Project Mentor: Family Service Association

Project Mentor

Working with the Lead Agency staff and being supervised by the Agency partners, the Project Mentor will provide classroom support for project implementation to produce cost-effective, quality school readiness programming for high risk children.

Responsibilities:

· Provide professional staff development/in-classroom mentoring for targeted teachers

· Facilitate Teacher use of web-based professional development services

· Complete classroom observations as scheduled and provide to Project Coordinator Mentor

· Develop and supervise implementation of child progress monitoring (using PDAs) and use of information to inform classroom instruction

· Serve as a resource for early childhood research and assessment and use of curriculum materials in local and out-of-town meetings/conferences scheduled by partnering agencies

Qualifications:

As an experienced and dedicated professional, you should possess the following attributes, abilities, experience and skills:

· Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred

· Demonstrated effectiveness as an Early Childhood Teacher and/or Early Childhood Staff Trainer/Mentor

· Experience in the use of research based pre-kindergarten literacy/language/numeracy teaching materials

· Knowledge of pre-school literacy screening and progress monitoring and how each informs classroom instruction

· Knowledge of Texas pre-kindergarten guidelines, Head Start child outcomes and child care licensing standards

· Experience in training and mentoring adults

· Functional knowledge of Internet use and of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel

Benefits:
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision benefits and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.

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