Education Coordinator, Infant / Toddler & Preschool

ELC Education Coordinator

Family ACCESS of Newton is a community-based nonprofit supporting families through early childhood education, counseling, and family support services. For over 100 years, the organization has served thousands of families, regardless of their economic status, from Newton and neighboring towns.

The word ACCESS is an acronym of the phrase "A Center for Comprehensive Education and Support Services", a phrase that clearly defines the organization's work in the community. Formerly known as Newton Community Service Center, our new name, specifically the word ACCESS, describes the impact of that work. It reminds us of the doors that open, and the rich journeys that result, when children and families have access to the very best education-based resources and programs.

Position Summary : The Education Coordinator of the Early Learning Center (ELC) works under the supervision of the ELC Director to implement, evaluate and ensure a culturally and developmentally age appropriate programs for all children in the ELC program at Family Access. The Education Coordinator works with the ELC Leadership Team to ensure the overall educational quality of the program. This position conducts regular classroom observations, provides feedback to teaching teams, supports individual teachers to develop Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDP) and plans professional development opportunities. Collaborate with the ELC Leadership Team to ensure that all regulations and requirements for EEC state licensing and NAEYC Accreditation are met and maintained in the classrooms.

Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities :

• Demonstrates ability to work effectively in a culturally diverse environment with excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Teacher supervision including observations and supervision meetings
• Contributes to and supports program marketing activities for the ELC
• Support the classrooms as needed, with in classroom time anticipated at 30-40%
• Maintains strong working relationships within the organization, ELC admin team, and with the teaching teams
• Provides family support and creates a welcoming environment for all families and children
• Provides supervision, guidance, and training to individual teachers as needed
• Support Director interventions when teachers are displaying practices that are not in adherence to policies and requirements
• Conducts regularly scheduled classroom observations for classrooms needing support
• Contributes to annual teacher performance evaluations
• Supports the outside referral process for early intervention services as needed
• Interview, observe and assess perspective teacher candidates
• Build and maintain positive relationships with children, parents, and staff
• Implement and uphold the center's policies and procedures
• Stay current with the latest trends and best practices in early childhood education and incorporate them into the center's programs
• Provide ongoing training, staff development, and opportunities for professional growth data-driven by both programmatic priorities and individual professional development needs
• Oversee the daily operations of the childcare center, ensuring a safe, welcoming, and stimulating environment for children
• Maintain compliance with EEC licensing regulations, NAEYC accreditation, and MA QRIS standards; lead state licensing and national accreditation processes, including filing of annual reporting and communication of outcomes to the community and leadership
• Create a family-friendly atmosphere and plan for community activities that encourage parent and family engagement
• Provide prospective family tours, as needed
• Assist in planning and implementing open houses
• Co-lead staff meetings
• Organize and support the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) activities
• Plan / coordinate / conduct staff development trainings
• Daily monitoring of the physical environment and proactively taking actions to ensure the center is clean and safe
• Distribute daily scheduling and assignment of teaching staff
• Perform other duties as needed / assigned

Teacher Supervisory / Support Responsibility :

Preparation, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Working Conditions / Physical Demands :

Frequent bending

Lifting babies, toddlers, or preschoolers onto changing table, placing and removing from strollers

Moving equipment and supplies such as paints, toys, bikes, cones, and water and sand tables

Contact with children who are ill and / or contagious

Fast-paced, moderately noisy, and often multi-tasking environment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.