Are you an experienced Director or Owner of a Tennessee Childcare and want to make a difference by coaching Family Child Care providers on quality, licensing, and accreditation?

This person must live within the Upper Cumberland TN service area which includes the following counties: Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Stewart and Sumner.

Under the direction of the Family Child Care Coordinator, the Family Child Care Coach will have the following responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain relationships with family child care providers.
• Provide coaching, training, technical assistance and support to local family child care providers in response to referrals from the state and/or CCDF partners.
• Collaborate with specialty coaches to provide targeted technical assistance to family child care educators.
• Maintain professional working relationship with area coaches.
• Maintain knowledge on the principles of effective Family Child Care engagement and business practices.
• Contact all family child care agencies in service delivery area at least two times per year.
• Maintain extensive knowledge of Tennessee Quality Rating and Improvement System.
• Deliver scheduled training events for the quarterly training calendar both virtually and in person.
• Become a CPR/First Aid certified trainer and maintain certification.
• Identify and work with Family Child Care Demonstration Sites.
• Support family child care educators participating in the Family Child Care Specialization.
• Support family child care agencies seeking national accreditation through the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) and/or other national accreditation systems.
• Support the development of Enhanced Quality Improvement Plans with family child care providers.
• Provide support for the regional Children in Disaster Task Force including but not limited to consultation with family child care providers for emergency preparedness planning.
• Create and facilitate peer learning groups for family child care providers.
• Submit data on TA, TTA, training and coaching within three days of when service was delivered.
• Coordinate and support Family Child Care statewide and regional conferences.
• Participate in planning and family child care program development meetings.
• Attend required trainings to increase knowledge and skills.
• Participate in advisory committee meetings, partner meetings, and other meetings as requested.
• Provide technical support to local CCR&R staff.
• Serve as a facilitator for the Train the Trainer Institutes and Supplemental trainings.
• Author content for CCR&R newsletter/social media/website and the agency newsletter.
• Positively market the CCR&R Network to the community.
• Attain and maintain AIMHiTN endorsement.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications Include:

• Must have bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in education, Early Childhood Education, Child & Family Studies, or a closely related field. 

• A minimum of three years of early childhood/education experience. Direct care experience preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of the QRIS and licensing programs in TN and the role of the Tennessee Child Care Resource and Referral Network. 
• Ability to work remotely from a home office within the state of Tennessee.
• Ability to train adults using principles of adult learning.
• Physical examination and record of negative TB test results must be on file with Signal Centers.
• Dependable transportation, valid driver’s license and insurance required.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently within service area.

Special skills/aptitudes:

• Knowledge of quality practices as they pertain to caring for children in family child care settings.
• Ability to provide coaching, training and/or technical assistance, and develop applicable training resources for family child care providers.
• Ability to be solution focused.