Bilingual Professional Development Trainer - Los Angeles, United States - Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles

Description

Job description

CHILD CARE ALLIANCE OF LOS ANGELES

Quality Start Los Angeles

Professional Development Trainer-Bilingual

Job Title:
Professional Development Trainer-Bilingual ()


Department:
Quality Start Los Angeles


Reports To:
QSLA Professional Development Manager


FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt


Location/classification:
Hybrid


SUMMARY

The Professional Development Trainer will work in coordination with the Quality Start Los Angeles Professional Development Team at the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles to develop, coordinate, and deliver high-quality professional development opportunities
in for early educators participating in the Quality Start Los Angeles (QSLA) program.

The Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles is a partnership of 10 community-based Resource and Referral (R&R) and Alternative Payment (AP) organizations working together to ensure the delivery of seamless, consistent, and quality early care and education throughout Los Angeles County.

Our unique and innovative organization is committed to excellence and seeks employees who care deeply about making a difference to strengthen families and improve the lives of children.

Quality Start Los Angeles, the Quality Improvement System implemented in LA County, is a partnership between the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), First 5 LA, the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Office for the Advancement of Early Care and Education, PEACH, and the Child Care Planning Committee.

Working in partnership, they are continuing to build a system for supporting and improving early care and education quality for LA County.

Working closely with project partners, the Professional Development Trainer will develop trainings, in English and Spanish.

to provide information to early educators that support children's growth and development and promotes QSLA's vision of a high-quality learning system.

The trainings developed will be aligned to current trends and research and grounded in a strengths-based approach, to support early educators.

The Trainer will also present trainings both virtually and in person, in, to early educators working at childcare centers and family child homes and develop any necessary accompanying resource materials.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, coordinate, and implement professional development training for early childhood educators based on CCALA QSLA program requirements, current trends and research related to the ECE field and the QSLA Scope of Work.
• Work closely with CCALA QSLA PD Management and all QSLA partners to ensure effective, efficient, and consistent countywide implementation.
• Develop evidencebased child development trainings, workshop curriculums, Train the Trainer workshops to accompany the curriculum, and supplemental content that supports the early childhood educators working in QSLA's diverse early learning programs.
• Ensure training content and translations are culturally and linguistically appropriate for Spanishspeaking early educators.
• Adapt English training content to best meet the needs of LA's diverse, Spanish speaking early educators.
• Deliver trainings, both virtually and in person, to both English and Spanish speaking audiences
• Identify or create relevant resources in English and Spanish to supplement trainings in each language.
• Develop content and/or partner with other organizations to develop content to fit selfpaced learning platforms, live webinars, and/or inperson presentations.
• Assist in development and implementation of an annual Professional Development training calendar for QSLA participants across LA County.
• Collect and review PD training program data to inform model development and enhancements.
• Stay current on trends and research related to the ECE workforce, children and families to inform development and refinement of training content.
• Support QSLA training efforts, working closely with all collaborative partners, consortium partners, and R&R agencies to ensure effective, efficient, and consistent countywide implementation of the coaching and early education models.
• Maintain project compliance through knowledge of and adherence to the QSLA contracts' Scopes of Work.
• Assist the CCALA QSLA Director and Professional Development Manager in developing a highquality professional development training system
• Maintain effective communication with Alliance agencies, QSLA participants, collaborative partners, funders and others to ensure effective program implementation and achieve project deliverables.
• Assist QSLA Program Director and Professional Development Manager in the preparation of program data reports to ensure timely, accurate reporting to QSLA funders and stakeholders, as needed.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in events as needed to help maintain CCALA and QSLA visibility with funders and other current and potential stakeholders.
• Attend designated