Early Education Mentor - Bilingual at BakerRipley

The Early Care and Education Specialist is a relationship builder and valued member of the Texas Rising Star program, responsible for developing close working partnerships with child care providers. Recruits new service providers and manages existing relationships through effective delivery of training, technical assistance, mentoring, observation, modeling, resource assessment, and distribution of developmentally appropriate materials and equipment. The Specialist conducts on-site technical assistance, mentoring, and training visits to providers in Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification. Prepares inclusion plans for providers caring for children with disabilities, and monitors all providers to ensure compliance with contractual regulations.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruits providers for Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification
• Provides mentoring for Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification as assigned
• Performs technical assistance, training visits, and monitoring preparation visits to providers’ facilities to ensure contractual compliance as well as Texas Rising Star (TRS) certification compliance and progress
• Works closely with Supervisor in developing inclusion plans for providers caring for children with disabilities
• Prepares and maintains updated paperwork for all records within the time frames specified by the Texas Workforce Commission and Board area directives, policies, and procedures
• Updates the workforce information systems of Texas as well as local
• Conducts preparation monitoring of providers to ensure compliance with contractual regulations, and provides technical assistance as needed
• Conducts follow up visits on Service Improvement Agreements (SIAs)
• Follows unit procedures and guidelines and participates in meetings and other events to increase understanding of the Workforce Solutions system and goals
• Works toward resolution of any problems related to provider and works well with management and staff, to resolve any provider complaints or issues
• Insures all provider files contain all the required documents pertaining to Texas Rising Star, service agreements, tax forms, deposit forms, state licenses, etc.
• Collaborates with other Child Care Services staff to enhance program operations
• Identifies and documents process improvement opportunities
• Performs other duties as may be assigned
• Must be able to work a variable schedule Monday through Saturday with some night and weekend training and travel
• Bilingual (English-Spanish). 
• Must have strong computer literacy and the ability to  learn new software quickly.