South Carolina Center for Child Care Development
-TAP
The Technical Assistance System is
dedicated to the improvement in the quality of all early childhood programs.
The voluntary system enhances the state’s capacity to effectively support and
monitor Early Care and Education programs. Technical Assistance is a
multi-level process of a range of on-site assistance which includes guidance,
consultation, modeling, and support that strengthens the quality of care
provided to infants, toddlers, preschool, and school-age children.
Rationale:
The reason I selected this organization because it support moving center
towards quality. I believe the outcome of a child’s development is connected to
the quality level of program.
United Way Child Care Resource & Referral
(CCR&R)
CCR&R provides families with an
individualized referral of early care and education programs based on their
specific family needs. CCR&R also supports families to increase access to
quality child care and parenting resources needed to nurture children.
Rationale: The reason I
selected this organization because it supports child care referrals, promotes
quality programs, provides child development and parenting workshops to
professionals and families.
ICF International
ICF is a recognized leader in providing individualized
and outcomes-driven training and technical assistance and research services to
support a variety of federally-funded projects in seven Head Start Regions.
Serving the nation's most at-risk populations, ICF assists public and private
organizations to structure, standardize, and evaluate their programs to achieve
the highest-possible performance and to provide comprehensive resources in
areas of school readiness, child welfare, family engagement, professional development,
and community support.
Rationale: The reason
why I chose this organization because ICF International provides training and
technical assistance to Head Start and Early Head Start grantees with
activities designed to improve the quality of early childhood education
services.
Job Opportunities…..
ICF seeks experienced Early
Childhood Education (ECE) Specialists to support Head Start and Early Head
Start programs to ensure high quality Head Start services in accordance with
the Head Start performance standards and all applicable federal, state and
local laws, rules and regulations. The Early Childhood Education Specialists
will provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to programs appropriate to
the physical, social, and emotional development of children, including language
development and emergent literacy skills. The Specialists will provide
professional-level expertise and TTA to promote, support, and improve the early
development of children from the prenatal stage to five years of age using
research based practices. The positions are home-based and will involve travel
to programs within clusters of states where the candidate is assigned.
Extensive travel is required.
Basic
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Early
Childhood Education or Child Development (18 ECE credits are required,
transcripts will be requested).
- 5+ years of demonstrated
experience in the field of early childhood education.
- 5+ years of experience offering
training and technical assistance within early care and education.
- Ability to maintain up to date
knowledge of current child development practices and research based early
childhood quality methods and approaches.
- Understanding of developmentally
appropriate practice in early childhood education and the ability to
support its use in school readiness goals.
Preferred
Experience/Skills:
- Knowledge of Head Start
performance standards and all applicable federal, state and local laws,
rules and regulations.
- Experience working within a Head
Start Program.
Professional
Skills:
- Experience with Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel and PowerPoint) required.
- Excellent verbal and written
communication skills required.
- Strong analytical,
problem-solving and decision making capabilities
- Team player with the ability to
work in a fast-paced environment
Ability to work with all
levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors
