CCR&R Network Coordinator - Preschool for All - Community Based Organizations

Salary : $53,124.00 - $73,538.00 Annually

Location : Portland, OR

Job Type : Full-time

Job Number : 2024-00107

Division : Advancement and Community Engagement

Department : Child Care Resource and Referral

Opening Date : 12 / 04 / 2024

Job Summary and Responsibilities / Duties

The salary range listed above reflects the 2023-2024 Classified Employee Association pay rates. The salary range will be updated pending ratification of the successor Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Job Summary

Serves as a local expert in child development, relationship-based care and education, and adult learning. Implements a child care network and responds to training and technical assistance requests to address the needs of early education programs across Multnomah County. Serves as a system navigator to early educators in family and center based childcare settings, school districts, and other early education programs to meet program expectations, best practice standards, and increase the quality and availability of diverse early care and education for children and their families.

Essential Duties

• Facilitates one Focused Child Care Network utilizing relationship based, culturally responsive, and inclusive strategies to center the experiences of providers and the families they are serving.
• Delivers regular one-on-one consultation, professional development, and mentorship to early educators and network programs.
• Provides on-going consultation and support. Assists with learning environment set up, mission setting and articulation, curriculum pedagogy and model development, orientation of children and families, child screening and assessment, teacher-child interactions and behavior management strategies, family engagement, specific inclusionary practices, and business acumen. Provides other program support as appropriate.
• Assesses and evaluates early educator needs and provides appropriate education, referrals, resources, support, and problem solving.
• Provides job embedded professional learning through site visits at early education programs at least monthly, and develops plans, ongoing feedback, and recommendations to support program goals related to environments, teacher-child interactions, and communication with families.
• Supports continuous quality improvement in practice with a focus on program goals, grant standards and early childhood inclusive practices.
• Provides reports and data to programs and supports data from other assessors utilizing quality assessment tools, such as Environmental Rating Scales, and classroom observations as deemed appropriate and necessary. Provides feedback; connects scores and feedback to continuous quality improvement and tracks over time.
• Conducts or coordinates workshops and trainings on child development and appropriate practices. Provides trainings covering Oregon Registry Online (ORO) Core Knowledge Categories and licensing preparation courses.
• Keeps abreast of licensing regulations pertaining to the care of children in child care programs and assists programs in exceeding those regulations. Assists programs in attaining and maintaining licensing.
• Assists programs who choose to participate in Oregon SPARK, staying current on program requirements.
• Provides technical assistance to help early educators to obtain college coursework to develop their skills and expertise.
• Provides technical assistance, professional development, and resources in support of small business owners to strengthen their business functions, including automation opportunities through technology and shared services.
• Helps early educators create professional development plans, apply for quality improvement grants and education awards, and access the training required by the Office of Child Care to meet licensure requirements. Assists early educators with developing short- and long-term plans to meeting various Oregon program milestones and guidelines and move towards full program participation where appropriate.

Additional Duties

Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

Education : Bachelor's degree in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field OR Associate's degree WITH the ability to obtain a bachelor degree in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field within four (4) years of hire OR a Step 10 on the Oregon Registry and coursework in age three to five development

Experience / Training :

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Other Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Qualifications and / or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Working Conditions and Important Information

Working Conditions

Works in a variety of office and classroom settings. As necessary to meet workload demands, works outside of typical schedule, including evening / weekend hours. Work requires travel to off-campus locations and periodic weekend or overnight trips with advance notice. Work is sometimes performed in an emotional and stressful environment.

Salary :

Initial salary placement will be based on years of relevant full-time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the applicable Handbook or Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please include all relevant full and part-time experience in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.

Important Information :

MHCC only accepts applications through our online application system at http : / / agency.governmentjobs.com / mhcc / default.cfm. For technical assistance, please call 855-524-5627.

