Lancaster County each month. Services include nutrition and breast feeding education as well as formula, milk and other staples. Family Service cares for more than 1,700 children who take part in our child care and early childhood programs based in 20 Lincoln Public Schools. Family Service counsels families and individuals with behavioral health sessions at 13 specific local schools. Family Service partners with a variety of federal, state, local and non-profit agencies to make available a number of other innovative programs to assist Nebraska families. Family Service Early Childhood and Youth Development programs granted over $694,000 in free and reduced rate scholarships to children during 2011-2012 school year. Visit and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FamilyServiceLincoln
COMPANY SIZE
50 to 99 employees
INDUSTRY
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
FOUNDED
1891