Adventist HealthCare·Riverdale Park, Maryland
The specialist will model experiences that advance children's cognitive, social, and emotional development while collaborating with educators and families to design inclusive learning environments driven by aggregated data. This role also involves supporting educator professional development through goal setting, focused observations, training registration, and providing regular reflective feedback.
Lourie Center - Riverdale
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The Lourie Center Head Start, Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Early Learning Specialist, who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
The Lourie Center Head Start (LCHS) program is a federally funded, community-based program for low-income families as well as pregnant women with children from birth to five years old. The program serves children with disabilities, children in foster care and families that are homeless.
Model working with children on experiences that advance their words, graphics, logical thought, body language, symbolic languages, fantasy, narratives, play, pretending, friendships, group identities and all similarities and differences that emerge.
Collaborate with educators, children and families to create inclusive early learning environments and experience plans driven by results from aggregated data.
Support educator professional development with creation and tracking of Professional Development Plans which include setting shared goals, conducting goal specific focused observations, identifying and registering for professional development trainings and workshops and provision of regular reflective feedback.
Utilize program selected tools and curriculum to guide work (Classroom Assessment Scoring System; Teaching Strategies Gold; Tools of the Mind; Creative Curriculum, Circle of Security Classroom, Infant Toddler Early Childhood Rating Scale; Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale; Rating Observation Scale for Inspiring Classrooms, Inclusive Classroom Profile Environmental Rating Scale etc.)
Provide classroom support (jumping in where there is a need; impromptu side by side coaching/modeling; “second teacher” when needed etc.)
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$55,982.75 - $81,182.40
If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.
United States of America (Exempt)
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Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.
While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.
Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e.g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).
Equal Employment Opportunity Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.
Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in early childhood, Human Development, or a related field, along with a minimum of five years of classroom teaching experience with children aged birth to five, including knowledge of emergent curricula. Applicants are also required to have reliable transportation and active American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
Market context
In Maryland, early learning specialists are often in demand where Head Start and other early childhood programs need experienced educators who can support children from birth to age five. This role is competitive because it asks for a bachelor’s degree, five years of classroom experience, and familiarity with emergent curricula; the listed requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description, which can save candidates research time. Before applying, confirm your transportation reliability and prepare examples of curriculum planning and family engagement.
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