Please note : We do not request or read letters of recommendation. Also, it is not necessary to upload a large number of documents with your materials. We are looking for the required documents and perhaps one or two additional documents of your choosing (optional). Faculty applications require a current resume, cover letter and official transcripts (copies are fine for application purposes) and / or any required certificates or licenses.

Please note : this is initially a self-screening system. We recognize that our application process can be lengthy, so before you begin, please read all of the stated requirements to determine if you meet them. Applicants must meet all of the stated minimum qualifications and additional requirements to be considered for this position. Based on your responses to the qualifying questions, the system may automatically screen you out from further consideration.

Position subject to budget consideration and approval.

Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background check as part of the employment process.

MHCC is NOT able to support Visa applications for employment at the college. Applicants must already be eligible to work in the United States to be considered.

MHCC provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment in accordance with ORS 408.225, 408.230, and 408.235; OAR 105-040-0010 and 105-040-0015.

Qualifying veterans and disabled veterans may obtain preference by submitting as verification of eligibility a copy of the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215) or a letter from the US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs indicating receipt of a non-service connected pension to your application. Disabled Veterans must also submit a copy of their Veteran's disability preference letter from the Dept. of Veteran Affairs, unless the information is included in the DD Form 214 or 215.

If you are seeking this preference, appropriate documentation must be provided at the time of application. You may submit an electronic copy in the document upload area of the application in the section marked "veterans' preference document," or fax to 503-491-7257 or mail to Human Resources, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 97030. If you do not have your documentation, you may request it through your Veterans' Administration Office.

Applicants with disabilities may request accommodation to complete the application and interview process. Please notify Human Resources at least three working days prior to the date of need.

Mt. Hood Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively supports workforce diversity.

Mt. Hood Community College

Classified Employee Benefit Summary

The following is a brief description of the benefits offered by Mt. Hood Community, this is intended to be a summary only - any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please refer to benefit booklets, plan documents, college policy and regulations for more detailed information. Greater detail regarding fringe benefits is available in the Classified Association Bargaining Agreement.

Health Benefit Options

MHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP). The effective date of employer-provided benefits is the first day of the first full month of employment at MHCC, unless otherwise indicated. Available medical, dental and vision plans and rates are available on the MHCC intranet, under Human Resources / Benefits.

MHCC will only pay the premium portion for medical, dental and vision coverage for your spouse / domestic partner and / or eligible dependents if they are not covered under another policy.

If you elect to have double coverage for a spouse / domestic partner or eligible dependent, you will be required to have the premium associated with the double coverage deducted out of your payroll check each month.

Important Retirement Information :

Make sure you are enrolled in the medical, dental and / or vision plans you want when you retire. Retirement is not considered a Qualified Status Change (QSC) so you cannot add or change plans at the time of retirement.

In order to ensure that a spouse / domestic partner and / or eligible dependent can be covered when you retire you will need to enroll them on MHCC's policy at the open enrollment period prior to your retirement date even though they may be covered under another policy. The College will waive the double coverage premiums when an employee is adding a spouse / domestic partner and / or eligible dependents during open enrollment period prior to the employee's anticipated retirement date for that plan year.

Other College Paid Insurances

Coverage = $50,000

Coverage = $50,000

Approved benefit claims begin after 90-day elimination period. Maximum benefit is 66 2 / 3 of monthly salary; benefit may be adjusted based on other incomreceived by retirement benefits.

Public Employees Retirement Plan (PERS)

On behalf of the employee, MHCC contributes 6% of their gross salary into an Individual Account Program (IAP) with PERS. At the time of retirement, based on one of the following programs, a monthly pension benefit is calculated. Please refer the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) website for detailed information on retirement benefits : http : / / oregon.gov / PERS / .

Public Employees Retirement System - Tier One / Tier Two

Hired by a PERS employer before August 28, 2003 and have an active account.

Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan - OPSRP

Hired on or after August 28, 2003 and do not have active account in the PERS Program.

