Head Start Pathways Coordinator

Position Information

This position manages and coordinates the Head Start Pathways Program grant. This position is under the supervision of the provost. This is a grant-funded position.

Duties & Responsibilities

Head Start Pathways Program (HSPP) is a five-year, grant-funded program that supports students who want to work in an early childhood education setting. Students in the program pursue an associate's degree at WETCC and a bachelor’s degree at the University of Minnesota-Crookston (UMN-C) or another higher education institution with which we form a partnership.

• Advise and mentor students in the Head Start Pathways Program (HSPP).
• Consult, plan, organize, and facilitate HSSP activities.
• Coordinate the program with WETCC staff, UMN-C staff, White Earth Head Start Programs, and other area early childhood programs to ensure program goals are met.
• Recruit students, monitor their progress, and apply retention strategies.
• Track students' progress.
• Lead the HSPP working group to ensure program success.
• Abide by grant responsibilities and requirements.
• Attend and participate in professional development opportunities offered by the college or external organizations.
• Serve on college and program committees.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30. Evening and weekends are sometimes required. This position is on-site at the WETCC campus in Mahnomen, Minnesota. Some travel may be required.

Advertised Salary: DOQ. This is a 12-month position.

Minimum Qualifications

WETCC seeks a skilled candidate to manage the HSPP. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. The qualifications listed below represent the required education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• An associate’s degree in education or a related discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with grant management.
• Experience working with underrepresented populations.
• Experience working in an early childhood education setting.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Able to manage the HSPP grant.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a diverse professional, community, and student population.
• Good organizational and planning skills.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate students.
• growth-oriented and ready to take on new challenges.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Valid driver’s license and insurance to travel as needed.

Applicant Materials Required: Cover letter, resume/CV, three professional references, statement of teaching philosophy, completed WETCC application, and background check consent form. The application and consent form can be found at www.wetcc.edu

Benefits

 WETCC offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including company-paid life and disability. Other benefits include health, dental, HSA with company match, additional life insurance, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, vision, Legal & ID Shield, and medical and dependent care FSA.

Traditional or Roth 401k with a company match up to 5%, fully vested from day one, the effective date for 401k is the first of the month following 90 days of employment, for full and part-time employees.

WETCC offers annual leave and sick leave, which both start from the date of hire. 

WETCC values balance: 19 paid days off per year.

About WETCC

 Established as a not-for-profit tribally controlled educational institution of higher learning, the first Charter was approved on February 5, 1998, “…to provide adult education and post-secondary educational services to enrolled members of the White Earth Reservation and to other eligible Indians and non-Indian residents of the area…” 

Initial Candidacy for Accreditation by The Higher Learning Commission was granted on October 14, 2004, with full accreditation granted on October 8, 2008. 

Purpose Statements

• The college will present learning as a life-long process of discovery of knowledge embedded in the intellectual disciplines and the traditions of the Anishinaabe people.
• The college will support the self-determination of the Anishinaabe people through the preservation and promotion of their history, culture, and language.
• The college will seek to address the social, political, and economic needs of the White Earth Reservation through programs that encourage service to the community.
• The college will promote a philosophy based on the seven teachings of the Anishinaabe.

Mission - White Earth Tribal and Community College is an institution of higher learning dedicated to academic excellence grounded in Anishinaabe culture, values, and traditions.

Vision - Giaa-miinigoowizid Anishinaabe Gibimiwidoomin niigaanakeyaa – “We all are carrying into the future the way the Anishinaabeg was gifted.”

The White Earth Tribal & Community College in accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institute is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, sex, familial status, sexual orientation, and reprisal.