Help build a stronger start for Colorado's youngest learners
Every child deserves a high-quality early start - and the providers who deliver that care deserve a partner who makes it sustainable. As a CCP Specialist at Early Learning Ventures, you'll be that partner. Working hands-on with two to four child care sites, you'll coach leaders, grow great teachers, engage families, and bring comprehensive Early Head Start services to infants and toddlers in high-need communities. If you're energized by the idea of strengthening whole programs - not just one classroom at a time - this role was built for you.
About Early Learning Ventures
Early Learning Ventures (ELV) is a nonprofit on a mission to expand access to high-quality Early Care and Education. Through a unique shared-services model and a cost-effective online business platform, we take the back-office burden off providers so they can stay financially stable, save time and money, and focus on what matters most: caring for more children, better.
Through an Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP) grant, ELV and its collaborators deliver best-in-class, comprehensive early childhood services to eligible children across six Colorado counties - leveraging our model to stretch every resource in support of infant and toddler development.
Your impact
You'll serve as the bridge between ELV program management and your assigned CCP sites - part coach, part compliance guide, part community connector. Your work spans five areas of development: Leadership, Professional, Business, Family Engagement, and Community. Day to day, that means showing up on-site, building trusting relationships, solving real problems, and helping good programs become great ones.
What you'll do
Develop strong site leaders
- Provide on-site technical assistance, coaching, and support around center management, operations, human resources, and business development.
- Guide site leaders through a continuous improvement process to reach full compliance with the federal Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) and standards set by licensing, health, fire, and other regulatory agencies.
- Lead assigned sites through targeted quality improvement projects.
Grow great teachers
- Implement a teacher and director professional development program, including coordinating and delivering training, coaching, and the teacher credentialing process.
- Deliver Practice-Based Coaching for EHS teachers through individualized coaching plans - supporting an evidence-based infant/toddler curriculum, ongoing authentic assessment, and classroom observations that pinpoint teacher, classroom, and PD needs.
- Ensure adherence to EHS service plans guiding early childhood development, health and safety, and effective classroom management.
Partner with families
- Offer a family development program aligned with HSPPS and the Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) Framework that supports families' progress toward self-reliance.
- Build a comprehensive family engagement program - parent curriculum, home visits, parent-teacher conferences, intentional engagement events, and county-based policy council participation.
- Facilitate the eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance (ERSEA) system per HSPPS and program policy, and maintain accurate data within the management system.
Strengthen communities and comprehensive services
- Develop, revise, and oversee program policies and procedures - including annual service plans and monitoring processes - and participate in the Health Services Advisory Committee (HSAC).
- Coordinate comprehensive health services with community providers, including a range of health screenings, and ensure compliance with EHS plans covering health, safety, nutrition, and disabilities services.
- Support the development and tracking of contracts and MOUs that enable countywide Early Head Start services.
- Represent ELV positively and professionally, building relationships with local agencies and connecting those resources to programs and families.
Keep everything on track
- Document and maintain required records and reports - continuous improvement checkpoints, child health and development data, PD and coaching plans, case notes, referrals and follow-up, and monthly reports - in the Alliance CORE database.
- Execute a monitoring and reporting structure with child care partners that ensures full HSPPS compliance and meets the needs of enrolled families.
- Take on other duties as assigned as the program grows.
What you bring
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Social Welfare, Public Administration, or a related human services field (preferred).
Experience & knowledge
- Minimum 2 years in human services, including at least 1 year in an early childhood environment.
- Experience working with children and families from diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Early Childhood Development theory and practice.
- Proven leadership ability - facilitating relationships with ECE programs, community partners, and parents.
- Working knowledge of case management, community engagement, continuous improvement, change management, and/or practice-based coaching.
Credentials & skills
- Current Colorado Coaching Credential - or willingness to pursue it and certify on other relevant coaching tools.
- Bilingual English/Spanish (preferred).
- Strong customer service skills and the ability to partner effectively with both organizations and individuals.
- Comfort with technology - or the willingness to learn - including Alliance CORE, remote meetings, and Microsoft Office & Teams.
Travel & requirements
- Local in-county travel up to 60%; out-of-county travel up to 10%.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation required.
What Does Early Learning Ventures Have to Offer You?
Excellent benefits (medical, dental, & vision)
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Insurance
401(k) with company match
Company-Paid Employee assistance programs
Paid vacation days
Paid personal days
Paid holidays
Sick Days