OPS Education/Training Specialist II

• Coaching of Program Leaders and Educators on Curriculum, Classroom instructional practices and child assessment tools.
• Facilitate face-to-face and online professional development learning experiences for early care and education professionals.
• Support team members in facilitating face-to-face and virtual professional development learning experiences.
• Assist in evaluation of professional development offerings, including assessment of portfolios and coaching videos.
• Coordinate with field staff of the project to ensure consistency in implementation and effective communication structures.

• Build community-based systems based on stakeholder input.
• Engage with instructors, coaches, and facilitators to support implementation of high-quality content and resources based on current research and best practices.
• Serve as a liaison between participants and tech support to resolve technology and/or platform issues.
• Assess and respond to ongoing needs of participants to provide continuous improvement in the project or initiative.
• Cultivate relationships with local community and business partners to provide additional support to ensure success of the project.

• Design professional development learning experiences (F2F and online) in partnership with the Implementation and Content Development teams.
• Assess ongoing needs of participants to inform design changes in training content.
• Supplement professional learning experiences with the collection, creation, and curation of early learning online resources.

• Assist in recruiting and enrolling program leaders and educators.
• Distribute and collect documentation from program leaders and educators, such as applications, surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, etc. and other data needed to support evaluation of projects.
• Contribute to data collection for relevant qualitative data collection in collaboration with Research and Evaluation Team.
• Track project performance to monitor progress towards meeting goals and satisfying contract deliverables 
• Locate and set up locations, supplies, equipment and refreshments for professional development events, site visits, workshops, and meetings.
• Troubleshoot challenges and provide technical assistance as needed to participants.
• Work collaboratively with administrative supports when appropriate to assure streamlined coordination and successful execution of administrative activities.

• Collaborate with all Lastinger Center teams to design and promote high quality instructional practices and project implementation success.
• Engage in work groups and project design as deemed necessary by leadership team.

$28.74 - 34.72 /hour

Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and four years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Master’s degree in early childhood education or related field

This position is time-limited/soft-funded and based in Massachusetts.

In order to be considered, you must upload your cover letter and resume.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.