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Coach new early childhood teachers in Philadelphia.

Share your classroom experience with teachers in their first months on the job. You'll help them put what they learn in our online course into practice in their own classrooms.

$50/hr

$200 for each teacher you coach

1 hr/week

per teacher, for 4 weeks

4 hours

total with each teacher:

2 hours in person at their center
2 hours online (Zoom)

You must live in or near Philadelphia

Half of the coaching happens in person at each teacher's center, so you need to be able to drive to centers across Philadelphia. Transportation is not paid separately.

You need at least 5 years of full-time early childhood teaching

This is a job requirement. Please only apply if you have worked full time as an early childhood teacher for 5 years or more.

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About the program

The McNichol ECE Lab at Drexel University School of Education received a 3-year grant from the William Penn Foundation to fund Teaching to Thrive: New ECE Teacher Induction. It gives 20 hours of professional development to recently or newly hired teachers at STAR 3 and 4 centers in Philadelphia:

10 hours completing an online course with an instructor
6 hours applying it in practice, like setting up their classroom
4 hours with a coach (that's you)

A new cohort starts on the 1st of every month. Teachers have up to 6 weeks to finish, but most finish in 4 weeks or less. Read about all 10 course modules.

What coaches do

You help your teachers (your mentees) apply what they're learning in the online course. We give you a coaching checklist of key skills and tasks to follow. With each teacher, you make sure that:

Their classroom management plan, including the positive guidance strategies they chose, is written down and ready to use
How to access and give any required developmental assessments
How to work with their curriculum and lesson plans
How to communicate with families
How to set up their classroom learning environment and materials

For example, the course teaches positive guidance and other classroom management strategies. You check that the teacher has documented their classroom management plan and is ready to use it.

You'll attend a coach training in early November.

Workload and pay

4 hours per teacher

Usually 1 hour a week with each teacher for 4 weeks. Coaching 5 teachers is about 5 hours a week, or 20 hours a month.

In person and online

2 hours of coaching happen in person at the teacher's center. The other 2 hours can be online.

Simple scheduling

Schedule sessions through our website or directly with the teacher, then record each completed session on the site so your hours are documented and you're paid correctly.

$50 an hour

$200 per teacher (4 hours × $50). 5 teachers is $1,000, and 10 teachers is $2,000. Transportation isn't paid separately.

Coaches work as independent contractors for Drexel University. Learn more about the program on our home page.

Application

Apply to be a coach

It takes about 10 minutes. Have your resume ready to upload. A cover letter and letters of recommendation are welcome but optional.

1. Your contact information

First nameLast nameEmailPhone

2. Where you live

You need to live in or near Philadelphia

Coaches drive to their teachers' centers in Philadelphia for in-person visits.

Do you live in or near Philadelphia?

Street address

CityStateZIP code

3. Your experience

Requirement: at least 5 years of full-time teaching

Coaches must have at least 5 years of full-time experience as an early childhood teacher. Please only apply if you meet this requirement.

Do you have at least 5 years of full-time experience as an early childhood teacher?

Current place of employmentCurrent job title

Years of experience as an early childhood teacher

Which ages of children have you taught, and for how many years?

Enter the years for each age group you've taught (for example 3 or 1.5). Leave the others blank.

Age group	Years taught
Infants (birth to 12 months)
Toddlers (1 to 2 years)
Two-year-olds (2 to 3 years)
Preschool (3 to 4 years)
Pre-K (4 to 5 years)
Kindergarten (5 to 6 years)
School-age (6 years and up)

Have you worked as a teacher at a NAEYC-accredited center?

Have you mentored junior teachers before?

4. When you can coach

Tap every time you're usually free each week (Eastern time), including evenings and weekends. Mark times for in-person visits and times for online sessions separately.

In person (at the teacher's center)

	Morning8–11 am	Midday / nap time11 am–2 pm	Afternoon2–5 pm	Evening5–8 pm
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Online (Zoom)

	Morning8–11 am	Midday / nap time11 am–2 pm	Afternoon2–5 pm	Evening5–8 pm
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Anything we should know about your schedule? (optional)

5. How many teachers you'd like to coach

Each teacher you coach is about 1 hour of work per week, or 4 hours per month, and pays $200. For example, 5 teachers is about 5 hours a week (20 hours a month) and $1,000.

How many teachers would you like to coach each week?How many teachers would you like in your first month after you're hired?

6. References

People who know your work with children, such as a director or supervisor. At least one reference is required; you can add up to 5.

Reference 1 (required)

NameJob titleEmailPhone

How do you know this person?

7. Your documents

Resume (required)

Choose a file

PDF or Word, up to 10 MB.

Cover letter (optional)

Choose a file

PDF or Word, up to 10 MB.

Letters of recommendation (optional)

Choose a file

PDF or Word, up to 10 MB, up to 5 files.

Anything else you'd like us to know? (optional)