Education Director

Description:

Education Director Job Description 

Program Support LLC Family Child Care Network and Department of Education (DOE) view family child care as a respected and valued profession within the early care and education system in New York City. We seek to support and enhance the existing strengths of family child care as birth-4 programs that promote continuous and responsive relationships, strengthen early learning skills, build resilience, and lay the foundation for all future learning.

The primary role of the Education Director is to oversee all of the Network educational services for families and affiliated providers. 

The Education Director is responsible for supporting  educational services in family child care settings by providing guidance and professional learning on the implementation of an appropriate mixed-age evidence-based curriculum that supports children under 2 years, 2-year-olds, and 3-K for All services. In addition, the Educational Director is responsible for the supervision and mentoring of other educational staff and supporting coaching with providers, child assessments, authentic assessments, and serving special populations. 

The Educational Director should have an MSED in Early Childhood Education, a New York State teacher certification, and at least two years of documented experience as a teacher in a program for children under six years of age. 

Five+ years of supervisory experience is required.

Fluency in Spanish, required   

This is a non-exempt salaried position, which includes 40 hours a week. Must be available evenings and weekends. Able to work in the office and travel to programs to observe practices, coach and give feedback to Education Specialists.

The right candidate will work out of our Brooklyn office visiting and supporting family child care programs in Brooklyn and Queens. The salary for this position is $75,000 to 91,000 depending on experience.