Why Episcopal Children's Services
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedProvides free, high-quality early childhood education and holistic family support to help young children in northeast Florida prepare for kindergarten and overcome generational poverty.
- Head start and early head start provides comprehensive education, health, and nutrition Services to the community's most vulnerable infants, toddlers, preschoolers, pregnant women and their families. Our young students and pregnant mothers receive intensive child development Services. Parents receive education…$41.8M spent in FY2024
- The school readiness (SR) program provides childcare subsidies for families that qualify and provides educational and technical support to childcare providers serving these families. Ecs4kids serves approximately 5,968 children on average per year and around 190 childcare providers monthly, as…$21.8M spent in FY2024
- Ecs4kids administers the voluntary pre-kindergarten (vpk) program in baker, clay, nassau, bradford, putnam, and st. Johns counties in northeast florida through a contract with the early learning coalition of north florida. Vpk is a 540-hour school year program or 300-hour…$16.6M spent in FY2024
Before you apply
FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenDescription JOIN THE ECS4Kids TEAM ECS4Kids (formerly Episcopal Children’s Services) is a 2026 Top Workplace that honors young children’s immense potential by helping them enter school ready to learn. We cultivate lifelong learners by immersing children in enriching guided experiences and discovery-oriented approaches. Through our Head Start program, our dedicated professionals work with families and caregivers throughout Georgia to promote children’s well-being. This enables us to strengthen key areas including motor development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, language and communication skills, and problem-solving skills.
Partner with us to help empower communities to rise above generational poverty with comprehensive early childhood education and holistic family support. We have career opportunities available in several counties throughout the Savannah River Region.
ECS4Kids offers a competitive benefit package which includes: Medical, dental and vision insurance 403(b) plan with 5% employer match Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Long-term & short-term disability insurance Employer-paid life insurance Paid holidays Generous paid time off Career development Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Education Specialist provides training, modeling, curriculum and professional development support to ensure that Head Start classrooms are meeting the highest level of quality.
Key Responsibilities
Coaching & Training Visit HS classrooms at assigned centers daily to conduct coaching sessions that include on-site modeling and teacher observations of appropriate early educational practices and activities using the adopted coaching model. Establish mentoring relationships with teachers that will result in further improvement of developmentally appropriate teaching skills. Model and observe best practices and strategies in all domains of the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework and Head Start Performance Standards. Implement with fidelity the data-driven Lastinger Caching Model, including the use of reflective questioning to guide teachers to connect theory to daily practice.
Communicate with Center Managers regarding teacher goals for improved performance. Facilitate teacher trainings at scheduled Teacher Training Days and Pre-Service. Curriculum Implementation Support teachers in implementing with fidelity the daily schedule and adopted curricula. Model and observe curriculum implementation at various parts of the day and in different group settings. Child Assessment & Learning Outcomes Support teachers in collecting and analyzing child assessment data that produce positive school readiness outcomes for children and that support children’s growth and development.
Model and observe child data collection at various parts of the day and in different group settings. Learning & the Environment Support teachers in creating literacy-rich, developmentally appropriate, engaging learning…
About Episcopal Children's Services
From its Form 990- Budget $90.5M · Human Services
- Staff 844 · founded 1966
- Pays its leaders $113K–$211K (9 reported)
- Open jobs 51 · Jobs at Episcopal Children's Services · Full 990 report