Who We Are: Shine Early Learning partners with states and local communities to accelerate child and family outcomes by providing professional development and other supports. Since its founding in 2011, Shine Early Learning has partnered with cities, states, and programs across the U.S. serving hundreds of thousands of students, families, and educators. Shine Early Learning’s experts have decades of experience in early child care education, training, and technical assistance.
The Montana based project, named SPARK Learning Lab Montana (SPARK), provides regulatory and quality technical assistance to child care programs and professionals across the state. We provide technical assistance and training with a focus on building relationships, using a practice-based model that includes self-directed, group, and one-on-one learning. We are seeking professionals who are eager to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young children by supporting quality improvement efforts for the child care providers who serve them. We are building a local, Montana based team of leaders, technical assistance staff, and other specialists, housed in local offices and working remotely across the state to ensure continued regional and community knowledge and engagement.
Job Summary:
The Infant and Toddler Specialist is responsible for the content development of resources, job aides, trainings, and other supports related to research-driven best practices in Infant and Toddler care and education. The Specialist will collaborate with instructional designers to create, modify and deliver all related topical content for providers, which includes digital content in addition to live training and cohort coaching sessions. In addition, the Infant- Toddler Specialist will interface with Technical Assistance Specialists to provide specialized content support and training to meet the providers’ needs. Lastly, the Infant/Toddler Specialist will be called upon to provide group or cohort coaching and technical assistance sessions as well as one-on-one intensive coaching and support for providers who are experiencing acute needs with respect to this topic.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Manages the creation of all infant-toddler related content that aligns to the professional development needs for providers in Montana.
• Supervises the quality of and acts as a subject matter expert for all digital, workshop style and coaching content relating to infant and toddler care
• Supports providers caring for, or planning to care for, infants and toddlers
• Conceives, designs, develops and facilitates in-person training content (e.g. workshops, webinars, professional learning communities) and facilitates group cohort and one-on-one coaching and technical assistance sessions
• Provides professional development to TA Specialists to support their knowledge and expertise and can provide acute support to specific providers in various circumstances.
• Analyzes provider engagement with all relevant content and determines strategies for continuous improvement
• Contributes to the development of other early childhood content as required
• Participates in assigned meetings, events and training as required.
Job Specifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out each essential duty in a satisfactory manner. The job specifications listed are representative of the education and experience, the physical requirements, as well as the knowledge, skill and/or ability (KSAs) that are generally necessary for the role.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Requirements:
1. Bachelor’s Degree or Two Credentials in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or Related Area.
2. 5+ years of experience in the Infant Toddler field including experience in teacher coaching, supervision, and providing training or technical assistance.
3. 3+ years of experience in authoring early childhood specific to infant-toddler related content and developing and facilitating professional development content in various formats.
4. Experience teaching or coaching in an ECE classroom/program setting.
5. Experience working with a variety of ECE program types, including, at a minimum, both family and group child care.
6. Experience developing, implementing, and/or participating in a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) in a program and/or local, regional, or state level.
7. Physical exam and background checks are required for this position.
8. Travel required locally or long-distance up to 40% of the time for work-related meetings, functions, trainings and coaching across the state.
9. Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
10. Montana residency required
Application Closing Date : January 6, 2025
When/Where/How Much:
Start Date: Winter 2025
Location/Travel: Remote in Montana
Salary: Up to $55,000
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
HSA/FSA Accounts
Life/AD&D Benefits
Disability Benefits
401k with matching
PTO
Wellness Programs
Additional voluntary benefits at no cost to you!
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