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Under general direction, provides technical expertise, consulting, support, and ongoing monitoring and oversight to the LACOE Head Start State Preschool, delegate agencies, and other public and private child development agencies in development and learning used to establish school readiness goals for children, monitor children's progress, align curricula, and conduct program planning; provides support in the content, structure, and delivery of child development services for children and families enrolled in the Early Head Start, Head Start, or State Preschool programs.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

• Child development curricula and trends
• Community Care Licensing (Title 22) regulations, Head Start Act, Head Start Performance Standards, Title IV, and related legislation
• (QRIS) Continuous Quality Improvement Pathways and California Department of Education Quality Continuum Framework – Rating Matrix
• State preschool methods in assessing and evaluating the quality and delivery of child development services
• Human development including prenatal, infant, toddler, preschool, and maternal development
• Ethics in relation to child and family-child development
• Staff development, in-service, and adult learning methods and techniques
• Instructional methods, classroom interactions, and Teachstone's Classroom Assessment Scoring System™ (CLASS™) observation tool and implementation
• Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP), Environmental Rating Scale (ERS), and other assessment techniques used to identify strengths of children and families
• Community resources including family support services, emergency and crisis services, and child protective services
• Cultural differences that influence parenting skills and family environments
• Techniques for counseling parents in child development
• Best practices in providing technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring child development and education staff
• Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
  

Competencies:

• Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
• Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
• Decision Making – Choosing optimal courses of action in a timely manner
• Fact Finding – Obtaining facts and data pertaining to an issue or question
• Industry Monitoring – Grasping the external political, economic, competitive, and social factors affecting the industry
• Legal & Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Adaptability – Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Informing - Proactively obtaining and sharing information
• Influencing – Affecting or changing others' positions and opinions
• Professional Impact – Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
• Relationship Building – Establishing rapport and maintaining mutually productive relationships
• Group Facilitation – Enabling constructive and productive group interaction
• Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
• Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communication and interaction that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
  

Required Education and Experience

Education: A master's degree with major coursework in child development, early education, education, educational psychology, or a field closely related to the job requirements of this classification, from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

Experience: Four years of child development experience in a multi-disciplinary setting, including at least two years of experience in administrating or coordinating comprehensive child development programs or departments in a Head Start program, or similar early childhood education agency providing services to low income families.

Additional Requirements: Certification as a Teachstone CLASS™ reliable observer is highly desired. A California Child Development Director permit is desired. A valid California driver's license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to obtain transportation between job sites is required.

Hybrid remote schedules may be available. To ensure the health and safety of its staff, LACOE may require employees to provide evidence of full vaccination against COVID-19.

Selection Process

Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of

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Additional Information

Minimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc. For additional information on our selection procedures, please visit Exam Preparation on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans' Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.

Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.

Based on full-time assignment:

• Although new employees usually begin at the first salary step, advanced salary step placement may be requested
  

• 24 vacation days per year
  

• 15 paid holidays per year
  

• 12 paid sick days annually
  

• Insurance includes health, medical, dental, vision and group life
  

• Retirement CALPERS combined with Social Security, and pre-tax retirement savings account options