Bilingual Spanish Education Specialist

Description:

We are seeking a part-time Bilingual Education Specialist to support the Queens Childcare Network (QCCN). The primary role of the Education Specialist is to build strengths-based relationships within our network of licensed in-home childcare providers. This role focuses on guiding and supporting our family or group family daycare providers by coaching them on play-based instruction in accordance with the Department of Education (DOE) curriculum. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve on a team supporting a network of regulated in-home childcare providers serving 500+ children ranging in infancy to 12 years of age.
• Provide effective guidance to ensure effective services to QCH's 45+ affiliated family and group family childcare providers.
• Collaborate with the QCCN Education Director, Family Support Worker, and Health Monitors to meet the needs of all children and families.
• Provide twice monthly strength-based practice-based coaching to up to 9 affiliated providers as they implement a mixed-age curriculum.
• Adapt and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence-based curriculum for mixed-age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children.
• Review and adapt appropriate curriculum supports and documents with affiliated providers that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children.
• Assist affiliated providers in gathering observations of children and entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning.
• Document all coaching sessions aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
• Support QCCN Education Director in coordinating all required professional learning days throughout the year.
• Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families.
• Participate in weekly Network staff meetings.
• Assist in the facilitation of all Network Professional Learning/Development sessions.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Education Director.

Responsibilities:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve on a team supporting a network of regulated in-home childcare providers serving 500+ children ranging in infancy to 12 years of age.
• Provide effective guidance to ensure effective services to QCH's 45+ affiliated family and group family childcare providers.
• Collaborate with the QCCN Education Director, Family Support Worker, and Health Monitors to meet the needs of all children and families.
• Provide twice monthly strength-based practice-based coaching to up to 9 affiliated providers as they implement a mixed-age curriculum.
• Adapt and provide guidance to affiliated providers on the implementation of an evidence-based curriculum for mixed-age group settings that meets the individual needs of all children.
• Review and adapt appropriate curriculum supports and documents with affiliated providers that foster hands-on developmentally appropriate and relationship-based interactions with all children.
• Assist affiliated providers in gathering observations of children and entering child assessment data in a timely manner and support its use for curriculum and lesson planning.
• Document all coaching sessions aligned with the DOE’s Early Childhood Framework for Quality (EFQ).
• Support QCCN Education Director in coordinating all required professional learning days throughout the year.
• Maintain relationships with community partners who provide mental health, special needs, and other support services for all affiliated providers and families.
• Participate in weekly Network staff meetings.
• Assist in the facilitation of all Network Professional Learning/Development sessions.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Education Director.

Qualifications: