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Position Description

Position Title:
Position: Coordinator - Early Learning Family Support
Reports To:
Instructional Supervisor
Job Code:
75
Classification:
ASASP Unit III
Organization:
Accreditation & Licensing
Revision/Review Date:
July 15, 2025
Grade:
26

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the Instructional Supervisor, the Coordinator of Early Learning Family Support will coordinate, monitor, and implement family centered services across the Early Learning Department with a focus on expanding access to prekindergarten programs. The incumbent of this position will support a common enrollment system and comprehensive family engagement strategies that ensures all eligible families – particularly those experiencing homelessness, economic hardship or language barriers – are connected to early education and support services. In addition, support will include, but is not limited to, coordinating support to families for counseling and behavior services, delivering parent workshops and supporting family councils.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with school staff to ensure all documents needed for registration are completed for families;
  • Develops strategies for increasing program visibility and expansion of parent training programs such as learning parties, parent cafes, and involvement with family councils;
  • Assists families in identifying resources and completing documentation to obtain health, education and social services, as needed;
  • Coordinates and plans parent outreach activities for families with assistance from the Early Learning team;
  • Supports the implementation of a common prekindergarten enrollment system across public and private providers, including a common application, timeline and equitable selection process;
  • Collaborates with key partners (DSS, outreach teams, McKinney-Vento, private providers) to ensure access to prekindergarten for all eligible children;
  • Supports community partnerships that enhance wraparound services for Pre-K families;
  • Visits classrooms and attends school-based meetings to provide assistance for identified children who may need support behaviorally and academically, etc.; assists in providing coordination of services with school personnel;
  • Supports the integral work of the Early Learning Department to ensure efficient delivery of services to families and children in the respective programs and Prince George’s County Public Schools;
  • Generates reports as needed;
  • Attends meetings as directed; and
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Excellent organizational and record keeping skills; ability to design and maintain electronic databases;
  • Possess the ability to solve complex problems;
  • Experience in family support and providing direct services and follow-up services to families with young children; preferred experience in parent training programs;
  • Demonstrate the ability to relate positively to colleagues, children, and families to establish and maintain trusting relationships;
  • Ability to maintain effective working relations with office staff, school employees, officials, agencies, organizations, and the public;
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to follow-up and follow through with tasks;
  • Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential records and prepare reports from such records;
  • Ability to work under pressure and make decisions, in accordance with laws, ordinances, regulations, and established procedures;
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;
  • Effective interpersonal and human relations skills;
  • Thorough understanding of Early Childhood related regulations, policies, and procedures; and
  • Demonstrated knowledge of early childhood development and appropriate curriculum for children from Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten.

Education and/or Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with courses in early childhood education required; Master’s degree preferred. Experience in working with early childhood preferred.

Certification:

None required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No direct supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.

Additional Information:

None.