Head Start - Early Childhood Support Coach

**SignOn Bonus**

37.5 hours per week/46 weeks per year *Summers off and unemployment eligible*

Monday through Friday 8 am to 4 pm

Grade 15

About Oswego County Opportunities

Ranking among Oswego Countys top ten largest private employers OCO carries out its mission to inspire partnerships and provide services that empower people support communities and change lives through more than 50 programs serving 15000 people each year.

OCOs Employee benefits include:

• Health Dental and Vision Insurance (available to FullTime staff)
• Paid leave (sick leave PTO holidays etc.
• 403B Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan
• Term Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary:

OCOs Head Start program is seeking an Early Childhood Support Coach to provide direct in classroom support for children and staff to foster a welcoming learning environment and support student success.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works collaboratively with children families and all staff to support positive interactions and a classroom environment that promotes each childs cognitive social and emotional growth.
• Identifies and implements trauma responsive strategies and provides coaching to teachers for improving teacherchild interaction and fostering secure attachments.
• Designs and facilitates training for staff and/or families to build awareness and teach appropriate practices related to child mental health social and emotional wellbeing sensory processing differences and child development.
• Conducts classroom observations and collects data on childrens behaviors and the environments where the behaviors occur to inform the ongoing development and implementation of Individual Support Plans and/or makes appropriate referrals to outside community agencies as needed.
• Regularly reviews data with teachers and supports the capacity building of teachers to analyze data to inform and improve outcomes for students.
• Assists in classrooms supporting all childrens needs modeling interventions and testing strategies.
• Establishes community partnerships with mental and behavioral health agencies to facilitate family and staff access to additional resources and services as needed.
• Stays abreast of current research and best practices.
• Participates in meetings with families regarding the Individual Support Plan.
• Provides information resources and support to families in implementing strategies at home.
• Mentors new education staff.
• Accurately completes required program documentation and record keeping including tracking referrals for social/emotional and mental health services in the programs database system; ensures mental health and social emotional services documentation is inputted and updated in the database at predictable intervals in alignment with program needs.
• Performs other related duties as assigned to ensure program quality and effectiveness.
• Carries out responsibilities according to Federal and State regulations as well as Agency Policies and Procedures.

Job Requirements:

• Strong effective written and verbal communication skills ability to communicate complex ideas simply and succinctly.
• Skilled in modeling/coaching appropriate and effective support strategies.
• Ability to establish supportive relationships with staff and families from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to read analyze and use data for planning.
• Ability to work within a team environment as a cooperative and supportive team member.
• Must have knowledge of public services and resources.
• Must become familiar with the Performance Standards of Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and OCFS Regulations.
• Must have acceptable health to carry out the responsibilities of the position including lifting moving and participating in activities with children at their level.
• Must complete CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) training receive reliability certification and maintain reliability status.
• Strong organizational skills including keen attention to detail and ease at managing competing demands and determining priorities independently.

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