Head Start Child Development & Education Specialist

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An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County

Head Start Child Development & Education Specialist

$6,252 - $7,745 Monthly
Insurance:
Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans

To learn more, visit:
https://www.lacoe.edu
Online applications
must be submitted by:

2/9/2021

5:00 P.M. (Pacific) Retirement:
PERS Defined Benefit Plan

Paid Time Off:
24 vacation, 14 holidays, and 12 illness days.
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Head Start and Early Learning Division, has two immediate openings for Head Start Child Development & Education Specialists. One vacancy is in Dual Language Learner (DLL) Program, and another vacancy is in Transition. The vacancy in DLL requires written and oral bilingual Spanish proficiency.

Our Head Start and Early Learning Division is one of the largest in the nation and contracts with 15 delegate agencies to provide services directly to children from birth to five years old and their families within diverse communities throughout Los Angeles County.

Head Start Child Development & Education Specialists provide training, assessments, analysis, and technical assistance on children's early learning and development, pregnancy and parenting, and application of research-based assessment tools to the LACOE Head Start and Early Learning Programs Division and other grants such as the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), California Preschool Instructional Networks (CPIN), transition systems for toddlers and preschoolers, and the DLL projects.

The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following

Knowledge:

• Methods in assessing and evaluating the quality and delivery of early learning and child development services
• Applicable local, state, and federal regulations
• Child development with an emphasis on social, emotional, cognitive, and physical, and dual language development of children in infancy and childhood
• Ethics in relation to child and family-child development
• Staff development and in-service methods and techniques
• Early learning and parenting curricula
• Policies, procedures, and practices that support children’s transitions
• Community resources including family support services, emergency and crisis services, and child protective services
• Cultural differences that influence parenting skills and family environments
• Qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques
• Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications
• Confidentiality of records
  

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
• 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
• Bilingual Communication – Speaking, reading, writing in a second language
• Oral Communication – Engaging effectively in dialogue
• Presentation Skill – Formally delivering information to groups
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
• Writing – Communicating effectively in writing
• 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
• Professional Impact – Presenting self as a positive representative of the organization
• 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 bachelor's degree with major coursework in child development, early education, education, educational psychology, or a closely related field from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, with an additional 40 hours of training on topics related to early learning and development such as: CLASS certification, Environmental Rating Scales, prenatal development, parenting, families in poverty, children's literacy and social-emotional development, Creative Curriculum, DRDP. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. A master's degree is desirable.

Experience: Three years of child development experience in a multi-disciplinary setting, including at least two years' experience in administering and/or coordinating comprehensive child development programs or child development departments in a Head Start program or similar agency providing services to families in poverty. One year of experience assessing quality in early learning settings using research-based assessment tools.

Additional Requirements: Certification as a Teachstone CLASS™ reliable observer is highly desired. A valid California driver's license, proof of insurability, and the availability of private transportation or the ability to provide transportation between job sites is required. Some positions in this classification require passing a test of bilingual proficiency in oral and written Spanish.

Selection Process

Candidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of Performance Exam and Structured Interview.

Contact

For information about the examination process you may send an e-mail to
Jung Eun Park at Park_JungEun@lacoe.edu

For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon- Fri 8:00 am - 5:00 pm)

For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc

LACOE Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC-Annex, Downey, CA 90242
Additional Information

Pending PC Approval: 2/18/2021

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 profieincy for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addiion, 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 and testing are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.
This examination is authorized as Open, open to the public.

Recruitment ID: 21-691

This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.