Pre-K Educational Specialist

Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools

Job Description

Job Title: Pre-K Education Specialist

Salary Schedule: Certified; CHCCS Salary Schedule

Reports To: Pre-K/Headstart DirectorSalary Grade: Teacher, eligible for local supplementWork Location: Lincoln CenterFLSA Status: ExemptTerms of Employment: 11 Months Position SummaryTo provide oversight for the development, implementation, and fidelity of curriculum while providing ongoing coaching, mentoring, and guidance to staff to ensure high-quality programming within all PreK classrooms.Essential Duties

Curriculum Support

• Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and coordination of Pre-K/Head Start educational curriculum including Tier one and Tier two classroom supports
• Provides active feedback on lesson plan development and implementation
• Coordinates, supervises, and monitors all educational activities in the Pre-K program inclusive of lesson planning
• Leads, in collaboration with teachers and colleagues, the planning, organization and family outreach for program activities
• Assess classroom needs and coordinates purchase requests as necessary
• Monitors systems of student assessment (TSG) for fidelity and compliance and prepares assessment reports as required by the department, local, state and federal agencies.
• Coordinates, supervises, and monitors assessments, screening, evaluations and educational plans for children
• Support program self-assessment in classrooms with ECERS and CLASS observational tools, providing staff with follow-up reports and coaching

Program Administration

• Cover, Support & Maintain required staffing patterns in classrooms (teacher: child ratios) in compliance with Head Start Performance Standards and guidelines, North Carolina Pre-K guidelines and North Carolina daycare licensing and provides coverage as needed
• Monitor PreK classrooms for compliance with licensing standards
• Collaborates with Policy Council and other identified stakeholders to review Education Plan and conduct reviews and assessments
• Provides leadership for the Educational Advisory Committee

Training and Professional Development

• Takes the lead on design, development, revision, and implementation of the Teacher orientation and training process
• Coordinates professional development to enhance instruction and classroom practices
• Visits classrooms for routine assessment and provides modeling of best practices

Other

• Explores grant opportunities and other funding increases to support the work of the PreK program
• Attends regularly scheduled Pre-K/Head Start staff meetings, district coaches meetings, and others as needed
• Keeps abreast of changes and developments in the profession by attending professional meetings, reading professional journals and other publications and discussing problems of mutual interests with others in the field
• Performs such other activities as may be assigned

Education/Experience Requirements

• BA in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education or Special Education
• Four years of successful experience as a classroom teacher, (preferably in a Pre-K and/or Head Start setting)
• Demonstration of successful supervision and understanding of curriculum design and implementation and data collection and analysis
• Successful experience working with children, families in a diverse socio-economic setting
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Physical Requirements

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards

Disclosure

This document provides descriptive information about the above Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School position. Work actually performed by incumbents in this position may vary. Although this document may be used for recruiting, staffing, or career planning, the information contained herein should only be used as a guideline or recommendation for the content of and qualifications for this position. An individual''s ability to meet the qualifications and capabilities described in this document is not a guarantee of employment or promotion. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School reserves the right to make changes to this document as deemed necessary without providing advance written notice.

Approved By: _____ Date Created/Revised: 6/4/2026