Job Title:  Early Childhood Specialist                                    Wage/Hour Status:   Exempt

Reports to:  Executive Director of Instructional leadership      Pay Grade:  Teacher Pay Scale 202 days

 & Director of Early Childhood

Dept./School:  Instructional Leadership                               Date Revised:  04/2020

Primary Purpose:

The primary purpose of an early childhood specialist is to support the continuity and fidelity of the district-wide early childhood program. Early childhood specialists will support teacher effectiveness by modeling early childhood instructional best practices, classroom management strategies and provide in field training for paraprofessionals

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university

Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements 

ESL Certification preferred 

Education/Experience:

• Minimum of five years teaching experience
• Instructional Specialist/Coaching experience preferred 

Special Knowledge/Skills: 

• Current knowledge and application of educational research on best practices
• Skilled classroom management
• Restorative practices 
• Strong literacy instruction background 
• Extensive content knowledge pre-kindergarten through first grade
• Learning environment expertise
• Thorough understanding of multi-tiered system of support (MTSS)
• Evidence of campus/district leadership
• Ability to speak and write effectively, and establish and maintain effective relationships with administrators, teachers, staff and students.

Major Responsibilities and Duties: 

1. Increase the quality and effectiveness of classroom instruction and model best practices.
2. Facilitating the effectiveness of the learning environment and application of behavior intervention strategies.
3. Design collaborative, job-embedded, professional learning. 
4. Increase instructional skills of classrooms teachers to expand teachers’ use of a variety of resources to improve instruction.
5. Model continuous learning, in order to ensure current practices, and to be a thought leader in the school.

Working Conditions:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress. Occasional district wide and statewide travel; frequent prolonged and irregular hours.