Early Education Coordinator

Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

 

Employee Profile:

Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:

• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs
• A strong clear Christian testimony
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer

 

Personally, the employee’s life shall reflect:

• A lifestyle of biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel
• High level of respect for, and courtesy of fellow employees and volunteers

 

Position Summary:

The Early Education Coordinator is a system-wide leadership and coaching role serving Prestonwood Christian Academy’s Early Childhood and Kindergarten programs across both the Plano and North campuses. This role ensures excellence in early learning, behavior support, admissions screening, and instructional alignment by providing coaching, assessments, family engagement, and data-driven placement systems for students ages 3–6.

This position exists to protect the academic, behavioral, and spiritual foundations of PCA’s youngest learners while creating consistency, clarity, and quality across campuses during the most critical entry point into the school.

Purpose of the Role:

Early education is PCA’s primary enrollment gateway and the foundation of long-term student success. The Early Education Coordinator ensures that:

• Students are screened, placed, and supported appropriately
• Teachers are coached and equipped
• Families are guided, informed, and confident
• Programs are aligned from Pre-K through Kindergarten

This role supports instructional practices, behavior management, assessment systems, and family engagement while providing centralized leadership across both campuses 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Admissions Screening, Assessment & Placement Systems

Develop, implement, and oversee a system-wide Early Education Admissions Screening and Placement Process that ensures accurate placement and readiness across Pre-K3, Pre-K4, Pre-K5, and Kindergarten.

This includes:

• Designing and maintaining appropriate screening tools for academic, behavioral, and social-emotional readiness developmentally
• Leading family interviews and student screenings during admissions and mid-year placement reviews
• Creating and managing Pre-K4/5 and Kindergarten placement protocols based on student data and developmental readiness 
• Training staff in consistent screening and placement procedures
• Collaborating with Admissions, counselors, principals, and teachers to ensure alignment
• Maintaining documentation to support placement, referrals, and family communication

Instructional Coaching & Teacher Development

Provide embedded, ongoing coaching to Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers through structured coaching cycles:

• Conduct classroom observations
• Co-plan instruction
• Model best practices
• Facilitate reflective feedback
• Support curriculum alignment between Pre-K Guidelines and Kindergarten TEKS 

This includes:

• Leading professional development sessions (DAP, classroom management, assessment, literacy, differentiation)
• Supporting small-group instruction, phonemic awareness, guided reading, and center-based learning
• Ensuring strong instructional routines, engagement, and transitions across campuses

Behavior Support & Intervention Systems

Serve as the system-wide expert in early childhood behavior support.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing Tier I & Tier II behavior systems
• Supporting students with behavioral or developmental challenges
• Leading Pre-K Kid Talks and intervention planning meetings
• Assisting teachers with documentation, behavior plans, and parent communication
• Supporting pre-referral and evaluation processes 

Family Engagement & Communication

Act as a liaison between families, teachers, and support teams.

This includes:

• Supporting families during admissions, screenings, transitions, and evaluations
• Providing guidance on developmental milestones, behavior, and school readiness
• Leading family workshops and consultations
• Supporting parent communication during placement and transition decisions 

Program Alignment & Continuous Improvement

Ensure strong vertical alignment from Pre-K through Kindergarten across both campuses.

This includes:

• Mapping Pre-K Guidelines to Kindergarten TEKS
• Facilitating PLC meetings focused on data, readiness, and curriculum continuity
• Monitoring student growth, assessment data, and behavior trends
• Producing year-end program reports with recommendations for improvement 

System-Wide Leadership

Serve as a centralized Early Education leader across Plano and North by:

• Creating consistent processes, documentation, and expectations
• Supporting campus administrators, counselors, and admissions teams
• Ensuring families and teachers experience a unified, high-quality Pre-K and Kindergarten program

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of experience in early childhood or elementary education
• Experience with:
  • Pre-K & Kindergarten instruction
  • Student assessment and screening
  • Behavior intervention systems
  • Teacher coaching or leadership
• Strong understanding of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP), early literacy, and child development
• Ability to communicate with families with warmth, clarity, and professionalism
• Alignment with PCA’s Christian mission, Biblical worldview, and educational philosophy
• Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred

Physical, Mental Requirements and Work Environment:

• Regularly sitting at the computer requiring repetitive finger motion and manual dexterity
• Up to several hours of walking and standing during events
• Subject to working more than required hours during certain event
• Ability to manage multiple coinciding projects
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Hearing – ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• Talking – expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students, parents and other workers
• Ability to communicate effectively, even in stressful situations
• Professional appearance and dress required, as this person is often the “host” of PCA-wide meetings and events
• Primarily inside, office/school environment with the exception of a few outside events throughout the year
• Occasional lifting of 5 to 25 pounds