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Statewide Professional Development Centers Manager

Employer: University of Massachusetts Boston
Location: UMass Boston

Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Job no: 503070
Position Type: Staff Full Time
Campus: UMass Boston
Department: Institute for Early Education
Pay Grade: 35
Date opened: 07 Oct 2019 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 22 Nov 2019 Eastern Standard Time

General Summary:

The StrongStart Statewide Professional Development Centers Manager is responsible for overseeing and supporting the five regional StrongStart Professional Development Centers(PDCs) across the state. The StrongStart Statewide Professional Development Centers Manager will provide guidance, support, and monitoring for the regional PDC Coordinators.

Examples of Duties:

Oversee and support Professional Development Centers (PDC) to meet all requirements;

Develop a collaborative team with the PDCs to implement StrongStart;

Supervise the Region 6 PDC Coordinator;

Provide support, guidance, and monitoring of PDC Coordinators in all regions;

Engage PDCs in transition planning as well as the implementation of a new regional infrastructure;

Work with the Grant Coordinators and the transition team to establish a sustainable StrongStart T/TA implementation plan that leverages diverse modes of communication, a centralized calendar, and well-defined benchmarks to ensure that all stakeholders understand what services are available to them;

Work with Coaching System Manager and Training and Industry Navigation Manager to ensure that whenever possible training is aligned with continued technical assistance;

Maintain weekly communication with all PDCs during the first 6 months of the grant period, at a minimum, to ensure that the provision of required and priority trainings is maintained during the transition period and beyond. Communicate this progress to the transition team and Grant Coordinators;

Work with regional PDC Coordinators to establish a complete annual calendar of required and priority trainings in each region, to be distributed to all ECE/OST programs;

Maintain clear and close communication with Grant Coordinators;

Ensure that PDCs deliver services in accordance with all requirements of the grant through supporting, training, monitoring activities with PDCs;

Support ongoing capacity building for PDCs on factors that affect equitable access to and engagement in T/TA;

Work with PDC Coordinators and transition team to develop a protocol for consistent, ongoing communication about StrongStart T/TA services with all EEC-licensed ECE/OST providers across the state;

Support PDCs with producing customized, on-demand reports that focus on those needs assessment data. Meet with PDC staff to discuss these findings quarterly and use them to make decisions about regional training and technical assistance delivery. If PDC’s quarterly data benchmarks that are not met, support the development and implementation of an action, plan to address areas needing improvement;

Support PDCs in using protocols and procedures established by Grant Coordinators, UMDI, and EEC to view program-level data;

Consult with PDCs about the development of regional conferences, professional development days, and professional learning community events that are linked to evaluation data, reinforce successes and addresses challenges in each region.

Qualifications:

Post Masters certificate/Advanced graduate education in ECE and more than 10 years (10+) years of experience in early childhood education.

Application Instructions:

Please apply online with your resume, cover letter and list of three professional references.

Review of candidates will begin following the application closing date.

Only Internal candidates in the Professional Staff Bargaining Unit will be considered during the first 10 business days of the posting. All other candidates will be considered after that period.

Salary Ranges for the appropriate Pay Grade can be found at the following link:

Salary Ranges

This is a grant-funded position currently expected to extend through June 30, 2022, subject to ongoing funding approval and business needs. There is a possibility of extension beyond June 30, 2022, contingent on the availability of funding and operational needs.All official salary offers must be approved by Human Resources.

Applications close: 22 Nov 2019 Eastern Standard Time

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Working at University of Massachusetts Boston

The University of Massachusetts Boston is nationally recognized as a model of excellence for urban public universities. The scenic waterfront campus is located next to the John F. Kennedy Library, with easy access to downtown Boston.

The second-largest campus in the UMass system, UMass Boston combines a small-college experience with the vast resources of a major research university. With a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio, students easily interact with professors because most teaching occurs in small class sizes. Ninety-three percent of full-time faculty hold the highest degree in their fields.

UMass Boston’s academic excellence is reflected by a growing student body of nearly 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university’s eight colleges offer more than 100 undergraduate programs and 50 graduate programs. The University Honors Program serves 300 students who thrive on intellectual challenge. Enriched courses probe more deeply into theory or venture further into application.

UMass Boston’s diverse student body provides a global context for student learning, and its location in a major U.S. city provides connections to employers in industries such as finance, health care, technology, service, and education, offering students opportunities to gain valuable in-school experience via internships, clinicals, and other career-related placements.

More than 100 student organizations — including clubs, literary magazines, newspaper, radio station, art gallery, and 16 NCAA Division III sports teams — offer a rich campus life. Students live throughout Greater Boston and in apartment communities just steps from the campus, and enjoy the rich amenities, cultural attractions, and educational opportunities that make the city the biggest and best college town in the nation.

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