Employment Opportunities

Southwestern Child Development Commission is seeking a full time Eastern School Age Consultant to work regionally with CCR&R staff who offer school age professional development and technical assistance to ensure equity and consistency of services delivered to school age programs. A qualified candidate must be able to provide training in both face-to-face and online formats and be able to facilitate train the trainer events. A candidate should also have experience in providing technical assistance to child care programs.

Under the supervision of the Child Care Resource Manager, the Birth to Three Specialist works to promote quality child care for infants and toddlers in Region 13 (Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wayne Counties) through Practice-Based Coaching, mentoring, and training of child care teachers. This position serves a five-county region and will work collaboratively with local Partnerships for Children and Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies in Chatham, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Wayne Counties. Candidates for this position must be willing and able to travel to all five counties in the service area.

Job Summary: The Healthy Social Behaviors Specialist is responsible for implementing program goals and providing technical assistance, training and support to childcare providers promoting healthy social behaviors in Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties.  This position reports to the Healthy Social Behaviors State Project Manager who will coordinate and mange this project and the Executive Director of the Lead Agency for Region 7.  This position will be housed in the Lead Resource and Referral Agency for Region 7 and will be considered an employee of that agency.

The Technical Assistance Program Manager will demonstrate a passion for early childhood education and a desire to work collaboratively to shape innovative, equitable, locally funded early education initiatives. The manager will have a clear vision for shaping engagement, coaching, professional development, and support for early educators including family child care. This position will serve as the project lead to establish a new project, Building the Business Side of Child Care (BSCC). The project will support Durham’s early education infrastructure by providing intensive business training, one-to-one and group coaching by skilled specialists, structured peer mentorship, and grants to participating family child care (FCC) and small centers that have experienced economic instability during the pandemic.

Looking for an experienced early childhood coach with extensive knowledge of child care and excellent adult learnings skills to provide services to child care providers. Candidates should be able to provide technical assistance and training relating to child care quality and developmentally appropriate practices.

To be successful as a coach, candidates should be service oriented, highly observant, an active listener, and skilled in critical thinking. They must be able to design and conduct adult learning opportunities to improve individual performance and overall child care quality. Most importantly, the Coach must have the ability to assess the needs of individuals and help coach individuals to improve practices.

Looking for an experienced early childhood professional to coordinate and facilitate weekly playgroups using the Kaleidoscope Play and Learn model. Kaleidoscope Play and Learn helps caregivers, including grandparents and other family members or family friends, learn more about child development, how children learn and what they can do at home to help the children in their care to grow and learn. The facilitator plans and sets up activities for the children and their caregivers to play together. The facilitator works to build ongoing connections, relationships, and a circle of mutual support among people who care for children.

Looking for an experienced Parent Educator to provide parent education, developmental information, family engagement and support to parents. Services are delivered through personal home visits and in group settings using a variety of parent education models. Models may include The Nurturing Parenting Program, Kaleidoscope Play and Learn, or Triple P.

To be successful as a Parent Educator you should be able to develop and maintain positive rapport with families and effectively communicate developmental issues in a supportive manner. Additionally, you should be able to receive supervision and work independently, problem solve and be solution-oriented.

The Early Childhood Programs Manager will provide oversight and direct support/coordination of Program Services to ensure compliance with Smart Start expectations and provide program monitoring to ensure that the NC Pre-K program is fully implemented in Chatham County. This will include on-site technical assistance in all approved and potential NC Pre-K classrooms as well as coordination with state and local agencies associated with the program. The Manager serves as primary Program Contact and liaison with DCDEE for the NC Pre-K program in Chatham County. The Manager will serve as lead staff to the Planning and Evaluation Committee and will also serve as liaison to the Smart Start Program Officer of the NC Partnership for Children for Smart Start reporting, planning, and contracting. The Manager will have lead responsibility for contracting and contract monitoring, including both the programmatic and fiscal monitoring annual site visits.