Tuition Waiver Plan

The College will maintain the Tuition Waiver Plan for employees, their spouses, and their dependents through age 23 who qualify as dependents. Employees and their spouse / domestic partner will pay only course specific fees. Instructional fees for work-related classes taken by an employee at the request of the supervisor will be waived.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

MHCC's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is through Reliant Behavioral Health (RBH) which provides services to help people privately resolve problems that may interfere with work, family, and other important areas of life.

The EAP provides FREE (no charge for utilization) and confidential services to employees and their dependents, living at or away from home, and all household members, related or not. MHCC employees, spouses / domestic partner, dependents and their eligible household members have five (5) free EAP services per new issue, including relationship, family, stress, anxiety, and other common challenges.

Use of MHCC Swimming Pool

Full-time employees and dependents have free access to the MHCC swimming pool during open recreation sessions. Swimming classes through the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program are not free under the tuition waiver plan or the swim pass. Employees are responsible to pay for the classes.

Vacation

Scheduling and Use of Vacation Leave

Vacation time may be taken only with the prior approval of the supervisor and cannot be granted before it is accrued unless it is to the mutual benefit of the College and the employee.

All employees must request vacations to the employee's supervisor in writing not less than two (2) weeks in advance for approval to use more than two (2) days, and not less than one (1) week in advance when requesting two (2) days or less. This advance notice requirement may be waived in the sole discretion of the employee's supervisor.

A department may delineate specific periods during the year when, due to operational need, vacations may not be approved. Outside of those periods, if a vacation request is denied, the employee and supervisor will immediately discuss a reasonable alternative time for vacation. If the delay results in an employee's accrual exceeding maximum limits as defined in the chart below, during the next three months, the employee will be paid forty (40) hours of vacation in their next regular pay distribution. The hours paid will be deducted from the accrued vacation time.

Vacation Accruals

Vacation time will begin accruing from the first day of employment with the College. Classified employees will accrue vacation on a monthly basis. The vacation accrual rates are as follows for full-time employees who remain employed for twelve (12) months.

Employees working less than twelve (12) months or less than full-time will accrue vacation on a prorated basis, based on the percentage of full-time worked or the percentage of the year worked by the employee.

An employee's total balance of accrued vacation may not exceed two (2) times their annual maximum accrual rate.

Separation from Employment

In case of an employee's termination or resignation, accrued vacation pay will be included in the employee's last check except if the employee has not completed their probationary period.

Sick Leave

At the time of hire, employees will receive eighty (80) hours of sick leave. Thereafter, employees will accrue sick leave at the rate of one (1) day per full month worked. Sick leave will be available to employees as it is accrued. Those employees who are not employed on a twelve (12) month basis will accrue sick leave on a prorated basis of actual time worked. Employees who work less than full-time will accrue sick leave on a prorated basis, based on the percentage of full-time worked, excluding overtime hours worked.

Holidays

The term "holiday" means each of the following days :

Any other day observed by the College as a legal holiday. If a holiday falls on Saturday, Friday will be a paid holiday. If a holiday falls on Sunday, Monday will be a paid holiday.

Additional Information

Detailed information regarding all Classified Employee benefits are available in the

Do you have a Bachelor's degree (or higher) in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field OR Associate's degree WITH the ability to obtain a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education, human development, child and family studies, social work, sociology, psychology or related field within four (4) years of hire OR a Step 10 on the Oregon Registry and coursework in age 3 to 5 development?

Do you have at least (3) years of experience in an early childhood program providing technical assistance?

Do you have experience incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion practices into teaching and coaching methods?

Do you have a current driver's license, insurance, and access to reliable automobile during work hours for transportation to off-campus sites AND at least (3) years of driving history?

This position will support culturally and linguistically specific communities. Please describe your written and oral proficiencies delivering services in the identified community and language within the position description you are applying for.

Early childhood is a comprehensive landscape, what unique strengths, experience and background within early childhood would you bring to the network team?

Required Question

Salary : $53,124 - $73,538