Nurtury Early Education Is Hiring A Bilingual Family Child Care Quality Specialist

General Summary

The Family Child Care Quality Specialist will have a special focus on supporting newly-licensed FCC Educators joining Nurtury's FCC network as well as a smaller sub-set of current Nurtury FCC Educators. They will recruit FCC Educators and offer them guidance and support to ensure children receive developmentally appropriate early care and education in a safe and nurturing setting. As well as ensure that all aspects of the Educator Agreement are met and procedures are followed.

Essential Functions

• Recruit screen and recommend potential FCC Educators for contracts with Nurtury's FCC network.
• Provide strong coaching and support to newly licensed FCC Educators who join the network.
• Assist in creating as well as implementing a training and guidance suite for newly licensed FCC Educators.
• Regularly monitor FCC Educators for full compliance with all government and Nurtury regulations, policies and procedures.
• Maintain and submit post visit evaluation reports in a timely fashion.
• Act as a coach by establishing appropriate written goals and timelines for FCC Educators to improve program quality.
• Connect FCC Educators with the necessary resources available to them within the field in order to meet these set goals, such as: professional development, funding, and small business growth opportunities.
• Monitor FCC Educator progress to ensure that they achieve established and agreed upon goals for continuous improvement.
• Assist in curriculum and professional development of FCC Educators.
• Assist with technical support around evaluation systems and EEC systems.
• Maintain and ensure FCC Educators files are up to date with all required documentation.
• Support Nurtury's growth by acting as an ambassador in the community, amongst peers, in meetings, and in the field of Early Childhood Education.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential functions:

• Strong knowledge of Early Childhood Education and/or Business Administration or related human services field required.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience in supervision and coaching
• Experience with measurement such as: FCCERS & EEC's quality rating scale
• Experience with child evaluation systems such as: Teaching Strategies Gold
• Computer efficiency with MS Office, internet/e-mail/virtual meeting systems
• Some local travel required