ECE Program Quality Support Specialist

Summary

VTAEYC is seeking a full-time Early Childhood Education Program Quality Support Specialist (QSS) for the expanding Vermont System for Program Access to Resources for Quality Supports (SPARQS) Program. This position offers an exciting opportunity for experienced and passionate mentors and coaches to implement valuable new support for Vermont’s early childhood educators. 

Duties

Reporting to the Associate Director for ECE Program Quality, you’ll provide consultation, coaching, mentoring, and technical assistance in continuous quality improvement to regulated early childhood and afterschool programs and Vermont Early Childhood Networks. Individuals in this role will be specialists in: 

• Family Child Care 
• Preschool including Universal Prekindergarten 
• Infants and Toddlers 
• Inclusion and Specialized Child Care 
• Family Engagement
• Pedagogical Leadership

While primarily providing phone, virtual, and in-person coaching, technical assistance, and mentoring for all the different types of regulated programs in one assigned region, QSS staff will together serve the entire state, supporting each other in their various areas of expertise.

We’re hiring for these regions:

• Rutland, Windsor, Windham

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Highly motivated, self-starting individual with a proven ability to establish and maintain working relationships with early childhood educators, coworkers, and statewide partners     
• Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience leading early childhood education programs (such as a director, assistant director, instructional coach, mentor, or a family child care educator who has taken on leadership in their VECN)
• Strong communications skills, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work independently and be self-directed
• Knowledge of Vermont’s early childhood education systems and program quality standards and resources
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Level IV on the Career Ladder, consistent with minimum qualification for pedagogical leadership, in the Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession.

Benefits

• $60,000 to $65,000 per year to start
• PTO including vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Health insurance premium contribution
• Vision and dental insurance available
• 100% paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance 
• Contribution to retirement
• Professional development, including national conferences

 Working Conditions

• Flexible work location within Vermont; you may either work from home or work out of VTAEYC’s shared office in Chittenden County
• Hours: Monday through Friday. Position may require evening and weekend work to meet the scheduling needs of the ECE workforce
• Travel: Extensive travel in-state will be required; out-of-state travel is likely needed annually.

About Us

The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children (VTAEYC) is the state affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation's largest membership organization of early childhood professionals.

Our nonprofit organization is dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education for children from birth through age eight, supporting the development of the early childhood education workforce, improving the professional practice of early childhood education professionals, and building public understanding and support for high-quality early childhood education programs. Our current membership includes approximately 500 individuals, nearly all working in early childhood education; our extended network is currently over 2500 and includes anyone who cares about the education and well-being of young children.

Learn more about us through our Mission, Vision, and Values, here