Head Start - Early Childhood Support Coach

**Sign-On Bonus**

About Oswego County Opportunities

Ranking among Oswego County's 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 15,000 people each year.

OCO's Employee benefits include:

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

Job Summary:

OCO's 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 child’s cognitive, social, and emotional growth.
• Identifies and implements trauma responsive strategies and provides coaching to teachers for improving teacher-child 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 children’s behaviors and the environments where the behaviors occur to inform the on-going 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 children’s 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.

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

Monday through Friday - 8 am to 4 pm

Grade 11 - Non-Exempt Plus

Oswego County Opportunities, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.