Home-Based Child Care Early Education Coach, Spanish-English Bilingual - Raphah Institute

Raphah Institute

EE Education Coach - Spanish

Reports to the EE Director of Pedagogy

Who we are:

Raphah Institute is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the idea that when people have the opportunity and resources to live trauma-free lives, they will. We partner with community stakeholders to design, implement, and scale systemic solutions that restore people’s access to housing, healthcare, economics, education, and social support.

Who you are:

You believe relationships are key to making a difference. Building and keeping safe, stable, nurturing relationships comes naturally to you.

You’re creative, driven, and excited to join a team of therapists, educators, mentors, consultants, and researchers passionate about creating change in Tennessee and beyond.

You share our vision of replacing the cradle-to-prison pipeline with a cradle-to-homeownership one. You believe that access to social, educational, economic, housing, and healthcare resources is how we make that happen.

You love working with people from all backgrounds. You are compassionate and dedicated and want to help empower communities to heal.

Specifics

Raphah Institute seeks an experienced and trauma-informed person to join the Early Embrace (EE) team as an Education Coach to help Spanish-speaking community members build their skills and knowledge of teaching practices as they become home-based early childhood educators.

You’ll work closely with the EE Family Childcare Network team, helping educators reflect on their work, providing guidance and structure when needed, and focusing on strengths and collaboration. You’ll ensure professional development and training happen through co-planning, co-presenting, and giving feedback. You’ll also show your passion for restorative and social justice work, especially in early childhood education. This position is not supervisory; you will not evaluate your colleagues or educators.

You’ll have the opportunity to build respectful relationships with others, communicate well, resolve conflicts, stay committed to learning, observe well, and model best practices for working with early childhood educators and other partners.

Why You Should Apply

• Earn a competitive salary with healthcare and retirement benefits and flexible paid time off.
• Receive extensive training and support in learning and implementing Raphah Institute’s model, surrounded by a support network within Raphah Institute and at the more comprehensive national early education network.
• Work with passionate and dedicated Restorative practitioners who, like you, are willing to help others have access to the resources they need to heal and thrive.
• Embark on a career in which you can go to work every day knowing that you are making an impact.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The EE Education Coach (Spanish) will be responsible for the following duties:
• Deliver the EE curriculum to Spanish-speaking cohorts in a culturally affirming and appropriate context
• Build safe, stable, and nurturing relationships with program participants
• Build collaborative and trusting relationships with the EE team and Raphah staff
• Support emerging and current early childhood educators in starting and operating high-quality home-based childcare businesses, focusing on helping them build strong relationships, create good learning environments, and teach social-emotional skills.
• Collaborate with EE Director and staff in Assessing, designing, and improving upon EE programming.
• Design and deliver professional development opportunities for home-based childcare providers in the EE network.
• Participate in recruiting new community members to new EE Cohorts.
• Collecting and entering data related to EE program outputs, outcomes, and impact.
• Participate in department and company-wide projects as required.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education (ECE), Child Development Associate (CDA), or at least three (3) years experience working with young children.

Required Knowledge/Fluency

• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Latin Culture

Preferred Experience (not required but makes you a more competitive applicant):

• Delivering adult education
• Data entry
• Experience working with survivors of crime/trauma and delivering trauma-informed care
• Conflict management and resolution in adult settings

Required Competencies

• Comfortable giving direction and support to adult learners.
• Strong communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Strong organizational skills.
• Able to meet deadlines without needing close supervision.
• Creativity and willingness to learn new skills
• Strong ability to work both in a team and independently
• Strong interpersonal skills coupled with high emotional intelligence
• Serious commitment to social justice, especially related to education and childcare justice
• Ability to think and work intersectionally, particularly about race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and a demonstrated commitment to continual learning
• Anti-racist analysis and practice
• Deep knowledge and understanding of the criminalization of communities of color and the criminal justice system;

Communication Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands:

An employee must meet the Physical Demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Work Environment:

The Work Environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. You must possess a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation to travel to clients’ homes and possibly transport multiple clients simultaneously. Must live within a 30 – 45-minute travel time from the Nashville, Davidson County, TN service area.

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with education and experience.
• 401k Retirement
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Personalized and Responsible Paid Time Off
• Flexible work location