Job Description

Closing Date: July 2, 2024

Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, DC and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.

About the Department:

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County's public health and human services that the needs of our community's most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department. As a department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS' provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.

If you are interested in working for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, we invite qualified candidates to apply for our Program Specialist II : Early Childhood Coach position.

About the Position:

Two positions will be filled from this job announcement - one is a full time merit position, and the other is a grand funded position budgeted through 7/1/2025. Continued employment in this position is not guaranteed and contingent upon renewal of grant funding. These positions are assigned to Early Childhood Services in the Children, Youth and Family Services division of the Department of Health and Human Services. These positions report directly to the Manager for Child Care Support Services.

Early Childhood Services (ECS) serves children from birth to age five with services that support families, early care and education programs, and the community. The program administers the Federally mandated Infants and Toddlers Program (ITP) in collaboration with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the County's Resource and Referral Center (R&R) as part of the statewide CCRC Network for support of high-quality childcare and the early education workforce, the State Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Project (IECMH), and the County Child Care in Public Space Program

(CCIPS). ECS staffs the Commission on Child Care and Early Childhood Coordinating Council (ECCC). ECS oversees several contractual services including community-based Pre-Kindergarten, home visiting, and family support.

This position will provide coaching, training and technical assistance to providers who serve infants and toddlers in their program or family childcare programs.

What you will be doing:

• Provide technical assistance to providers who serve infants and toddlers in their program or family childcare programs.
• Support teachers in lesson planning, providing developmentally appropriate activities, and materials, and arranging classroom environments.
• Provide one to one coaching to early care educators as requested.
• Conduct training on the Pyramid Model practices for promoting the social and emotional competence of infants and toddlers in an early childhood classroom; 45-hour Infant and Toddler Critical Competencies and other subjects that may impact Infants and Toddlers.
• Develop, update, and prepare training as a certified trainer by MSDE for approval to be delivered locally, state and nationally.
• Assist in developing effective strategies at the state and county level for addressing emerging issues in early childhood education by participating in team and interagency meetings and workgroups.
• Foster positive collaboration with key ECS programs (MCITP and IECMH), MSDE-Licensing Staff, MCITP regional sites, Early Head Start, and both Judy Center programs that will allow for collaboration when appropriate.
• Collaborate and represent ECS with other programs who support the Infant and Toddler's providers.
• Collect, record and document data in required format.

Bilingual applicants in the Spanish/English language are encouraged to apply. If the candidate selected for this position possesses multilingual skills, he/she will be required to successfully pass an examination assessing oral communication, reading comprehension, and interpreting skills for the Basic proficiency level. If you speak Spanish, please indicate this on your resume.

Additional Employment Information

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Two years' experience working as a coach or trainer to early childhood educators serving children 0 to birth and knowledge.

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, in Early Childhood or related field (Family Studies, Psychology).

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Preferred Criteria

Bilingual Preferred: Spanish

Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following:

• MSDE Approved trainer with 2 years or more of experience developing and presenting at local and/or state and national level.
• 2 years' experience providing support and coaching to early childhood programs serving children birth to 5, with a concentration towards infants and toddlers.
• Reliable in administering TPOT/TIPOTES and/or CLASS assessments.
• Knowledge of childcare delivery systems and COMAR regulations.
• English/Spanish at the basic level.

Minimum Salary 65551

Maximum Salary 104210

Currency USD