The Family Outreach Coordinator will coordinate the Partnership’s outreach to families of young children, with special focus on the Latino community; provide referral and consultation services to families through Child Care Search; and support early childhood service providers with Spanish/English translation,interpreting and diversity education. This position will organize community events and activities that promote the Partnership and specific services for young children and their families, including Child Care Search (5 counties), NC Pre-K(Chatham) and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (Chatham).

The Behavior Specialist provides training, technical assistance, resources and support to the region’s CCR&R Quality Improvement staff and works in collaboration with licensing consultants, other community agency staff and child care programs to address challenging behaviors of children in child care settings

The Technical Assistance Specialist provides training, technical assistance/on site coaching and support to early child and education programs and works in collaboration with licensing consultants and other community agency staff working with providers serving young children to improve the quality and availability of child care.

The CCR&R Regional Data Specialist develops relationships across Region 2 counties (Craven,
Pamlico, Beaufort/Hyde, and Tyrrell/Washington). Functional duties include but are not limited to:
providing limited follow-up consultation to families seeking childcare, data collecting and reporting to
Child Care Resources, Inc. (CCRI), and other duties that support the mission of the agency.

Provide delivery of NC B-3QI Specialist services within CCR&R Region 4 service delivery area to ensure accomplishments of statewide and regional project goals.

Essential Duties:

· Provide technical assistance on-site visits in local childcare settings to mentor and assist teachers to provide quality infant toddler care.

· Deliver infant toddler provider trainings regionally as determined by project deliverable and as needed, including IT SIDS and infant toddler standardized trainings.

· Attend meetings and trainings, and assist with special statewide team projects.

· Participate in project evaluation plan including data collection and completion of scheduled reporting

Primary Functions of Position

· Plan and provide high-quality professional development opportunities to early childhood educators working in Region 4 licensed facilities.

· Provide on-site technical assistance and coaching to early childhood educators working in licensed centers, homes, and preschools in Region 4, resulting in the increased use of evidence-based, evidence-informed teaching practices and to promote best practices for quality care.

· Provide technical assistance visits in childcare settings across the region to mentor and assist teachers and directors in promoting healthy social-emotional development.

· Deliver professional development regionally focused on social-emotional development and/or challenging behavior from the HSB standardized training menu to childcare providers.

· Update the regional resource list of available social emotional practitioners, educators, and mental health professionals annually

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Full Time | Eastern N.C.

Chapel Hill, NC, Durham, NC

Job Summary

The Technical Assistance Specialist provides training, technical assistance/on site coaching and support to early child and education programs and works in collaboration with licensing consultants and other community agency staff working with providers serving young children to improve the quality and availability of child care.

Full Time | R6

Job Summary

CCRI is seeking an experienced, resourceful, collaborative Regional Healthy Behavior Specialist in a full-time technical assistance/training position designed to promote social-emotional health and prevent and address the challenging behaviors of children enrolled in licensed child care centers in Region 6 (Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Rowan & Stanly counties).

Full Time, Part Time, Temporary

Job Summary

Aid in administering program evaluations for departments at CCSA.

Full Time | Charlotte, NC

Child Care Resources Inc. (CCRI), Southwestern Child Development Commission (SWCDC), and Child Care Services Association (CCSA) have partnered on the development of the NC ECE Shared Resources web platform product (NC ECE Shared Resources) for early care and education programs. The intent of this product is to provide a one-stop portal for accurate information and services that help improve the quality and financial stability of subscribers’ early care and education programs (inclusive of child care centers, family child care homes, public pre-kindergarten, Head Start, Early Head Start, and other part-day preschool programs).

The platform delivers a wealth of practical resources for early childhood education directors, family care providers, and teachers. Its goal is clear: to help save time, reduce costs, and improve quality. Most simply, the platform helps its users manage their programs more efficiently.

This position will lead the strategic operation and administration of NC ECE Shared Resources, and much more.

Full-Time | Charlotte, NC

Job Summary

CCRI is seeking a conscientious, insightful, collaborative Parent Counselor who is responsible for counseling individuals who request child care related information by giving appropriate referrals and resources and performing the services to meet the needs of families according to the agency’s mission and philosophies primarily through phone-based systems.